Power Infrastructure Engineer

About the role

Nightwing is looking for a Power Infrastructure Engineer to provide subject matter expertise and engineering support to a US Government program near the McLean area. This person will join a multidisciplinary team composed of chemists, material scientists, mechanical/electrical engineers, aerospace, and cyber engineers. The work environment is a very collegial atmosphere with ever-changing technical challenges that elicits excitement and challenge with each new day.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that system requirements and specifications are consistent with operational deployment environments
• Recommend innovative solutions for technical and operational problems
• Monitor and document component and system tests
• Ensure compliance with Government program management practices
• Support program control gates and engineering review boards
• Author and review project documentation
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert for a variety of power infrastructure system projects
• Respond to client knowledge gaps by educating oneself followed by training/briefing government task managers and internal customer departments on relevant technologies
• Help external contractors identify technical approaches and develop, test, and build capabilities to counter technical advances by foreign entities
• Provide technical expertise on electronic equipment and components
• Communicate complex technical topics effectively to an audience with a broad set of backgrounds
• Evaluate trends in aerospace and microelectronic industries to propose strategic technology developments
• Provide customer training and technology transfer
• Review and evaluate information and intelligence to identify technical vulnerabilities in power and control systems, focusing on sub-systems or components
• Collaborate with internal customers on defining research requirements and strategic mission objectives
• Identify and eliminate system vulnerabilities
• Review external contractor/vendor technical proposals, experimental results, deliverables, and final reports
• Support customer test activities
• Review contractor test bed facility documentation and experimental test plans
• Prepare and often deliver briefing materials to mid-level and senior client management
• Perform troubleshooting
• Review technical specifications
• Conduct tests, perform quality assurance inspections, and assess test data
• Support Customer Review Board and anomaly resolution

Required Skills

• Minimum 5 years of related experience and Bachelor’s degree (preferably Electrical Engineering, Physics)
• 5+ years of experience in electrical component design and/or system operations; hands-on field experience is highly desired
• Knowledge of system test and validation processes
• Ability to reverse engineer
• Experience with root cause analysis and troubleshooting
• Experience with vulnerability assessment and risk management
• Excellent communication skills
• Team-oriented
• Willingness to become acquainted with new technology
• Configuration management experience
• Must have TS/SCI security clearance with Poly on day one and be eligible for crossover

Desired Skills

• Master’s Degree
• Experience with project portfolio management to balance strategic and quick reaction capabilities within budget constraints
• Ability to work under tight deadlines
• Understanding of the global procurement supply chain of electrical components, equipment, and instrumentation
• Ability to predict system-level performance implications of minor technical modifications
• Flexibility to adjust technical direction as intelligence picture changes or becomes more defined
• Help define initial scope and assess technical feasibility of proposed development efforts

Travel

• CONUS travel to government contractor facilities (one week per month)
• OCONUS travel (average 1–2x per year)
• Support installation and deployment opportunities

Pay

The salary associated with this position ($122,000–$253,000) is commensurate with the selected candidate’s qualifications, years of relevant experience, and demonstrated level of expertise.

Benefits

• Medical, vision and dental insurance coverage
• 401k plan
• Paid time off
• Holidays
• Additional insurances