Systems Engineer Technical Specialist

Responsibilities

• Generates quantifiable requirements based on customer descriptions, system planning and design, and acquisition logistics.
• Ensures requirements comply with client needs and government standards through formal verification methods.
• Translates high-level product development strategies into system requirement specifications.
• Collaborates with other engineering disciplines to develop detailed implementation requirements.
• Establishes and coordinates the development of standards, practices, and procedures related to overall product development.
• Designs interfaces and integrates system elements to function cohesively.
• Assesses performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures.
• Acts as a customer liaison to support business development activities and understand and shape requirements.
• Participates in system conceptual design and documentation of design concepts.
• Participates in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure their applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements through compliance verification and validation.
• Generates system-level requirements verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures.
• Reviews test plans/procedures to ensure they meet contractual objectives and participates in the testing process to validate requirements.

Program Description

• Provides SETA & SE&I services to an Intelligence Community customer.
• Focuses on critical, assured space communications and IT infrastructure.
• Supports the entire systems engineering lifecycle from conops development to operations.
• Captures user requirements and collaborates with developers to deliver capabilities.
• Involved in testing to ensure capabilities meet stringent requirements.
• Supports transition to operations and ensures critical operations are successful.
• Assists with client acquisition strategy, technology development, modernization, cyber, and information assurance support.

Specific Position Description

• Position located with an Intelligence Community agency in Chantilly, VA.
• Opportunity at the start of a seven-year contract focusing on system modernization.
• Transitioning to Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
• Transforming older hardware/software solutions into hybrid cloud systems.
• Responsible for engineering management of over a dozen mission systems.
• Manages engineering processes: roadmap development, portfolio, change, schedule, and risk management.
• May include project management for larger enterprise projects requiring significant coordination.
• Involves less structured work such as studies, alternatives analysis, and providing recommendations to government leadership.

Qualifications

Required:

• Must possess and be able maintain Top Secret/SCI clearance with Poly.
• 10 to 12 years with BS or 8 to 10 years with MS or 5 to 7 years with a PHd.
• 4 years of relevant experience in an RF space communications development/acquisition program can be substituted for BS.
• Technical BS in Engineering, Computer Science or related technical degree.
• Familiarity with systems engineering processes.
• The ability to work well within a team of engineers.
• Demonstrated success in working with government customers.

Desired:

• 5 years of experience with Commercial/Government acquisition of satellite/ground segment hardware/software.
• BS in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Computer Science.
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
• 3 years of experience as a SETA with IC agency customer working with systems engineering, requirements and other acquisitions related processes.
• Experience with digital engineering tools such as Cameo, Confluence/Jira, DOORs Next Gen, etc. 
• Experience with RF based satellite communications.
• Experience with digital signal processing.

EEO

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