As a Systems Engineering Supervisor, you will lead a team of 5+ systems engineers working on a broad range of production, project, and R& D work that stretches across the defense, transportation, and energy sectors. In this role, you will have an opportunity to interface with customers, deliver products, and shape the trajectory of our business as an employee owner.

As Systems Engineers, your team is accountable for technical execution of our programs and are responsible for system requirements, interface management, V& V plans, and technical direction with the electrical, mechanical, software, and test teams. As a supervisor at ARA, you will remain highly involved in the technical execution and mentor the team towards lowest risk solutions that meet customer requirements.

Essential Functions:

• Lead development of our systems engineering process across the organization.
• Support the systems engineering team and discipline engineering teams on any technical challenges. Help identify suitable solutions and escalate technical risks to leadership.
• Track and help mitigate major technical risks across our projects
• Develop goals and complete performance reviews for your team at the end of the fiscal year.
• Peer review content created by the systems engineering team including requirements documents, interface documents, and design reviews.
• Hold regular 1: 1s with the systems engineering team.
• Manage team resources and identify systems ownership for new projects.
• Interview systems engineers and make hiring decisions.
• Support and/or lead new business development opportunities.
• Mentor and identify 3rd party training opportunities for the systems team.
• Travel to customer or other ARA sites for marketing, design reviews, and technology demonstrations. (~10% travel).
• Collect customer feedback on team performance to drive improvements.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering or related engineering discipline
• 10-12 years related experience in engineering
• Prior Systems Engineering work experience
• Knowledge of requirement management tools
• Knowledge of configuration management tools
• US Citizenship and ability to be granted a security clearance by the Federal Government
• Strong oral and written communication skills

Preferred:

• Prior experience leading a team
• Experience preparing proposals or estimating engineering labor
• Experience in the defense or transportation sectors
• Working knowledge of model-based systems engineering (MBSE)

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2, 300 employee-owners and continues to grow. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees contributions not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please apply at careers.ara.com.

Experience

• 10 - 12 years: Experience related to the position

Education

• Bachelors or better in Systems Engineering or related field

Behaviors

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Leader: Inspires teammates to follow them
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Motivations

• Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals
• Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help
• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks
• Entrepreneurial Spirit: Inspired to perform well by an ability to drive new ventures within the business

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