Senior Systems Engineer

Position Summary

Odyssey Systems has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer providing support to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC/C3M), Mission Planning Division. The Mission Planning Division (AFLCMC/C3M) leads the development, modernization, and sustainment of enterprise Mission Planning Systems (MPS) supporting all U.S. Air Force aviation platforms.

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 execution of technical reviews, including System Requirements Reviews (SRR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), Technology Readiness Assessments (TRA), and related engineering activities.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
• Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain a Top Secret level Clearance
• Experience supporting systems engineering activities across the acquisition lifecycle
• Experience developing system requirements, technical documentation, and engineering analyses
• Knowledge of systems engineering processes, technical reviews, and configuration management principles

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: BA/BS in Engineering
• Years’ experience: 10 years of directly related experience with 5 years of experience in a DoD setting
• Experience with requirements development, production and deployment, operations and sustainment activities
• Experience with architecture development and implementation, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), modeling and simulation, verification and validation, and digital engineering methodologies
• Experience with cloud technologies, virtualization, network architectures, embedded systems, and software deployment environments
• Familiarity with DoD acquisition processes including Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR), Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD), Production and Deployment, and Operations and Support
• Familiarity with Electronic Warfare (EW), Air Combat operations, training systems, range infrastructure, or command and control environments
• Technical Skills: Systems Engineering, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Digital Engineering, Requirements Management, Architecture Development, Systems Integration, Verification and Validation, Configuration Management, Technical Data Management, Risk Management, Interface Management, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Network Architectures, Modeling and Simulation, Analysis of Alternatives (AoA), Systems Engineering Plans (SEP), DoD Acquisition Processes, Integrated Product Teams (IPTs)
• Interpersonal Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences, strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, ability to work collaboratively within integrated government and contractor teams, ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced acquisition environment, strong organizational skills and attention to detail