Reliability Engineer

Job ID: 2306718

Location: ALEXANDRIA, VA, US

Date Posted: 2023-05-16

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description
SAIC is seeking a Reliability Engineer with experience in defense weapon systems to join our energized team. This position supports an exciting variety of programs to provide advanced R&M Engineering. Highly qualified candidates will have additional experience with model-based systems engineering and/or software development (to include software reliability). This position is located in Alexandria, VA.

SAIC supports the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) customers as they lead, cultivate, and develop innovative solutions to address common concerns of reliable and maintainable weapon systems ( https://ac.cto.mil/rme/ ). SAIC provides technical expertise to improve the state-of-practice to pursue crosscutting issues across the acquisition community and within the systems engineering enterprise. As a mid-level member of the team, you will assist OUSD(R&E) advance the practice of R&M engineering focusing on sustainment of reliable and maintainable weapon systems. You will regularly work with the R&M community of practice and DoD senior executives. You will review OUSD(R&E) modernization priorities and related technologies, legislation, policies, procedures, practices, guidance, standards, handbooks, tools, DoD workforce skills and training, in coordination with OUSD(R&E) organizations, DoD Components, other federal agencies, and academic and industry partners.

Job Responsibilities:

• Serve as government Director's lead to prepare, coordinate, collaborate, and participate in DMAG Focused Sustainment initiatives.
• Provide subject matter expertise in the development and implementation of the R&M Body of Knowledge and related workforce training courses
• Support annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS) by preparing workshops, briefing and supporting the OUSD(R&E) participation in RAMS.
• Support instantiation of Model Based Systems Engineering and SysML into R&M Engineering activities.
• Conduct analysis of alternatives (AoA) to support the recommendation of approaches, tools, and technologies for development of new analytics, including data- and event-driven analytics supporting R&M engineering across the systems engineering lifecycle.
• Collaborate with various engineering teams to support requirements definition, integration, and deployment of newly developed capabilities
• Prepare presentations and other materials to support project functions. Draft correspondence, reports, white papers, minutes, spreadsheets, communications products, briefs, and other documentation

Qualifications
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelors and fourteen (14) year's experience; Masters and twelve (12) year's experience
• Bachelor's of science degree in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline that is relevant to engineering
• Minimum of 10 years of specialty engineering experience focused in R&M engineering

REQUIRED CLEARANCE:

• Secret clearance required to start; Ability to obtain a TS/SCI required to maintain employment
• US citizenship required

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Ability to develop R&M engineering acquisition policy, guidance, and workforce development training materials
• Experience with government, industry or academia in R&M Engineering discipline and skilled at identifying and addressing DoD acquisition risks, issues or opportunities
• Must be able to work both independently and with a team to execute work tasks in a rapidly changing, fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated experience in planning, briefing and coordinating senior-level technical reviews, panels, or similar meetings with diverse participants
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal and able to convey complex ideas and theories to technical and non-technical audiences

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance
• Knowledge of DODI 5000.02 and JCIDS process
• Experience supporting US Federal Government agencies and processes
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering tools (i.e., SySML tools), OMG-Certified SysML Professional (OCSMP) is a plus
• Experience with data analysis software (e.g., miniTab, R, SPSS)
• Experience or familiarity with Scaled Agile Framework Environment (SAFe)
• Minimum one active professional certification or academic certificate obtained within the last five years, related to the R&M discipline e.g., ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer, ASQ Certified Quality Engineer

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.