Who we are: Fuse builds innovative communications, networking, and computing solutions that improve the sharing of information, video, text, and voice among operators distributed throughout the airborne, maritime, and ground environments. We are a technology firm creating in-house software, network and hardware solutions that support our noble cause of advancing warfighter capabilities with elegant, user-focused communications, networks, and software systems.
About This Role Fuse is seeking a Systems Engineer who thrives in innovative, integration-driven environments and is passionate about reducing uncertainty early in the development lifecycle. This role supports the definition, design, and de-risking of complicated tactical communication systems composed of hardware, software, networking, and RF components.
Key Responsibilities • Define: Contribute to refinement of mission intent and system scope • Contribute to refinement of mission intent and system scope • Surface assumptions and risks early in development • Surface assumptions and risks early in development • Support decomposition of customer requirements into system-level behaviors • Support decomposition of customer requirements into system-level behaviors • Design: Support system architecture and interface definition • Design: Support system architecture and interface definition • Create and maintain system diagrams and interface documentation • Create and maintain system diagrams and interface documentation • Participate in trade studies and cross-discipline collaboration • Participate in trade studies and cross-discipline collaboration • De-risk: Support modeling, simulation, and integration experiments • De-risk: Support modeling, simulation, and integration experiments • Assist in planning and executing integration and test events • Assist in planning and executing integration and test events • Capture expected vs. observed behavior during testing • Capture expected vs. observed behavior during testing • Support hypothesis testing through integration activities and capture expected vs. observed system behavior • Support hypothesis testing through integration activities and capture expected vs. observed system behavior • Surface deviations that invalidate architectural assumptions and feed them back into system refinement • Surface deviations that invalidate architectural assumptions and feed them back into system refinement • Deliver: Support formal integration and system verification events • Deliver: Support formal integration and system verification events • Ensure system behavior aligns with defined mission intent • Ensure system behavior aligns with defined mission intent • Assist in documenting expected vs. observed outcomes • Assist in documenting expected vs. observed outcomes • Participate in root cause analysis and corrective action planning • Participate in root cause analysis and corrective action planning • Help maintain traceability from mission threads through validation artifacts • Help maintain traceability from mission threads through validation artifacts