**About the Role**

We are looking for an experienced Systems Engineer (Contract) to support and enhance our systems engineering capabilities during a temporary leave of our systems engineering capability lead. The role involves participating in active initiatives such as implementing requirements within a new system-of-systems operating model, piloting Jama Connect with a focused team, coaching teams on writing strong needs and integrated requirement sets, and introducing practical systems engineering tools.

**Responsibilities**

**Requirements Excellence**

• Coach teams on writing high-quality needs and requirements.
• Improve decomposition, integration, and traceability.
• Reinforce standards for clear system boundaries and verification alignment.

**System-of-Systems Pilot Support**

• Clarify system boundaries, interfaces, and ownership.
• Facilitate cross-team alignment in ambiguous areas. - Apply structured SE methods to reduce friction and decision churn. 

**Jama Connect Pilot Coaching**

• Support a focused pilot team using Jama.
• Establish best practices for requirement structure, hierarchy, and traceability.
• Collect and implement feedback and ensure tooling reinforces sound systems engineering thinking. 

**Capability Building & Change Leadership**

• Deliver focused workshops and 1:1 coaching.
• Introduce practical SE tools that improve clarity and reduce conflict.
• Influence across engineering, product, and program leadership without formal authority.

**Education Qualification**

• Formal SE training (INCOSE-aligned preferred).

**Required Skills**

• 12+ years in systems engineering for complex products.
• Proven experience leading requirements improvement initiatives.
• Deep expertise in:
• Needs vs. requirements definition.
• System boundary clarity.
• Requirement decomposition and traceability.
• Interface management.
• Demonstrated ability to drive change in low-to-moderate SE maturity environments.
• Strong facilitation and communication skills.

**Desired Qualifications**

• Experience in consumer electronics or fast-paced hardware–software integrated products.
• Experience working with Jama Connect.
• SE Master’s Degree, Certificate or INCOSE CSEP/ESEP certification.
• Experience introducing DSM analysis, value modeling, or architecture frameworks.

**Success at 6 Months**

The successful candidate will:

• Sustain momentum of the SE transformation.
• Improve requirement quality and integration within pilot programs.
• Enable effective execution of the Jama pilot team.
• Clarify system boundaries and interface ownership.
• Reduce cross-team conflict through structured requirements practices.
• Deliver documented playbooks and a clean transition back to the returning principal.

**Ideal Candidate Profile**

The ideal candidate:

• Has built systems engineering capability before.
• Knows what “good” looks like and can teach it clearly.
• Balances rigor with pragmatism.
• Navigates ambiguity and organizational friction effectively.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, and paid holidays annually – as applicable.