About Volant Partners
Volant Partners provides business and engineering consulting services to companies across the United States. We thrive by solving complex problems with a focus on regulated industries. We best serve our customers by attracting and retaining the very best consultants. Consequently, we have structured ourselves as an employee-owned company. Volant Partners was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Job Description
Volant Partners, Inc is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer with strong systems engineering and technical background to assist our clients with the development and deployment of their products and hardware. Responsibilities will vary, but the selected candidate will contribute to areas such as managing new product HLSR, requirement modification and verification activities.
Successful candidates will use their deep knowledge in systems engineering combined with their great sense of organizational skills to successfully manage complex projects and drive results. We are looking for self-starters and decision makers that are comfortable in new situations where success is dependent on quickly understanding client challenges and addressing them.
This individual must have excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation) and be able to communicate effectively with different engineering disciplines, project and client leadership.
This position will be a hybrid of remote (working from home) and onsite work, and we are seeking candidates in the greater Seattle area or candidates who are willing to relocate to the Seattle area.
Typical Responsibilities
Author technical specificationsRequirement elicitation, decompositionRequirement allocation and trackingHardware Integration and verification activitiesParticipate in processes improvementRequired Qualifications
Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering, mathematics, electrical, computer science or related technical course of studyMinimum of 5+ years of engineering or consulting experienceA consultative mindset and strong communication skills (verbal, written, and presentations) to work directly with client multidisciplinary teams to solve problems and advance client's objectivesProven systems engineering and problem-solving skills in an integrated team environmentProven track record of managing time and resources to meet deadlinesAbility to define high level requirements and understand the implications and impacts to low level SW specificationsAbility to make decisions and execute to the planExperience with requirements development, management and traceabilityGeneral knowledge of other engineering disciplines and how they relate to systems engineeringExperience developing and decomposing system and subsystem requirementsAbility to earn the trust of clients and influence leadership and key technical resourcesMaintains positive and professional relationships and promotes an environment of teaming and collaboration in a diverse work environmentAvailable to be onsite at client facilities as neededMust be a US Person - U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylumPreferred Qualifications
Experience working in regulated industries such as defense, aerospace
Experience working in a consulting or engineering services company
Technical education or experience in space vehicle engineering disciplines is desirable
Experience with product development life cycle
Experience using industry leading requirements management tools (DOORS Classic/DNG, JAMA etc.)
Experience using Confluence and JIRA
Knowledge of AS