Sentinel - Thread Support Staff Systems Engineer - 18064

About the role

The TSSSE (level 5 systems engineer) will be assigned to support the Ground Systems Thread of the Sentinel program. This role provides a great growth opportunity for an individual interested in developing into a senior technical leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Become a subject matter expert (SME) and technical lead with end-to-end / top-to-bottom understanding for the successful implementation of their assigned thread(s) for the Sentinel Program
• Execute special projects as needed for their assigned threads
• Act as the primary delegate of authority for their assigned threads, with responsibility and oversight of all systems engineering products for topics and deliverables
• Partner with the program's SEIT leadership and Office of Chief Engineering (OCE) to ensure their assigned threads technical baseline is developed with high quality
• Brief program leadership, customers, and stakeholders on their assigned threads at both program and technical reviews
• Establish an effective system of working group / coordination sessions with stakeholders across the development community to ensure effective horizontal and vertical thread integration
• Develop and maintain strong relationships across program, customers, and stakeholder communities
• Engage in formal and informal mentoring to support knowledge transfer and talent development
• Require definition and allocation, with cognizance down to the lowest level
• Architecture and interface definitions
• Functional flows and CONOPS scenarios
• Performance / allocation budgets, analysis, and margin management
• Trade studies
• Verification planning, including coordination of required and expected verification products down to the lowest applicable level
• Verification and validation execution, including authorship of requirement verification reports and customer coordination
• Solution definition / design artifacts produce a compliant realization of the thread capability
• Integration and test planning and procedure development
• Risk and opportunity identification and associated execution planning
• Techical Performance Measure (TPM) reporting and management

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) with 12 years of experience; or master’s degree with 10 years of experience; or PhD with 8 years of experience
• US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance, at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years
• Ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business needs
• 4 years of experience with ICBM programs (MMIII or Sentinel) or complex aerospace/defense systems
• 3 years of experience leading teams in a collaborative environment
• 2 years of experience creating, updating, and maintaining system-performance documentation

Qualifications

• U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business need
• Large scale / complex system development experience across multiple phases of a development program: preliminary design, detailed design, integration and test, verification and sell off, transition to production
• Experience with implementing and using model-based systems engineering (MBSE) tools, practices, and methods
• Strong understanding and broad application of complex engineering systems (engineering standards, configuration management, material review board, process control, tooling, facilities, software, etc.) for the development of complex systems of systems
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated experience with high value customer presentations, with ability to focus on multiple projects with competing priorities