About Volant Partners
Volant Partners provides business and engineering consulting services to companies across the United States. We thrive by solving complex problems with a focus on regulated industries. We best serve our customers by attracting and retaining the very best consultants. Consequently, we have structured ourselves as an employee-owned company. Volant Partners was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Job Description
Volant Partners, Inc is seeking an Advisory Systems Engineer with a strong systems engineering and safety and reliability engineering background to assist our clients with the development and deployment of their products. Responsibilities will vary, but the selected candidate will contribute to areas such as safety and reliability analysis and risk assessment.
Successful candidates will use their deep knowledge in systems engineering combined with their experience in safety and reliability engineering to successfully manage complex projects and drive results. We are looking for self-starters and decision makers that are comfortable in new situations where success is dependent on quickly understanding client challenges and addressing them. This individual must have excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation) and be able to communicate effectively with different engineering disciplines, project and client leadership.
This position will be onsite so we are only seeking candidates in the greater Seattle area or candidates who are willing to relocate to the Seattle area.
Typical Responsibilities
- Author technical specifications
- Safety and reliability analysis
- Risk assessment
- Requirement elicitation, decomposition
- Requirement allocation and tracking
- Participate in processes improvement
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering, mathematics, electrical, computer science or related technical course of study
- Minimum of 10+ years of engineering or consulting experience
- A consultative mindset and strong communication skills (verbal, written, and presentations) to work directly with client multidisciplinary teams to solve problems and advance client’s objectives
- Proven systems engineering and problem-solving skills in an integrated team environment
- Proven track record of managing time and resources to meet deadlines
- Skills in requirement verification activities.
- Ability to make decisions and execute to the plan
- Experience with requirements development, management and traceability
- Specialized knowledge of safety and reliability engineering including reliability analysis, FTA, and FMEA
- Experience with ARP 4761/4764 and DO-178
- Working experience with Windchill
- Experience developing and decomposing system and subsystem requirements
- Ability to earn the trust of clients and influence leadership and key technical resources
- Maintains positive and professional relationships and promotes an environment of teaming and collaboration in a diverse work environment
- Available to be onsite at client facilities as needed
- Must be a US Person - U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in regulated industries such as defense or aviation
- Experience working in a consulting or engineering services company
- Experience with product development life cycle
- Experience using industry leading requirements management tools (DOORS Classic/DNG, JAMA etc.)
- Experience using Confluence and JIRA
- Knowledge of Configuration Management
The salary range for this position is currently $155,000 to $192,000 based on current market data. Actual compensation will depend on the successful candidates’ work location, qualifications, skills, and depth of experience. As an employee-owned company, the total compensation for this position will include Stock Options and eligibility for the Utilization, VP Accelerator and Profit-Sharing bonus programs. Our comprehensive benefits include 401k matching; medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible spending accounts; life and disability insurance; and a generous company contribution to an HSA account. Employees will also receive 15 days paid vacation and 10 days paid sick leave each year, as well as 12+ paid holidays scheduled throughout the calendar year.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering, mathematics, electrical, computer science or related
- Minimum of 10+ years of engineering or consulting experience
- Proven systems engineering and problem-solving skills
- Experience with requirements development, management and traceability
- Experience in regulated industries like defense or aviation
- Experience using DOORS Classic/DNG, JAMA, Confluence, and JIRA
What We Do
Volant Partners provides business and engineering consulting services to companies across the United States. We thrive by solving complex problems with a focus on regulated industries. We best serve our customers by attracting and retaining the very best consultants. Consequently, we have structured ourselves as an employee-owned company. Volant Partners was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
