Systems Engineer

Program Systems Engineering Integrated Team Member

This position provides significant opportunities to expand knowledge and career development within and across Program Systems Engineering (SE) Integrated Team; and to showcase personal contributions to the Program Teams mission to deliver 100% on-target success of both top-down DE Culture Transformation objectives and hands-on DE taskings.

Working knowledge and experience across specific focus areas include: Space and Ground SE and Lifecycle Management fundamentals; DE/DEE including MBSE foundational principles including processes and standards; [space and ground] mission-, systems-, and lifecycle development phase-tailored applications, tools, techniques of DE/MBSE to deliver and maximize SED and Intelligence Community Enterprise-wide efficiency, interconnectivity, and re-use within DEE-centric mission architecture, design data, and organizational knowledge management systems. This individual contributor (IC) position reports to the LQ Program/Team Leader(s). As a Program SE Team member, the candidate is fully empowered, given ample opportunities to stretch and grow professionally, and expected to assert personal initiatives under coaching and guidance from senior leaderships to take on challenges across critical facets of the contract - including but not limited to: interact with Customer and Stakeholders; develop DE Transformation roadmap and detail action plans; manage strategic and tactical outreach communications in response to Customers and Stakeholders needs; develop and monitor direct and indirect DE Transformation performance results and metrics; and maintain vigilance to drive DE Transformation gap closures as appropriate, early, and timely.

Key Responsibilities:

Under guidance of Program Leaders, in consultation with cognizant Customers and Stakeholders D&O leaderships, support planning, development, and documentation of comprehensive DE/MBSE-centric:

SE Processes and Methodologies that span complete systems development lifecycle activities. Examples of SE Processes are Architecture Definition and Management, Requirements Management, Configuration and Data Management, Schedule Management, Verification and Validation Management, Mission Assurance Management etc.

Over-arching and detail implementation guides and best practices of MBSE tools and techniques in support of above SE Processes. Ensure consistent and robust synthesis and documentation of common and/or mission-specific, -tailored digital modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) methodologies and best practices.

Enterprise-wide Data and Knowledge Governance strategy and implementation plan that maximize process efficiency, user benefits associated with optimum construct of Authoritative Source(s) of Truth (ASoT) repositories, organizational productivity, and end-to-end information assurance associated with Customer-specific Cyber/IT framework and mandates.

Identification, coordination, creation, integration, and documentation of end-to-end [systems development] SE and MS&A Process Workflows include but not limited to work products and schedule review, prioritization, and approval.

Collaborate with and/or coordinate as-needed across internal and external organizational interfaces e.g. Intelligence Community SED, internal and external Partners/Stakeholders under various teaming formats e.g. working groups (WG), steering groups, Integrated Product Teams (IPT) etc. in response to and/or support of cross-Enterprise DE-related Initiatives to solicit, establish, negotiate, and/or communicate SE/DE guidance e.g. standardized processes, tools, techniques etc.

Creatively, judiciously, and effectively meld elements of traditional document-based SE lifecycle management processes with digitization- and virtualization-centric processes and techniques to effectively achieve end-to-end DE Transformation of both Customer organization(s) and Enterprise-wide culture.

Impactfully collaborate, substantively contribute to, and/or comprehensively take on taskings, inch stones, and/or discrete actions in support of the formulation, planning, and delivery of step-by-step DE/MBSE guidance and tutorials as part of Customer Training requirements.

Constructively and assertively embrace forward-leaning CAN-DO attitude and ONE TEAM mindset in support of cognizant Program leaderships to ensure 100% on-target planning and execution of all program objectives, milestones, reviews, award fee criteria throughout the entire span of the contract.

Maintain positive learning aptitude in response to guidance, constructive critiques, and mentorship from senior leadership to fulfill contract deliverables and internal Team product development goals and commitments.

Required Skills:

5+ years experience with space or ground systems engineering and system-of-systems (SoS) development and integration within context of mission, functional, logical, physical, and/or digital thread.

5+ years hands-on exposure to and working experience associated with space- or ground-based SoS technical baseline, hierarchical requirements, verification and/or validation (V&V) planning and execution, and end-to-end development execution.

Demonstrated hands-on proficiency in: SysML modeling and simulation (M&S) tools e.g., CATIA Cameo etc. Willing to learn LinQuest company- and/or program-specific M&S tool of choice

Working knowledge and appreciation of complex dependencies, interactions, and integration of systems-of-system elements i.e. hardware and software constituent modeling, verification, and validation

Hands-on experience in application and execution of SE processes and best practices. Examples: Architecture Design and Definition, Requirements Management, Mission and Organization Knowledge Management processes, tools, and/or practices.

Strong interpersonal and team-building skills, as well as clear and concise written, verbal communications and presentation skills.

Proficient in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Required Experience:

Bachelors Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics

5 + Years of experience in Systems Engineering.

Active TS/SCI and a willingness to take a CI POLY

Travel - < 10% for Contract Support

Preferred Experience:

Knowledgeable in detail designs of satellite systems, ground-based mission systems or mission operations.

Demonstrated hands-on experience in cross-functional planning, coordination, and task execution across the spectrum of systems engineering and integration activities.