Systems Engineer (CAD Design & Knowledge Management)

About This Role

This Systems Engineer role specializes in CAD design and knowledge management to support a complex, geographically distributed mission program. This individual will produce and control high-quality engineering drawings and site documentation, ensuring accuracy, discoverability, and operational usefulness through disciplined knowledge management practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain engineering drawings and layouts using CAD tools for equipment room layouts, rack elevations, cable routing, and power distribution layouts.
• Produce deployment-ready drawing packages including title blocks, revision history, and drawing standards.
• Convert field notes and site surveys into accurate “as-built” drawings, incorporating photos and measurements.
• Establish and maintain structured knowledge repositories for engineering artifacts.
• Define metadata/tagging standards for searchable documents by site, system, CI identifiers, and version.
• Manage document lifecycle control: drafting → review → approval → publication → revision → retirement.
• Support requirements decomposition and allocation related to physical deployments (space, power, cooling, cabling).
• Maintain a standard set of CAD templates, drawing conventions, and reusable components.
• Implement a quality checklist for drawing deliverables (completeness, labeling, scale, revision control, site identifiers).
• Support audits by ensuring document traceability and controlled revision history.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering, deployment engineering, or documentation engineering with significant CAD responsibilities.
• Proficiency with one or more CAD tools (e.g., AutoCAD, DraftSight, Revit, SolidWorks).
• Demonstrated experience producing equipment room layouts, rack elevations, cabling and power schematics, and site “as-built” packages.
• Strong knowledge management skills: building and maintaining structured repositories, templates, and document control workflows.
• Ability to work across teams (field, network, infrastructure, facilities, CM) and translate technical inputs into clear drawings and documentation.
• Strong written communication and attention to detail.
• TS/SCI clearance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering, deployment engineering, or documentation engineering with significant CAD responsibilities.

Nice to Have

• Experience with data center / telecom room documentation.
• Familiarity with configuration management practices and controlled document libraries.
• Experience using documentation platforms (e.g., Confluence/SharePoint) and integrating diagrams/drawings with knowledge bases.
• Familiarity with labeling standards (TIA/EIA) and structured cabling best practices.
• Experience supporting distributed site deployments and working from site surveys and field engineering feedback.

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits