Senior Systems Engineering

Generates quantifiable requirements based on customer description, system planning and design, and acquisition logistics. Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with other engineering disciplines to develop lower-level detailed implementation requirements. Assesses performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures. Customer liaison and support for business development activities and to understand and shape requirements. Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with multi-disciplined engineering teams to develop lower-level detailed requirements. Participates in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements through compliance verification and validation. Generates system level requirements verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures. Reviews test plans/procedures and ensures they meet the objectives of the contractual requirements and participates in the testing process to validate requirements.

In year 2 of a 7-year contract, this program provides SETA (Systems Engineering Technical Advisor) & SE&I (Systems Engineering & Integration) services to an important Intelligence Community (IC) customer with a focus on critical, space domain missions and supporting IT infrastructure. The contract support is part of the customer core team focused on all aspects of the systems engineering life cycle beginning with conops development, where we work directly with users, potentially going into harm's way, who will be dependent on these systems. We get involved with setting up and running tests to ensure these cutting-edge capabilities will meet the stringent requirements and then we support transition to operations. Once in operations, our teams work closely with the users to make sure critical operations are successful, providing important information to support critical decisions by policy makers. In a SETA role, this position involves working closely with the government customer, the development and O&M contractors and both internal and external users to ensure new capabilities meet user requirements and are successfully transitioned into operations. We are expected to provide end-to-end understanding of the system and contribute to the development of new capabilities by helping to properly configure and test the system for successful operations. In some cases, when new capabilities and/or configurations are necessary, we use our expertise to help our mission partners to achieve the right solutions. As system familiarity increases, assignments will take on increasingly complex tasks in an acquisition support role. Projects will vary widely, from user engagement & training to leading end-to-end testing to prove a concept or confirm a new enhancement hits the mark for the user. Tasks span the systems engineering life cycle from initial concept of operations discussions with users, all the way through capability development and deployment into operations. We are also expected to capture the baseline architecture of our systems which has traditionally been document based. We are now moving toward Digital Engineering as we transitional many of our products and processes into customer provided digital engineering ecosystem.

8 to 10 years with BS or 6 to 8 years with MS and 3 to 5 years with PhD. (Technical BS in Engineering, Computer Science or related technical degree.

Demonstrated success in working with government customers.

Experience with Commercial/Government acquisition of satellite/ground segment hardware/software or satellite based communications field set hardware/software.

BS in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Computer Science.

Prior experience as a SETA with the Chantilly IC customer work with requirements and other related readiness processes.

Prior experience with HW/SW systems engineering and integration, testing, verification & validation of requirements.

Familiarity with the concepts of digital engineering to capture the system baseline architecture.

We are an equal opportunity employer and federal government contractor. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment as protected by law.

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