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Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners.We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com.\nJob Details:\nJob Description\nJob Summary:\nWorks independently as a technical project leader, applies engineering principles, procedures and techniques to perform systems engineering assignments related to the development of electronic and software intensive systems and subsystems. Works closely with other engineering disciplines to ensure interdisciplinary communication and coordination. Provides technical guidance, leadership and supervision. Coordinates activities for proposals/new business. This position typically works under limited supervision and direction. Incumbents of this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.\nEssential Duties and Responsibilities:\nProvides technical direction to systems engineering programs, team members and managers. Outlines and communicates the most appropriate technical approach for business development activities. Determines the technical direction and strategy for solving complex, significant or major issues.\n\nIdentifies, investigates and resolves technical issues.\n\nPlans and evaluates architectural design, reviews system performance, and identifies technical risks and associated ways to mitigate those risks.\n\nCommunicates technical advancements through briefings and technical papers to co-workers, management staff, customers, and technical community, as appropriate.\n\nMaintains state-of-the-art awareness in areas of technical expertise such as changes, advancements and improvements. Applies expertise to all areas of systems engineering.\n\nAnalyzes system design problems and performs design studies.\n\nOur Secures Comms group deals primarily with data links. Expertise with RF and specifically RF used for line of site and beyond line of site communications is essential. Skills should include doing a cascade analysis on an RF system or doing link margin calculations to estimate range for a line of site RF link.\n\nDevelops algorithms and plans, conducts and directs research and development.\n\nDevelops and applies advanced systems methods, theories and research techniques.\n\nDirects, coordinates and contributes to compilation and writing of proposal documents.\n\nPrepares design proposals to reflect cost, time and alternative solutions.\n\nProvides functional or resource planning guidance to program, engineering and management staff.\n\nInterfaces with team members, management staff, customers, subcontractors and vendors.\n\nSolves complex and difficult engineering problems.\n\nIdentifies systems engineering process improvements and enforces the execution of them across the organization.\n\nMaintains knowledge of and follows applicable policies and procedures governing work assignments.\n\nServes as team lead and assumes additional technical and leadership responsibilities as needed to solve engineering problems or develop improved engineering processes.\n\nFour-year college degree in electrical engineering or related technical discipline, plus a minimum of twelve years of related experience, or a master’s degree with ten years of experience. Effective written and oral communication skills. Ability to use personal computer software such as spreadsheets and word processing programs. Ability to use DOORS, EPDM and AllChange. Ability to effectively interface with customers, subcontractors and vendors, and deal with employees and managers at all levels both within and outside of the engineering organization. In depth knowledge of customer needs and competing products. Mental ability to perform engineering problem solving and analytical tasks. Must be able to work under project deadline pressures, and associated cost and schedule constraints.\n\nMinimum Job Requirements:\nFour-year college degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline, plus a minimum of twelve years of related experience, or a master’s degree with ten years of experience.\n\nActive DOD Security Clearance\n\nEffective written and oral communication skills.\n\nAbility to use personal computer software such as spreadsheets and word processing programs.\n\nAbility to use DOORS, EPDM and AllChange.\n\nAbility to effectively interface with customers, subcontractors and vendors, and deal with employees and managers at all levels both within and outside of the engineering organization.\n\nIn depth knowledge of customer needs and competing products.\n\nMental ability to perform engineering problem solving and analytical tasks.\n\nMust be able to work under project deadline pressures, and associated cost and schedule constraints.\n\n\nCubic Pay Range:\n$193,000.00 - $220,000.00 + benefits.\nThe Cubic pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.\n\n\nWorker Type:\nEmployee\nWe are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. 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