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Systems Architect

Maryland, Columbia FREQUENTIS USA, Inc. From now on

Job Introduction

Frequentis USA Inc. is dedicated to creating a safer world. With over 75 years of experience, Frequentis understands controllers in safety critical situations encounter new challenges daily. Our mission is to develop and market highly reliable, optimized, custom-tailored, and user centric communication and information systems for mission critical solutions. As an industry leader in voice communication data information systems, we create a safer world through integration, digitalization, and automation while maintaining world class safety standards. We proudly serve many U.S. government agencies including the FAA, DoD, and NASA. Safety as our number one priority pushes us to constantly learn about the ever-changing needs in safety critical environments to deliver innovative solutions.

Key Tasks

Lead systems engineering activities through the full solution lifecycle, including concept development, requirements definition, design, integration, verification, deployment, acceptance, and sustainment
Analyze customer specifications, operational concepts, and technical documentation requirements; decompose, derive, allocate, manage, and trace system, subsystem, hardware, software, interface, performance, safety, reliability, maintainability, availability, security, and supportability requirements
Develop compliant system architectures, deliverable plans, and supporting approval documentation
Lead architecture discussions, technical interchange meetings, design reviews, requirements reviews, test readiness reviews, and customer presentations; document decisions, assumptions, actions, and technical risks
Identify solution and documentation compliance gaps; establish strategies, action plans, and recommendations to achieve contractual and regulatory assurance / approval objectives
Develop and maintain systems engineering plans, architecture descriptions, requirements documents, interface control documents, design analyses, compliance matrices, safety artifacts, reliability analyses, and other required technical deliverables
Define verification strategies and test methodologies; review or approve test plans, procedures, success criteria, results, and reports to confirm that the integrated solution meets requirements and operational concepts
Provide technical leadership during system integration, performance and stress testing, failure recovery testing, regression testing, factory/site acceptance, and resolution of defects or field issues
Perform or guide reliability, maintainability, availability, fault-tolerance, FMEA/FMECA, fault-tree, hazard, and operational analyses appropriate to the solution and customer requirements
Lead System Architectural responsibilities in Customer deployment projects such as site survey, equipment siting, and design
Coordinate engineering activities across product management, software and hardware development, test, quality assurance, configuration management, manufacturing, logistics, training, technical publications, deployment, and lifecycle support
Advise program and functional management on technical status, compliance, risks, tradeoffs, resource needs, and recommended corrective actions
Support customer, regulatory, quality, safety, and design approval reviews or audits, and provide accurate responses to findings and technical questions
Create and review technical documentation for engineering accuracy, clarity, consistency, traceability, and compliance with applicable standards and contractual data requirements
Develop reusable engineering templates, checklists, models, lessons learned, and process improvements that strengthen quality, consistency, and efficiency
Support proposal and capture activities through technical solution development, compliance assessment, basis-of-estimate inputs, schedules/WBS, staffing assumptions, risk identification, and customer demonstrations
Participate in product and technology road-mapping, trade studies, make/buy assessments, and evaluation of new technologies for mission-critical and digital tower applications
Provide technical support for training materials, maintenance concepts, operational procedures, field workarounds, and lifecycle support planning
Contribute to knowledge sharing, peer reviews, communities of practice, and continuous improvement initiatives across Frequentis USA and affiliated engineering organizations
Perform other duties as assigned that are consistent with the role and business needs

Key Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in electrical / Electronics / Systems / Aeronautical / Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline
Minimum of 10 years of systems engineering or technical leadership experience in complex or mission-critical systems
Demonstrated experience in developing system architectures, and deriving, allocating, tracing, and verifying system requirements and integration / deployment of mission-critical or enterprise communications, surveillance, automation, networks, computing platforms; external interfaces
Demonstrated Experience developing and reviewing technical documentation, compliance evidence, engineering plans, architecture/design descriptions, interface documents, analyses, and test artifacts
Must be authorized to work in the United States and able to meet customer requirements for access to U.S. Government facilities and information

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced degree in engineering, science, or related discipline
Prior domain knowledge in air traffic or mission critical automation environments
Knowledge of FAA systems engineering, Safety Management System, Safety Risk Management, System Design Approval, and acquisition or certification processes
Experience applying DO-278/DO-278A or comparable software assurance and safety practices in mission-critical systems
Hands-on experience with reliability, maintainability, and availability modeling; FMEA/FMECA; fault-tree analysis; FRACAS; and hazard analysis
Experience with Geographic Information System (GIS) modelling, Line of Sight (LoS) analysis
Experience and knowledge with video technologies and protocols
Experience leading multidisciplinary or geographically distributed teams through multiple phases of the system development lifecycle

Our Values

Frequentis USA is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Around 2,900 employees are committed to creating a safer world with their innovative strength and technology orientation. Our culture is based on a working environment characterized by fairness and trust, mutual respect and appreciation. As an international company, we value this diversity and recruit regardless of age, gender, origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation or religion. We value fair and good working conditions, an optimum work-life-balance and offer all our employees equal development opportunities. In doing so, we focus on long-term working relationships in order to keep the valuable know-how of our employees stable.

Benefits

Benefits: We are committed to supporting our mission through the following employee benefits: • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance • Health Savings Accounts • Competitive 401(k) Plan with company match and immediate vesting • Employee Life Insurance & AD&D • Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance • Employee Assistance Program • Generous holidays, including a full week off from December 25 to January 1 • PTO that scales with tenure and sick leave • Company-sponsored team-building activities to boost morale and productivity.

TRUST-BASED
MODERN MENTORING TRAININGS

WORKING HOURS
IT-EQUIPMENT PROGRAM

Benefits

TRUST-BASED
MODERN MENTORING TRAININGS

WORKING HOURS
IT-EQUIPMENT PROGRAM

Salary

Salary Range: $120,000-$170,000

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Katherine Maclean-Blevins

Talent Acquisition | Katie.MACLEAN-BLEVINS@frequentis.com | Social media contact

I strive to provide the best candidate experience to each individual I speak with. I have 5+ years of full cycle recruiting/talent acquisition experience. I enjoy working with people, solving problems, and seeing results.

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Systems Architect