Senior Systems Engineer

Duties include but not limited to:

• Conduct reviews on program portfolio to evaluate and/or recommend alternative plans improve systems engineering programs/processes manage/sustain program technical baseline and design/perform system level tests to assure that subsystems and system performance is achieved in accordance with approved specifications
  
• Perform program reviews to evaluate alternative proposed plans systems engineering programs design and test results to assure that subsystem and system performance is achieved in accordance with program specifications
  
• Prepare technical documents which define specify and recommend system/subsystem characteristics. Prepares management reports and conducts technical presentations for planning implementation and corrective action using application of engineering economy principles
  
• Perform validation of systems including development of criteria and procedures. Analyze and/or evaluate results of major engineering systems
  
• Provide system/program engineering technical support and technical training to support programs/initiatives including but not limited to: acquisition development integration sustainment continued evolution deployment/fielding and installation and operations oversight
  
• Provide engineering support services and inputs to program and project risk management activities in compliance with AF SEAM processes
  
• Provide engineering support to conduct formal trade studies based on engineering performance effectiveness cost effectiveness cost performance life cycle cost productivity reliability maintainability risk and schedule
  
• Provide technical recommendation support services including reviews studies audits evaluations and analyses scientific and procedural guidance documentation technical analysis and support of associated engineering IPTs
  
• Provide proposal analysis support services that compare and quantify proposed systems components approaches for technical feasibility compatibility and cost effectiveness
  
• Provide concepts and requirements analyses support services including but not limited to reviewing and analyzing:
  • Initial Capabilities Documents (ICD)
    
  • Capability Development Documents (CDD)
    
  • Capability Production Documents (CPD)
    
  • Analysis of Alternatives (AoA)
    
  • Military Utility Assessments
    
  • Concepts of Operation (CONOP)
    
  • Technology Development Strategies
    
  • FCAs/PCAs
    
  • Technology Standards Profiles
    
• Review and analyze system concepts and user requirements that have been approved and entered into a system requirements baseline (functional allocated and product)
  
• Assist with material solution analysis technology engineering and manufacturing development production and deployment and operation and support
  
• Support engineering technical and technical management processes associated with version/configuration control to include:
  • Requirements definition and analysis
    
  • Architecture design implementation integration verification validation transition decision analysis technical planning technical assessment
    
  • Requirements management risk management configuration management technical data management and interface management
    
• Assist with planning and execution of technical reviews and assessments (e.g. System Requirements Review Technology Readiness Assessment) as well as associated documentation development (e.g. Systems Engineering Plan Risk Management Plan) that are an inherent part of the activities and processes listed above
  
• Development of systems engineering documentation an understanding of the linking interactions between systems of systems configuration management technical data packages and acquisition and sustainment engineering processes.
  
• Support engineering technical and technical management processes associated with version/configuration control to include: a) Requirements definition and analysis; b) Architecture design implementation integration verification validation transition decision analysis technical planning technical assessment; c) Requirements management risk management configuration management technical data management and interface management
  
• Assist with planning and execution of technical reviews and assessments (e.g. System Requirements Review Technology Readiness Assessment) as well as associated documentation development (e.g. Systems Engineering Plan Risk Management Plan) that are an inherent part of the activities and processes listed above
  

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Clearance: Must have an Active Secret Clearance

Minimum Required Qualifications:

Education: Bachelors degree in a professional engineering discipline from an ABETaccredited educational program and at least 12 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed 5 of which must be in the DoD

• Experienced in requirements development production and deployment and operation and support architectures development & implementation modeling & simulation including but not limited to Model Based Systems Engineering principles verification & validation technical data package development and sustainment and principles of configuration management
  
• Experience with network architectures embedded systems and application deployment across a variety of systems and hardware to include cloud deployment and virtualization
  
• Familiarity with DoD Acquisition processes including Technology Maturation Risk Reduction Engineering Manufacturing and Development Production and Deployment activities
  
• Familiarity with Electronic Warfare and/or Air Combat operations including live aircrew training/development of tactics techniques and procedures and Range Infrastructure architectures and systems are desired
  

Preferred experience:

• Masters degree in a professional engineering discipline from an ABETaccredited educational program along with at least 10 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed 5 of which must be in the DoD