Systems Integration Lead/Manager (2)

QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, PLEASE SEND RESUME AND CONTACT INFO ASAP TO: careers@forest-designs.com AND REFERENCE JOB CODE SILM.

The following position, located in central New Jersey, is with a System Integrator providing end-to-end, turnkey solutions for the Defense and Homeland Security markets. Their complete security installations include Sensors, Command & Control, Communications, Access Control and Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD).  

Systems Integration Lead/Manager 

General Position Summary:

Provide senior level technical leadership in a hands-on environment. Provide planning, management, and engineering support for systems integration in a Homeland Security Work Environment. This individual will provide technical direction for a team of up to 10-20 Systems Integration Engineers. 

The integration process involves in assembly different subsystems (i.e. hardware, communication and software) into one operational system. The integration process takes place in a lab / labs that aims to mimic the operational field configuration as close as possible in order to verify system functionality meets defined requirements in the live environment. 

Major Responsibilities & Tasks:

The Systems Integration Lead/Manager is responsible for the overall integration process. Systems Integration is the owner of the lab. The Systems Integration Lead/Manager responsibilities are as follows: 

·          Leadership of the integration effort in order to setup operational system.

·          Planning the systems integration process and verifying its execution according to plan. The system integrator should urge parties to perform their tasks to meet required timetable and quality.

·          Reporting to the project / program manager upon integration plan execution and status. Should a more detailed status is required; the system integrator can ask different parties to provide their status. E.g. – during system network setup, the system integrator should know the tasks taken place and their status. The system integrator can ask the system engineering leader to provide a more depth explanation.

·          Control over the lab configuration – each effort / work involving the lab configuration should be approved by the Lead System Integrator. The Lead Integrator can grant a specific party to perform a set of changes without knowing all the details (e.g. servers’ installation without knowing each cable being plug and OS being installed, rather than the required outcome). 

Mostly, system integrator resides in the lab and assures integration process advances.  

Must be able to coordinate multiple simultaneous projects. 

Job Specifications:

In order to fulfill his/her responsibilities, the Systems Integration Lead/Manager should hold the following qualifications:

·          Overall understanding of the system architecture, design and functionality. The Lead Integrator is familiar with all parts of the system, but does not necessarily need to be an expert of all fields.

·          Ability to pinpoint upon a problem source once needed in order to direct parties to overcome it. Since integration effort involves in bugs that can be related to different parties and deliverable, it is up to the system integrator to pinpoint the cause.

·          Technical leadership and management capabilities. The Systems Integration Lead/Manager has direct interfaces (integrators reporting directly to him / her and support the integration process) and indirect (matrix based) interfaces (system engineer leader, software development leader). The system integrator serves as the project / program POC for the integration process. 

Knowledge:

• BSEE required, MSEE is a plus

• IEEE 829, ISO 9001 desired 

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years management experience with a team of at least 10 required

• Minimum 7-10 years experience with integration and test of large systems, required

• Experience with DHS or DOD projects, highly desirable

• Security Clearance or SIDA highly desirable

• Experience with Integrated Product Teams, desired

 Residency Requirements:

• Must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident

• Must be able to obtain a US Passport

 Travel:

• Travel domestically and internationally to support customer activities will be required – up to 75% of time. (Pay premium for international travel)

 QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, PLEASE SEND RESUME AND CONTACT INFO ASAP TO: careers@forest-designs.com AND REFERENCE JOB CODE SILM. 

Only candidates meeting the above requirements will be considered.  For maximum efficiency, please include your salary requirements.

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