Staff Engineer

ARA is seeking an experienced staff engineer to support the design, development, integration, testing, qualification, and fielding of complex underwater and undersea systems.

The successful candidate will be a hands-on engineer who can work comfortably across requirements development, system architecture, engineering analysis, prototype development, integration, test, and system-level technical reviews.

The ideal candidate will have experience working with multidisciplinary engineering teams and complex hardware/software systems in technically demanding environments.

The candidate should be capable of understanding system-level performance, decomposing operational needs into engineering requirements, managing interfaces between subsystems, supporting prototype development and testing, and communicating technical decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

This is an on-site position in the ARA office in Panama City, FL.

Hybrid work may be possible for the right candidate, requiring attendance in the office a minimum of 3 days per week.

This position also requires regular travel to Newport, RI (up to 15%). 

What you will do as a staff engineer:


* Support the design, development, integration, test, qualification, and implementation of complex underwater and undersea systems.


* Develop, analyze, document, and manage system, subsystem, hardware, software, and interface requirements.


* Translate customer needs, operational concepts, and mission requirements into measurable engineering requirements and system performance criteria.


* Perform system-level engineering evaluations and trade studies to assess design alternatives, technical risks, performance, cost, and schedule impacts.


* Support engineering design reviews, including System Requirements Reviews (SRR), System Functional Reviews (SFR), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), and other program technical reviews.


* Support the development, procurement, assembly, integration, and testing of advanced prototypes to inform engineering decisions and demonstrate system performance.


* Analyze engineering and test data, identify performance trends and anomalies, and develop recommendations for system improvements.


* Support failure investigations, root cause analysis, corrective-action development, and system troubleshooting.


* Identify and manage technical risks, requirements issues, interface conflicts, and integration challenges while developing coordinated system-level solutions.

Staff engineer required skills/experience:


* Bachelor’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.


* 5-7 years of recent and relevant engineering experience supporting complex systems development.


* Demonstrated experience applying systems engineering principles to the development, int...