About This Role
Supporting the Electro-Optic Technology Division (LXN) at NSWC Crane is the core of this engineering role, with a primary focus on the Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) project. You will provide engineering and technical support to inform and assist LXN Maritime Domain Branch projects.
Responsibilities
- Perform trade studies, engineering/technical analysis, and other technical evaluations to assist in requirements allocation, including hardware troubleshooting and installation support
- Assist in the development and finalization of requirements, behavior, use cases, architecture, and other relevant technical documents
- Review technical documents and recommend improvements to foster standardization of document types, document format, and data file naming
- Write procedures, work instructions, and design practices criteria to standardize Electro-Optic Technology work products
- Investigate issues pertaining to system requirements and associated engineering changes
- Evaluate technical specifications and applicable performance requirements
- Recommend and prepare inputs for test plans, procedures, etc., and provide other recommendations as needed for test events (both virtual and live tests)
- Perform trade studies for future Fleet EO/IR capabilities to develop future EO/IR requirements and use cases
- Support LXN with engineering services, as required
- Support LXN with hardware installation and checkout, as required
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Mechanical Engineering, or other Engineering Discipline
- Must be a US Citizen to be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level security clearance
- 3+ years industry experience in systems engineering and systems design
- Strong communication skills and experience in the areas of algorithm development, software/computer engineering, and coding
- Experience working with Electro-Optic (EO), Infrared (IR), and Laser Technology programs
- This position will not include coding work, only communication, functional, and approach validation
- Experience in the areas of algorithm development and testing, preferably Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) algorithms. Computer vision is relevant
- Experience in process evaluation utilizing technical rigor
- Experience with business planning and project development
- Knowledge of government operating procedures and requirements
- Proficiency in Trade Studies, Analyses, Technical Evaluations and Assessments, Engineering Technical Support, Acquisition Engineering, Modeling, Simulation, Simulation and Analysis Support, System Design Documentation and Technical Data Support
- Ability to write clear reports and specifications in English
