Systems Engineer III

Responsibilities

Using a holistic approach, designs, develops, evaluates and modifies end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their entire life cycle. Generates quantifiable requirements based on customer description, system planning and design, and acquisition logistics. Ensures requirements comply with client requirements and government standards through formal verification methods. Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with other engineering disciplines to develop lower level detailed implementation requirements. Establishes and coordinates development of standards, practices, and procedures as related to the overall product development. Designs interfaces and brings system elements together so they work as a whole. Assesses performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures. Customer liaison and support for business development activities and to understand and shape requirements. Participates in system conceptual design and documentation of the design concepts. Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with multi-discipline 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.

Program Roles and Responsibilities:

This program provides SETA (Systems Engineering Technical Advisor) & SE&I (Systems Engineering & Integration) services to an IC customer with a focus on assured space communications and supporting IT infrastructure.  This is primarily broken into four major divisions including systems engineering, acquisition, mission operations, and security support.  Systems engineering support focuses on the end-to-end processes for managing programs, including Readiness, Configuration Management, integrated master schedule, systems analysis, future studies and innovations.  Acquisition support is focused on helping government COTRs in all aspects of managing development contracts to deliver capabilities that meeting requirements.  Mission operations roles include the support to integrating new capabilities into operations and leading anomalies response teams when issues arise.  Security support is focus on ensuring IT systems comply with the agency's IT Security policy (ICD-503) with personnel certified to information assurance security standards.

Job specific description: The opportunity is for a position supporting a government customer in Chantilly, VA.  This systems engineering position is responsible for regular communications with users to understand new requirements, working with development contractors to understand those requirements and develop plans to deliver new capabilities, working with operations to coordinate testing and the final delivery of new capabilities to fulfill user requirements.  Individuals will become familiar with various systems architectures and eventually act as subject matter experts in advising the government clients on acquisition related decisions.  Duties will include maintaining the requirements baseline, witnessing equipment installations, test and occasional travel to various CONUS and OCONUS locations around the world.  

Qualifications

Required:

5 to 7 years with BS or 3 to 5 years with MS and 1 to 3 years with PhD.

(4 years of relevant experience in an RF communications development/acquisition program can be substituted)

Technical BS in Engineering, Computer Science or related technical degree.

The ability to work well within a team of engineers

Demonstrated success in working with government customers.

Desired:

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

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

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

Prior experience with RF based satellite communications.

Prior experience with digital signal processing.