P3P3 — Mid-Level Professional
Career Professional
A fully proficient professional who works with greater independence on complex system design and integration tasks.
What this level means
Fully competent professional; works independently on standard projects
- Scope
- Features or a sub-system end-to-end
- Autonomy
- Works independently on standard work; reviewed on the non-standard
- Complexity
- Diverse problems; adapts existing approaches
- Impact
- Project / team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Owns implementation decisions for own scope
- Leadership
- Mentors juniors informally
- Typical experience
- 3–5 yrs
What you'd do
- Subsystem Design Ownership
- Independently Solve Complex Integration Issues
- Technical Coordination and Guidance
- Verification and Validation Leadership
- Requirements Management
- Continuous Improvement and Process Adherence
- Design and manage subsystems
- Lead validation processes
- Resolve complex integration challenges
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Subsystem design
- Complex issue resolution
- Technical guidance
- Verification leadership
- Process improvement
- Advanced systems engineering
- Integration techniques
- Leadership in technical projects
- Requirements management
- Process adherence
- Analytical thinking
- Autonomy and Initiative
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Leadership & Mentoring
What good looks like
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field
- Typically 5–8 years of engineering experience in systems development or a related area
- Master’s degree in a relevant field
- INCOSE CSEP certification
Common titles
Systems Design IIISystems Design 3Mid-Level Systems DesignSystems Designer IIISystems Designer 3Mid-Level Systems DesignerProduct Integration IIIProduct Integration 3Mid-Level Product IntegrationCareer Professional
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 17-0000 — Architecture & Engineering Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.