Systems Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Develop systems engineering modernization strategies and implementation plans.
• Participate in technical interchange meetings with stakeholders and provide technical reviews of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) data.
• Foster real-time, multi-user collaboration across engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Analyze Department of War (DoW) and MDA strategies, plans, policies, and processes and collaborate with senior leadership, technical teams, and stakeholders to ensure alignment.
• Promote efficiency, agility, and traceability in fast-paced engineering environments.
• Participate in the preparation and presentation of briefings to senior leaders.
• Collaborate with diverse groups and joint initiatives and work in highly adaptive environments.
• Provide recommendations supported by results and engineering experience.

Job Requirements

• US citizenship and secret level clearance is required.
• Master’s Degree in STEM field or equivalent experience. 8 or more years applicable, progressively complex, systems engineering experience OR Bachelor’s Degree in STEM field or equivalent experience. 10 or more years applicable, progressively complex, systems engineering experience.
• Work well in a team culture which prioritizes collaboration, mutual respect, and mission success, but also able to self-start and work independently.
• Clear grasp of systems thinking, but capable of performing detailed analysis.
• Proven experience in establishing, mentoring, and driving Systems Engineering best practices across organizations.
• Transformation minded and growth oriented.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including executive-level communication skills with the ability to present complex technical concepts to senior leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in missile defense, preferably with the Missile Defense System or other large scale DoW Systems-of-Systems (SoS).
• A degree in Systems Engineering from an accredited university.
• Mastery of digital engineering transformation tools, methodologies, and implementation strategies.
• Formal training and/or experience in Systems Engineering standards and practices such as the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook, the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge, and ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288.
• Comprehensive mastery of requirements engineering, traceability frameworks, and full system life cycle engineering methodologies.