Chief Systems Engineer Salary in the United States
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How much does a Chief Systems Engineer make hourly in the United States? The average hourly wage for a Chief Systems Engineer in the United States is $70 as of September 26, 2019, but the salary range typically falls between $64 and $74. Hourly rate can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target. View the Cost of Living in Major Cities

Chief Systems Engineer

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Corporate Chief Engineer

Poached - Los Angeles , CA

The Chief Engineer is responsible for oversight and supervision of all infrastructure to ensure ... systems, refrigeration, sound and lighting, and restaurant equipment. · Plan and coordinate all ...

Poached Jobs - 7 days ago

Financial Systems Engineer

Career Images - Century City , CA

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ZipRecruiter - 1 day ago

Chief Engineer

Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV) - Honolulu , HI

As a Chief Engineer you will be responsible for driving company success through performing the ... systems and any other related equipment * Assign routine maintenance tasks on public spaces ...

Hilton - 3 days ago

Chief Engineer

North Star Fishing - Unalaska , AK

Chief Engineer Location: Bering Sea; Pacific Ocean; Gulf of Alaska; Aleutian Islands Overview ... Responsible for thesafe and efficient maintenance and operation of all ship engineering systems

Lensa - 2 days ago

Embedded Software Engineer

Cybercoders - Detroit , MI

... systems and hardware design - Good understanding of automotive software processes What's In It for ... The Chief Engineer didn't pay a dime when all three of his kids were born!) - Full benefits - Bonus ...

CyberCoders, Inc - 7 days ago

Senior Electrical / Embedded Engineer

Roastery - San Francisco , CA

Our founders include one of the first designers at Pinterest and a CEO with a previous acquisition ... System level embedded system development leadership. * Collaborate with the rest of the team to ...

Lensa - 2 days ago

What does a Chief Systems Engineer do?

Chief Systems Engineer

Demonstrated expertise in large integrated systems with HR application and technology architectures and platforms in an integrated environment, such as Security, data exchange technologies, development of interfaces and any extensions, supporting testing of these components.

July 04, 2019

Leading a systems engineering team in collaboration and approval of engineering products through engineering reviews and engineering milestone events is required.

July 04, 2019

Support program planning including developing customer Statements of Work (SOWs), developing systems engineering plans and schedule, reviewing approved program plans and subcontract SOWs, and ensuring the integrated master schedule properly integrates IPT schedules to support system level events, such as design reviews and verification events.

July 04, 2019

Act and demonstrate how to interact with Program Management to give early warning and effective communication of potential under-run and over-run of either costs or schedules on projects.

July 04, 2019

Required to interface with MDA's Directorate of Engineering (MDA/DE) and associated MDA Element programs to facilitate and guide integration collaboration.

July 04, 2019

Manages the development and implementation of tools to conduct requirements management and traceability, configuration management, risk management, and data management.

July 17, 2019

Provides specific, detailed information for selection, implementation techniques, and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements, facility requirements (including floor layout, power & cooling, network connectivity), data storage, backup, monitoring, operations systems, directory services, identity management, access management, and automation.

August 10, 2019

Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software or engineering specifications.

August 10, 2019

Understanding of Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I), Naval Information Warfare Command (NIWC) and prior experience of Naval Systems, Programs and Projects.

August 26, 2019

Developing and maintaining quality assurance systems, procedures, and processes used by the Quality team and partnering staffs to meet product liability obligations, customer specifications and industry quality requirements.

September 02, 2019

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