Aviation Systems Architectural Engineer

Clearance Required: Must have a TOP SECRET clearance to be considered for this position.

Education:  Position requires a MS or MA degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or a related scientific discipline. ALLOWABLE SUBSTITUTION: A BS or BA degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or a related scientific discipline and an additional four (4) years of recent and relevant experience may be substituted for a MS or MA degree. These four (4) years of experience are in addition to the required minimum of ten (10) years to meet the “Experience” requirements below, therefore, requiring a total of fourteen (14) years of experience.

• The work would entail the following:
• • Coordination, development, and road mapping of System Architecture throughout the acquisition and engineering life cycle.
  • DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF) experience
  • Experience taking a system through the acquisition lifecycle as it matures through Technical Readiness Levels.
  • Additional responsibilities include systems and digital engineering leadership, system information management, technical management, and information technology service coordination among stakeholders
  • Understanding of Navy weapons systems and system of systems to develop and maintain a system level architecture
  • Ability to translate Design Reference Missions (DRMs) into logical descriptions of the physical and digital systems
  • Ability to communicate abstract concepts both verbally and in technical documentation
  • Provide input to Operational, Capability, System, and Information views - OVDiagrams
  • Correlate system functions to operational objectives
  • Recommend digital solutions to rapidly validate autonomous system behavior
  • Develop high-level descriptions and views of the system networks and interfaces
  • Recommendations to architecture alternatives which enhance lethality and agility
  • Input to system functional decomposition and allocation to systems and sub-systems
  • Inputs to capability gap analysis
  • Development of Technical Performance Measures
  • Inputs to Technical Readiness and Technical Risk Analysis

Skills Required: Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to effectively work and collaborate with a team, both internally and with industry partners that are remotely located. Independently motivated and able to produce products and react quickly to a rapid changing, continuously evolving environment.  Be experienced with NAVAIR/NAWCAD processes and policy pertaining to things such as Airworthiness, Weapon Systems Integration, Testing in a System Integration Lab Environment, Software Engineering, Build Architecture Diagrams, Technical Readiness Level (TRL) experience. Knowledge of how the Navy shares data.