Weapons Systems Engineer SME

MTSI is looking for a Systems Engineering Subject Matter Expert (SME) with experience in weapon system acquisition engineering for the purpose of advising AFLCMC Systems Program Office Materiel Leaders and Chief Engineers on program status and paths forward. Pursuant to the Secretary of War's Warfighter Acquisition Transformation Strategy, this role will be expected to use their skillsets and experience to expedite capability delivery to warfighters by tailoring the traditional acquisition process to only critical and value-added items, emphasizing early prototyping and feedback, frequent warfighter user input, and rapid decision-making.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Preparing, facilitating, and conducting Systems Engineering and Technical Review (SETR) events on behalf of weapon system programs in the role of a systems engineering technical expert. These include Systems Requirements Reviews (SRR), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), and Critical Design Reviews (CDR).
• Assess contract data requirements list (CDRL) item completion, particularly for Design Artifacts, on weapon contracts on behalf of the government.
• Provide programmatic risk management advice to government materiel leaders.
• Evaluate system test plans for accomplishment of program and end-user needs. This includes lab, ground and flight-testing events.
• Experienced with Model-Based Systems Engineering design concepts.
• Adherence to the Dept of War's Mission Engineering Guide in daily functions: "Deliberate planning, analyzing, organizing, and integrating of current and emerging operational and system capabilities to achieve desired warfighting mission effects."
• Perform technical evaluations for government contract proposals.
• Clearly communicate with and/or brief senior military, contract, and civilian personnel.

Required Qualifications:

• Master of Science degree in Aeronautical, Electrical, Systems, Software, or similar engineering field and 18+ years of relevant experience.
• Have SME-level industry or government experience demonstrating and practicing their knowledge, skills, and abilities as a senior engineer and/or in technical program management.

Desired Qualifications:

• PhD in Aeronautical, Electrical, Systems, Software, or similar engineering field

Clearance Requirements:

• Top Secret
• Must be eligible for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access.

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  Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
  
  
  
  
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  Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
  
  
  
  
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  We have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
  
  
  
  
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  Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
  
  
  
  
  
• Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
  
  
• Flexible schedules
  
  
• 6% 401k match with immediate vesting up to $9k annually
  
  
• Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December)
  
  
• Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
  
  
• Up to $10,000 in annual educational reimbursement
  
  
• Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
  
  
• Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
  
  





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Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance

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