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Safran Federal Systems Senior Engineer Navigation Systems in ROCHESTER, New York
The Opportunity:As a Senior Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the innovation, pursuit, and execution of US Government and DoD technology development in the area of Inertial Navigation Systems with an emphasis on driving growth of the IMU and INS business to support Safran Federal Systems and Safrans long term sales goalsOur Technology:Safran Federal Systems provides Resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (R-PNT) solutions and custom engineering services to U.S. Government agencies, defense organizations and their contractors. Safran Federal Systems is authorized to work on the full spectrum of U.S. Government classified and unclassified projects, in addition to supporting strategic partnerships for key defense PNT technologies.How will I contribute:Establish test methods and procedures and execute the testing of inertial sensors and inertial navigation systems. Analyze data and use data to validate system performance.Leverage a strong technical background enabling interaction with customers systems engineers, hardware/electrical/software engineers, and other technical staff members.Develop new Government and DoD business, directly with the Government and indirectly through large system integrators through a thorough understanding of the factors that are critical to success of the customers mission.Write proposals, RFI responses, whitepapers, etc.Present technical material at professional conferences.Generate cost baselines and work breakdown structures to support internal cost and price reviews.Travel within the U.S. to meet with customers. What I bring to the role: A minimum of 6 years of experience in inertial sensor design and developmentMasters degree or equivalent in Engineering/ Mathematics/ PhysicsWorking knowledge of U.S. Defense funding and acquisition processHands-on experience with inertial navigation systems, including test and demonstration.Experience with military and civil qualification standards, including hardware and software qualification.Demonstrated ability to process, analyze, and present inertial test results.Technical writing skill and experience academic thesis, peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings, project reports; ability to support technical writing with high quality graphics/ charts/ schematicsSpeaking/ Presentation/ Dialogue Skills white board, small and large group presentations; high degree of comfort speaking senior military and staff personnel; ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical individuals; intuitive ability to pivot from presentation to dialogue as appropriateDemonstrable Strong customer focus, ownership, urgency and driveDemonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quicklySelf-motivated, and ability to self-prioritize effectively to achieve goals, comfortable with ambiguityHigh level of skill communicating effectively across internal and external organizations, both verbally and in writingExperience in Sales Development, Prospecting, Qualifying, Negotiating, and Understanding informal decision-making structuresAbility to travelSecret level security clearance a preferredFrench language skills are preferredProfic