Full-Time

Senior Undersea Systems Engineer

Posted on 10/31/2025

Purvis Systems

Purvis Systems

201-500 employees

Delivers mission-critical government IT solutions

No salary listed

Newport, RI, USA

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Category
Electrical Engineering (2)
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Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience in Towed, Hull, and Sensor System Engineering.
  • Proven expertise in sonar system design, acoustic signal processing, and underwater sensor integration.
  • Familiarity with naval platform constraints, environmental considerations, and MIL-STD compliance.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.
  • Candidate must be able to obtain a government security clearance to the level of SECRET.
Responsibilities
  • Perform technical investigations on issues including degraded performance, damaged equipment, intermittent operations, requirements deviations, training shortfalls, system interfaces, platform integration and component obsolescence.
  • Identify alternative solutions, proposed upgrades and recommended courses of action.
  • Review system specifications, design documents, engineering change proposals, program trouble reports, test reports, operational requirements documents, test plans, engineering drawings and engineering measurement program data.
  • Analysis of test and operational data to assess system effectiveness in accordance with test objectives, key performance parameters, key system attributes and system technical requirements.
  • Perform trend analysis on operational data to identify operational deficiencies, technical issues and risk areas.
  • Test, analyze and evaluate electro-optical sensors and systems to assess system effectiveness. Develop and evaluate design approaches for optical sensor detection, networking, telemetry, modeling and simulation.

Purvis Systems provides technology solutions for federal and local governments, handling design, deployment, and ongoing maintenance of mission-critical systems. It delivers end-to-end IT and operational solutions through engineering, program management, and field maintenance to support agencies like the Department of Defense, NIH, and major public safety organizations. It differentiates itself by being large enough for complex programs yet nimble, combining rigorous standards and security with flexibility and responsive service. Its goal is to help agencies protect life, safety, and property by ensuring reliable, enduring technology operations under demanding conditions.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Middletown, Connecticut

Founded

1973

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  • Purvis opened Mississippi's first Golden Chick in December.
  • 49-year Navy partnership in undersea warfare systems.
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PURVIS Public Safety Technology, Public Safety Management Systems partners with U.S. Navy

PURVIS has partnered with the U.S. Navy for over 49 years developing, evaluating, and supporting Undersea Warfare capabilities from system design and development, through TEMPALT development, installation, configuration management, integrated product support, Risk Management Framework (RMF) certification, training, and facilities/IT management.

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