Senior Systems Engineer

 CTC, Inc. is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer with at least 8 years of engineering experience and at least 3 years of recent systems engineering-specific experience in GEOINT and geospatial data. The ideal candidate will provide system engineering support on large-scale systems, major system elements, and/or interfacing systems, and provide overall system engineering expertise in the architecture, design, development, requirements analysis, data flow, network design, and/or implementation or testing for the program.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Develop detailed system architecture/concept of operations briefings, generate systems requirements, and develop other system documentation.
• Guide system development and implementation planning through assessment or preparation of system engineering management plans and system integration and test plans.
• Interface with the following groups: software development, testing, integration, deployment, and sustainment.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering/technical discipline, and 8 year(s) related experience or equivalent experience, training, and/or certifications
• Strong understanding of NSG Standards for Electro-Optical (EO) and/or Synthetic Aperture RADAR (SAR) data
• Experience evaluating provided sample GEOINT data and its conformance to NSG Standards
• Experience participating in product development working groups (PDWG) to provide feedback and identify formal redlines to update technical specifications
• Experience navigating and evaluating potential system changes as a result of updates to the system interface changes
• Team player with a proactive attitude and the ability to be productive in a dynamic/collaborative environment
• Ability to develop improved methods to increase program efficiency
• Ability to negotiate effectively with higher-level managers, functional managers, customers, industry partners, and teammates
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Good planning and organizational skills
• 5+ years of system architecture experience with enterprise software systems

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Experience reviewing NSG Standards ISO/IEC Joint BIIF Profile (JBP), STDI-0002, and BPJ2K01.20, NGA.STND.0044
• Experience evaluating provided sample data and its conformance to NSG Standards, including but not limited to the NSGPDD Base document and associated product-specific Addendums, and the Compendium of Commercial Requirements Documents (STDI-0006) and associated volumes for NITF 2.1 Electro-Optical (EO) and Synthetic Aperture RADAR (SAR) datasets
• Experience participating in product development working groups (PDWG) to provide feedback and identify formal redlines to update technical specifications, such as the NSGPDD Addenda
• Experience navigating and evaluating potential system changes as a result of updates to system interface changes, such as the IF500EAA
• Experience with GEOINT Vector data and a strong understanding of existing and future use cases in the enterprise
• Experience with curating or executing GEOINT analyst workflows, specifically ABI tradecraft
• Strong understanding of TCPED intelligence lifecycle

Security Clearance:

• Must have a Top Secret clearance. Candidates with Top Secret/SCI and Polygraph are preferred.