Senior Systems Engineer - Sonalysts, Inc.

Interested in Challenging Work in an Essential Industry? Sonalysts, Inc. is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer with undersea weapons and/or Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) experience. An ideal candidate will have excellent critical thinking and communication skills to perform testing & engineering functions for unmanned systems, combat systems, torpedo development, and/or torpedo defense development projects.  The successful candidate will be a key contributor to the development of mission-critical, real-time undersea weapons, UUV hardware, software, and/or interfaces across all phases of the system development lifecycle.

Who are we:

Sonalysts, Inc. is a small, 100% employee owned (ESOP) business, which supports a very diverse set of customers. While the company was originally founded in 1973 with a focus on sonar analysis (hence the name) for the Navy, Sonalysts has since expanded into a variety of other Defense and Commercial spaces.  With current contracts supporting the Navy, Air Force, and Army and many other customers, Sonalysts relies on the skills and knowledge of its employee owners to help solve the Department of Defense’s most challenging problems while providing the best benefit to our customers.  Ranging from retired service members from all branches of the military, to professionals with a wide mix of different commercial and technical backgrounds, Sonalysts has a diverse and capable workforce.

By utilizing a small central corporate structure, coupled with a largely de-centralized approach to project management, Sonalysts is competitive with larger Defense Contractors while remaining agile and entrepreneurial at heart to provide rapid and innovative responses to customer requests. This allows our employee-owners to both lead or support existing projects and to get involved with developing new business and winning new work.   If you are looking for a way to use your technical or operational knowledge to support solving challenging problems for the military while being afforded the flexibility and empowerment of being a contractor or potential future leader in a small business, then Sonalysts may be the place for you.

What you will be doing:

• Work on interesting and challenging projects such as:
• Planning, coordinating, and supervising undersea weapons and/or unmanned system development and testing
• Modeling and simulation of undersea weapons and/or unmanned systems
• Hands on hardware and software integration of government owned weapons and/or UUVs
• Assist government teams with engineering development and system integration
• Participate in all areas of the weapon and/or UUV development lifecycle from planning through test evaluation

The Opportunities of Employee-Ownership

• Providing important support to various projects and key systems across the company.
• Opportunity to challenge yourself (learn and grow) intellectually as technologies advance.
• Participate in research, development, and testing of novel and cutting edge technology applications.
• Salary ranges between $135,000-$180,000, dependent on experience, qualifications and other relevant business criteria.  
• Becoming an integral part of an innovative employee-owned company which includes:
• Flexible Time Program enabling an optimal work-life balance by permitting partners to arrange their work around personal appointments, parent-teacher conferences, children’s activities and the like, so long as the partner gets the job done on-time.
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k) Plan with company match
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Sales Bonus Program
• Special Performance and Retention Bonus Program
• Health and Preventive Dental Insurance
• Dependent Care Assistance Plan
• Health Care Reimbursement Plan
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Professional Development through Tuition Reimbursement Program, Online Training Program and Targeted Skills Program
• Relocation Assistance to Southeastern Connecticut, to be in the vicinity of our Waterford, CT headquarters. Southeastern Connecticut offers unlimited waterfront access from restaurants to parks, beaches and downtown areas, hundreds of miles of hiking trails, thrilling nightlife entertainment, fascinating history, and abundance of farms and vineyards with offerings of markets and farm-to-table dinners and is conveniently located at the mid-way point of Boston and New York City and within an hour drive of three major commercial airports.  Visit Southeastern Connecticut for the infamous lobster rolls, apple cider and steamed cheeseburgers and stay for the highly ranked schools, low crime rates and abundance of attractions.

Required Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizen, possessing an active Department of Defense SECRET (or higher) security clearance*
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Ocean, or Systems Engineering or related technical degree
• 10+ years of relevant experience including at-sea operations
• Mentally and physically able to conduct or attend testing evolutions at sea
• Significant undersea weapon or UUV experience including:
  • Building, testing, or operating undersea weapons or unmanned systems/vehicles
  • Experience with the full spectrum of undersea weapons or UUV systems including sonar and communications systems, operating systems, and hardware integration
  • Concept of operations, mission planning, and post-mission analysis

Strongly Desired Experience/Qualifications:

• Prior military service in US Navy, especially service involving the employment of UUVs
• Master’s degree in any of the above fields
• Experience in and/or knowledge of:
• Proven troubleshooting and communications skills with a dynamic group.
• UUV autonomy frameworks and employment in complex environments

*Maintaining a U.S. Government security clearance involves periodic comprehensive background checks.  Candidates are eligible for a clearance if they have demonstrated sound financial management (including good credit) over time, are free of criminal records, have limited foreign contacts or ties, and other factors indicative of a position of trust to protect information sensitive to the U.S. Government.

Sonalysts, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, disability, or other basis protected by law.

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