Systems Engineer Senior

Digital Engineering (DE) Systems Engineer (Senior):

NextGen’s practice in Digital Engineering (DE) is growing. As such, we are seeking to hire a Senior Systems Engineer with experience in digital engineering to serve as a Team Lead for our Department of Homeland Security (DHS) customer. 

NextGen’s DE team builds high-fidelity digital representations of complex systems for commercial and Government customers employing the latest Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Modeling, Simulation and Analysis (MS&A) approaches. The selected engineer will collaborate with fellow DE colleagues to solve challenging technical tasks while becoming an expert with and deploying cutting edge modeling and analysis tools. Establish and grow your Digital Engineering career with NextGen today! 

Responsibilities: 

• Serve as end-to-end Project Engineer or Team Lead for advanced surveillance systems 
• Provide technical leadership in planning and organizing project activities 
• Execute and direct system evaluations/characterizations 
• Prepare and document test procedures, limits, and instrumentation 
• Assess technical proposals and coordinate with subject matter experts 
• Organize and prioritize multiple concurrent projects under tight timelines 
• Support development of domain awareness conceptual architectures 
• Develop strategies to consolidate agency requirements and ensure interoperability 
• Evaluate candidate systems where specifications are incomplete or undefined 
• Support integration of inter- and intra-agency requirements into system designs 
• Characterize emerging technologies and provide recommendations 
• Apply MBSE and MS&A approaches to system analysis and architecture design 
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders, customers, and partners to align objectives
• Develop Key Performance Parameters (KPPs) and document performance baselines 
• Conduct iterative research and perform qualitative/quantitative analysis
• Analyze data using statistical and coverage tools; interpret results 
• Prepare and deliver classified/unclassified presentations and briefings 
• Deliver findings and recommendations from DE activities 
• Collaborate with DHS S&T, federal agencies, industry, and academia Work within an Agile project management framework 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering or similar 
• 5+ years employing Digital Engineering techniques including MBSE and/or MS&A 
• Solid understanding of systems lifecycle processes 
• Ability to develop systems engineering artifacts 
• CONOPS, requirement specifications, IDD/ICDs, SDDs, test plans/reports, etc. 
• Experience in Agile project management tools and methods 
• Ability to analyze problems with a flexible and creative approach 
• Ability to manage complex tasks and adapt to rapidly changing requirements 
• Ability to learn new technologies rapidly and implement in a dynamic environment 
• Verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, and customer-facing skills 
• Ability to obtain a DHS BI Top-Secret security clearance (U.S Citizenship is required) 
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Desired Qualifications 

• Domain experience working with radar, communication or EO/IR systems
• Experience or working knowledge of the RADES (RS4) software suite
• Experience with SysML and MBSE tools such as Cameo/MagicDraw
• Experience with GOTS MS&A tools (e.g., AFSIM, NGTS, OneSAF) 
• Experience with COTS MS&A tools (e.g., AGI STK, MATLAB, Phoenix ModelCenter)) 
• Experience with Data Science tools (e.g., Jupyter Notebooks, Tableau) 
• Experience with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data and tools 
• Experience with DoDAF (UDPM and/or UAF) 
• Ability to develop new plugins/scripts for MBSE and MS&A tools/frameworks 
• Current DHS BI Top Secret clearance preferred

About NextGen:

NextGen Federal Systems is an innovative technology and professional services provider specializing in advanced software solutions and comprehensive mission and business support services. We work in close collaboration with our Customers to truly understand their business and mission goals. Our approach is to design, build, implement, and manage solutions that measurably improve our client’s organizational performance. We have established and foster a corporate culture where we:

•Treat employees with fairness and respect regardless of their position, sexual identity, race, or tenure.

•Communicate the importance of our mission and our employees’ contributions to it, ensuring they understand how their job role contributes to the greater good.

•Openly promote and communicate our ideas for change and adaptability.

•Strive to achieve results as an organization.

•Hold employees accountable to their commitments and provide incentives that encourage positive and productive behaviors.

•Value the talents and contributions of our employees as the key factor for our success.

•Create an environment where people can engage at all levels.

•Encourage people to take risks and allow them to make mistakes.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

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