Systems Engineer
Company: CCINTEGRATION INC
Location: Plano
Posted on: October 18, 2024
Job Description:
Description:Job Summary
The System Engineer is responsible for implementing, configuring,
and documenting the integration of various hardware and software
components within a system or a larger system of systems, such as a
rack-based system. As a liaison between external stakeholders
(customers, clients, partners, or suppliers) and different internal
teams, the System Engineer facilitates communication to ensure
seamless collaboration among stakeholders. This includes adhering
to customer requirements and delivering a functional and
high-quality integrated system to Manufacturing.
This position requires a Bachelor's degree and reports to a
manager. Work is generally collaborative in nature. Contributes to
moderate to complex aspects of projects. Typically requires 4 or
more years of related experience.
Essential functions
- Hardware/System Selection: Assist the Sales Engineering team
with hardware selection and qualification for new and refreshed
products.
- Technical Interface: Act as a liaison for maintaining
relationships with external stakeholders, such as clients,
partners, or suppliers. This may also involve serving as a point of
contact between different internal departments or teams, promoting
effective communication and information sharing. Common tasks
include attending meetings, facilitating discussions, coordinating
projects, managing relationships, and providing support in
resolving issues or conflicts.
- Build First Article: Configure, build, and document the First
Article (FA) unit(s) based on the customer's provided
documentation, software image, test scripts, and branding. Also,
vet and validate the Bill of Materials (BOM).
- System Verification and Validation Testing: Develop and execute
test plans to validate the integrated system's performance and
functionality, ensuring they meet the customer's requirements.
Conduct system-level testing, which may include functional testing,
regression testing, and performance testing.
- NPI/FA Documentation: Prepare and maintain comprehensive
documentation of system integration activities, including
configuration files, test plans, and test results. Record NRE
(Non-Recurring Engineering) and unit build times.
- Branding: Work closely with the customer on branding
requirements (logo, badge, decal, labels) and facilitate approvals
for the branding designs.
- Collaboration: Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams,
including Sales, Sales Operations, automation developers, project
managers, and quality assurance teams, to coordinate integration
efforts and resolve any conflicts or dependencies.
- Production Automation: Collaborate closely with the system
automation team to onboard all requirements, including system
settings, configurations, controlled images, scripts, and any
branding to be generated by the CCI automation system.
- Troubleshooting and Issue Resolution: Identify, document, and
resolve issues that arise during the integration process. Conduct
root cause analysis and debugging to identify the source of
problems and propose appropriate solutions. This includes
interacting with the hardware vendor's technical support to
promptly resolve issues.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for process
improvements and automation in system integration activities.
Implement best practices and optimize integration procedures to
enhance efficiency and quality.
- Deployment Support: Provide support during system deployment
and installation activities. Collaborate with field engineers or
deployment teams to ensure the successful deployment and
integration of the system in the target environment.
- Technical Expertise: Stay updated with the latest technologies,
tools, and industry trends related to system integration.
Continuously expand technical knowledge and skills to effectively
address integration challenges.
- Product Lifecycle Management: Assist in product lifecycle
management, including analyzing the impact of regulatory
requirements and compliance, and inspecting/evaluating alternate
parts for Approve Vendor List (AVL) parts end-of-life (EOL)
considerations. Initiate, submit, and implement Engineering Change
Requests (ECR) and Engineering Change Orders (ECO) as required to
maintain products during their lifecycles.
- Work Instructions (WI): Develop comprehensive work instructions
for production technicians to follow, and maintain any changes
using revision controls.
- Training: Conduct training sessions for production technicians
to ensure they are well-versed in building a product using work
instructions/procedures.
- Release to Manufacturing (RTM): Thoroughly validate that system
requirements are met and all required deliverables are in place and
approved before releasing products to production.
- Production Support: Provide support to the Production team in
their daily activities when needed. This includes assisting with
procedures, contacting customers for technical issues, and
troubleshooting to find resolutions.
- Technology Updates: Stay updated on new hardware technologies
and offerings from manufacturers for ongoing product
development.
- Complies with all guidelines and procedures pertaining to the
protection of the Company's Information Assets, Security and
Systems and that of its Clients.
Requirements:Competencies
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent
- Minimum of 4 years' experience in systems engineering highly
preferred
- Working knowledge of computer architectures, hardware
components, storage, networking, and various hardware industry
standards
- Familiar with IT rack infrastructure design, documentation and
assembly; including power, networking, cable routing, proper weight
distribution and serviceability.
- Experience in Linux and Windows operating systems, and the
ability to keep track of the changes and updates with every new
release
- Experience with VMware, deployment, and management
- Understanding of the engineering change control processes
- Ability to build rapport and maintain solid customer
relationships
- Driven to dive deep into a problem and not be satisfied until a
solution is found
- Dependable team player and active listener with excellent
written, verbal and face-to-face communication skills
- An unquenchable curiosity to learn new things and keep up with
the latest trends
- Excellent communication skills that include active listening,
and verbal and written communicationPhysical Requirements:
- Regularly required to stand, walk and use hands to manipulate
objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms while taking
and hearing
- Frequently lift and/or move up to 35 pounds and occasionally
lift and/or move up to 50 pounds with assistance of others
- Specific vision abilities required by this job includes close
vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the
ability to adjust focus
Work environmentOffice/Production Floor
Preferred prior experience
- Working knowledge of server components
- Previous experience with vendor configuration tools
- IT or systems background
- System manufacturing
- Background in Life Cycle Management
Travel requiredPotential for minor travel
Work authorization/security clearance requirementsMust be
authorized to work in the US, CCI does not currently sponsor
Visas
Comments:Please note this job description is not designed to cover
or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or
responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.
Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time
with or without notice.
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Keywords: CCINTEGRATION INC, Euless , Systems Engineer, Other , Plano, Texas
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