Vehicle Senior Ethernet Network Architect

The Vehicle Senior Ethernet Network Architect position focuses on the development and management of advanced Ethernet network architectures on new and existing platform designs. Typical effort involves working with various software, cybersecurity, and data engineers to develop vehicle Ethernet network architectures that will meet customer and internal requirements to enable timely, accurate, safe, reliable, and secure communications on data-driven, software-centric military land vehicles. It also includes the documentation and management of these architectures in our Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) process, supported by an industry-standard toolset (typically Cameo). It requires the ability to understand complex systems, to manage and trade amongst widely-varied and often competing requirements from multiple sources and teams, to work with various hardware and software teams as well as outside vendors to coordinate expectations and requirements, gather design information, and ensure compliance to the reference architecture baselined.

Specific Tasks Include But Are Not Limited To

• Develop architecture view diagrams for the various networks on the platform in question developed through the use of industry evaluation and trade studies
• Evaluate and iterate architecture to include additional data as more information matures
• Accurately capture and review connectivity diagrams (typically SysML IBDs and BDDs at a system/subsystem level, electrical schematics at a component level) in various tools (MBSE and/or electrical design capture)
• Identify, track, and manage interface attributes throughout the system model
• Work with design engineering to advise and review lower-level designs for compliance to intended architecture and traceability to higher-level components
• Serve as the point of contact for Ethernet-based architecture designs for multiple, possibly concurrent, programs

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related engineering field. Other technical degrees will be considered with related experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience, fewer years will be considered with an advanced degree
• Ability to communicate complex Ethernet concepts into a distilled set of interface requirements for consumption throughout the various engineering teams
• Experience developing mixed-use Ethernet architectures that support both best effort and deterministic communications
• Experience designing and implementing Ethernet networks in a vehicle product through delivery phase
• Experience with the various Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) specifications, VLANs, use of Qos, Ethernet security (e.g. IEEE 802.1X, IEEE 802.1AE, etc.), multicasting streams of data, managed switch and router configuration, layer 2 and layer 3 network architectures
• Similar familiarity with CAN networks would be an additional benefit
• Due to the nature of the work, this role requires on-site presence up to 100% although some remote work may be available each week.
• Proven and demonstrated experience with MBSE and associated tools, specifically CAMEO