Junior Systems Engineer

About the role

The C2ISR Division supports a diverse portfolio of critical C2ISR programs, including the U-2 aircraft, JSTARS, AF DCGS, IBS, and others transitioning to sustainment. The Global Network Systems (GNS) Branch, located at Hanscom AFB, MA, focuses on EPASS support for major GNS programs such as AF DCGS NIT, ETP, and GCCS-AF (I).

Responsibilities

• Provide systems engineering support throughout the acquisition lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, development, integration, testing, deployment, sustainment, and operations.
• Conduct systems engineering reviews, technical assessments, and trade studies to evaluate system performance, cost, schedule, risk, and technical effectiveness.
• Support the development, maintenance, and management of system requirements, technical baselines, architectures, and interface documentation.
• Translate operational and user requirements into system and subsystem requirements using approved DoD and Air Force acquisition processes.
• Support architecture development and analysis, including traditional systems engineering methodologies, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), and digital engineering approaches.
• Aid in planning and executing technical reviews, such as System Requirements Reviews (SRR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), and Technology Readiness Assessments (TRA).
• Support risk management, configuration management, technical data management, requirements management, and interface management activities.
• Develop and maintain engineering documentation, including Systems Engineering Plans (SEP), Risk Management Plans, Analysis of Alternatives (AoA), technical reports, and acquisition artifacts.
• Conduct engineering analyses supporting system interoperability, cloud deployment, virtualization, network architectures, and system integration efforts.
• Support proposal evaluations, market research, and technical assessments of contractor solutions.
• Participate in Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and provide technical recommendations to government leadership.
• Support engineering activities related to logistics, sustainment, reliability, maintainability, and lifecycle support planning.

Requirements

• Citizenship: US citizen
• Top Secret clearance (must be able to maintain)
• BA/BS degree in related discipline
• 3+ years of professional experience, preferably in a DoD arena
• Experience in requirements development, production and deployment, and operation and support
• Experienced in architectures development & implementation, modeling & simulation, including MBSE principles, verification & validation, technical data package development and sustainment, and configuration management
• Familiarity with DoD Acquisition processes including Technology Maturation, Risk Reduction, Engineering Manufacturing and Development, Production and Deployment activities
• Familiarity with Electronic Warfare and/or Air Combat operations, live aircrew training/development of tactics, techniques, and procedures, and Range Infrastructure architectures and systems
• Familiarity with foreign ground radar

Benefits

• 401(k) plan
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Vision insurance