Senior Systems Engineer

We are seeking a highly motivated Systems Engineer to join Sonatech LLC in Santa Barbara, California.

Sonatech LLC is a premier undersea acoustics engineering and manufacturing company. With a focus on supplying advanced SONAR solutions for the US Navy, our technical expertise, customized design capabilities and diverse manufacturing abilities have led to Sonatech products being deployed in virtually every class of underwater Navy system currently in operation.

Located in beautiful Santa Barbara, CA five minutes from the beach, we pride ourselves as having a culture of innovation as well as first-class customer service. Sonatech has a challenging and rewarding work environment where employees can develop their careers by taking on new responsibilities and providing innovative solutions.

Job Description

This position is an opportunity to shape new products from scratch and improve existing ones. The candidate will work closely with customers to develop system concepts, technical requirements, and product specifications. Following, the candidate oversees systems design throughout the development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

Architecture development, interface definition, system modelling, algorithm development, data analysis, and trade studies

Provide technical leadership throughout the development lifecycle

Progress reporting to management and customer representatives

Support systems integration and customer trial activities

Generation of technical requirements and specifications, requirement management, compliance traceability and verification

Requirements

Bachelors degree in electrical engineering

Minimum 10 years working as a system engineer or electrical engineer with direct product design and architecture experience

Experience guiding products through the full development lifecycle and field trials

Excellent cross-functional troubleshooting skills

Strong oral and written communications skills including presenting to customers and senior leadership

• US Citizenship required and ability to obtain a DoD secret security clearance

Preferred Skills

Masterss Degree in Electrical Engineering

Experience with underwater acoustic positioning systems for tracking and navigation

Understanding of underwater acoustic principles

Understanding of electronic systems with embedded SW applications

Experience in developing computer-based performance models in MATLAB to support system concept/design definition.

Benefits

Benefits include medical, dental and vision, life insurance, paid vacation and sick