Systems Engineer

Job Summary

ZelTech is seeking resourceful and innovative multi-discipline individual with rf/electrical/electronic/mechanical/information Systems Engineering experience. This person will provide on-site system level development, prototype integration, prototype design, operational field, and test support to the Government customer at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida.

Responsibilities:

• Provide support for in-house technology development initiatives, including feasibility assessments of proposals and ongoing projects by other parties in government, academia, and industry.
• Understand Systems Engineering and project management processes and apply as needed, including development of requirements.
• Provide supporting technical and logistics documentation relative to recommended design improvements and performance requirements.
• Provide, design, and make recommendations for complex multi-discipline systems.
• Provide operational support to field designed systems.
• Prepare statements of work, cost estimates, presentations and reports, and research technical information to support design and prototyping.
• Support project planning, design, development, and execution for research development, investigations, analyses, demonstrations, and testing.
• Recommend improvements in design, operation, maintenance, and safety for assigned systems and equipment.
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks/projects simultaneously and make recommendations for improvement/refinement and advise technically.
• Reports on project status, risk, expenditures, execution, etc.
• Integrate multiple components and COTs/GOTs systems into various systems and payloads at system level.
• Plan, lead, and conduct hardware development, modification, and related functions to adapt vendor-manufactured hardware to meet Government needs and contingencies.
• Analyze problems, define risks, and develop mitigation plans rapidly.
• Design and implement payloads or other equipment involving mechanical, electrical, software and structural design and engineering skills.
• Complies with CCAFS industrial hygiene requirements.
• Must be adaptable, innovative, creative, and ready to lead their organization and project team on mission critical projects.
• Performs other duties as assigned to accomplish the mission goals.

Requirements:

• Must be a US citizen.
• Must possess a current top-secret clearance with the ability to obtain a SCI and pass a CI Poly.
• BA/BS (preferably in Mechatronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering) and ten (10) or more years of relevant experience.
• Successful background and drug screening check.

Preferred Requirements:

• Previous experience with Government R&D.
• Background in Engineering.

Physical Demands or Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Must be fit and capable of occasional strenuous exercise (climbing stairs, ladders and safely navigating on a moving platform).
• Capable of working in a laboratory environment.
• Capable of sitting for extended periods of time.

About ZelTech

ZelTech is a minority owned small business (NAICS 541715) specializing in customer threat reduction. We provide a full spectrum of threat reduction services from planning, training, operations, R&D, advising, and solution prototyping across our services and solutions business groups. We combine best of breed engineering practices, subject matter expertise, design services, computer science, and data analytics with innovative approaches in artificial intelligence and machine learning, AR/VR, R&D, and physics-based modeling and simulation providing tailored solutions addressing our customer’s unique threat requirements.

Our Mission

We provide customers with the knowledge, tools, and solutions needed for correct and timely decisions and effective actions to help ensure U.S. national security.

Diversity Workforce

ZelTech team members represent a wide range of backgrounds, skills, experience, and personalities bound together by common objectives and mutual respect. You will join a caring community of professional, including many military veterans who challenge and support each other in seeking the right solutions to important matters.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 401k immediate vesting with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account with company contributions
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Bonuses for performance
• Voluntary life/accidental death & dismemberment
• Educational assistance and special training programs
• Voluntary benefits (accidental, critical illness, whole life)
• Group life insurance (Company paid)
• Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurance (Company paid)
• Paid Time Off (PTO), Holiday Leave, Jury Duty, and Military Leave
• Health and fitness reimbursement
• Referral bonuses
• Employee discounts on various services and products

Equal Opportunities

Zel Tech is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, marital status, military status, genetic predisposition, or any other basis protected by law.