Journeyman Systems Engineer

A full-time position located at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas, supporting the Early Systems Engineering program (ESE). Limited travel may be required as needed.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Mathematics
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in technical engineering
• Ability to integrate with other organizations and teams
• Experience working with Agile methodologies
• Experience working in secured environments
• Experience with STIGGING and vulnerability mitigation
• Excellent customer service, communication, and interface skills

Responsibilities

• Conduct reviews on program portfolio to evaluate and/or recommend alternative plans, improve systems engineering programs/processes, manage/sustain program technical baseline, and design/perform system-level tests to assure subsystem and system performance meets approved specifications.
• Perform program reviews to evaluate alternative proposed plans, systems engineering programs, design, and test results to assure subsystem and system performance aligns with program specifications.
• Prepare technical documents defining, specifying, and recommending system/subsystem characteristics.
• Prepare management reports and conduct technical presentations for planning, implementation, and corrective action using engineering economy principles.
• Perform validation of systems, including development of criteria and procedures.
• Analyze and/or evaluate results of major engineering systems.
• Provide system/program engineering, technical support, and technical training to support programs/initiatives, including acquisition, development, integration, sustainment, continued evolution, deployment/fielding, installation, and operations oversight.
• Provide engineering support services and inputs to program and project risk management activities in compliance with Air Force SEAM processes.
• Perform problem/gap definition, trade space analysis, science and technology roadmap analysis, “Set-based design” for concept development, Multi-Objective Decision Analysis (MODA), and cost versus capability trade-off analysis.
• Implement Digital Engineering, Digital Thread, and Digital Twin techniques across the system lifecycle.
• Apply engineering expertise to systems and subsystems, including configuration management, data management, security, and other technical integration functions.
• Manage complex system interfaces, identify and document interfaces, and assure effective integration of multiple subsystems.
• Ensure system requirements meet user requirements; utilize user requirements to design, develop, fabricate, test, and evaluate system concepts, perform assessments, and review system design.
• Perform and/or support capability analyses and COTS/GOTS evaluation, select components, and develop system interfaces to ensure compliance with DoD and commercially accepted standards and requirements.
• Construct models and simulations of systems to demonstrate the ability to meet user requirements.
• Conduct engineering performance, cost-effectiveness, reliability, technical and schedule risk assessments, and scheduling trade-off studies; document findings in technical reports as directed by the task order.
• Provide aid or guidance as necessary in the accomplishment of other engineering tasks.
• Other duties as assigned.