Systems Engineer B-2 (WBZ) 01.6.07

About the role

Credence is a privately held company recognized on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 12 years and repeatedly ranked as a top place to work. We deliver mission-critical technology solutions—including AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities—to the largest defense and health federal organizations, focusing on increasing mission success for warfighters and securing the nation. We practice servant leadership and believe that by supporting the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success.

We have an immediate opening for a B-2 Systems Engineer (WBZ) at the principal level to support the B-2 Division, which is responsible for the modernization, test, production, fielding, and sustainment of B-2 aircraft and related systems. The B-2 is a high-demand, low-density fleet over 20 years old, undergoing concurrent acquisitions to address obsolescence issues, and delivers critical aerial denial/anti-access and nuclear capabilities at Tinker AFB, OK.

Responsibilities

• Institute a collaborative process bridging warfighter-identified capability needs to acquisition planning for materiel solutions, including researching program information, providing systems engineering insight, conducting analyses, and preparing briefings
• Interface with development planning, technology, intelligence, acquisition, sustainment, and user communities
• Independently apply knowledge and experience across enterprise activities spanning requirements/acquisition and sustainment, including doctrine, requirements definition, horizontally integrated acquisition and sustainment strategies, technology integration, intelligence integration, and sustainment strategy development
• Develop architecture-based capability requirements and option sets to ensure interoperability and appropriate linkages to other capabilities; integrated option sets may span multiple platforms, programs, phases, and enterprises
• Support development of strategies for crosscutting capability requirements
• Initiate, write, review, develop, and implement documentation including TEMPs, SEPs, RFPs, SOOs, test plans, LCMP, and Pre-Milestone A/B documentation as appropriate
• Provide technical support to Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (SETR), including IBR, SRR, SFR, PDR, CDR, FCA, SVR, PCA, and TRRs; conduct rigorous technical review of SETR deliverables, assess design maturity against SETR entrance/exit criteria, and provide technical recommendations to program leadership
• Prepare Airworthiness Plans, Certification Basis, Compliance Reports, Military Flight Releases, and Military Type Certificates; brief airworthiness documents through board reviews and to the Delegated Technical Authority/Technical Airworthiness Authority
• Develop action plans to resolve Deficiency Reports (DRs) and brief action plans at review boards and at the MIPRB to the Chief Engineer
• Develop action plans to resolve system safety risks; develop Safety Action Records (SARs) and System Safety Risk Assessments (SSRAs); brief action plans at SSWG, SSG, and to the Chief Engineer and System Program Manager
• Develop Operational Safety, Suitability and Effectiveness (OSS&E) documents and brief at review boards and to the Chief Engineer and System Program Manager
• Prepare Permanent, T1, and T2 modification packages and brief through board reviews up to the Chief Engineer and System Program Manager
• Provide technical support to software reviews, including IFC Readiness Assessments (IRAs), IFC TRRs, IFC Demos, and IFC Fielding Recommendations; support identification, assessment, and analysis of future capability solution sets
• Assist in reviewing systems engineering initiatives driven by policy changes (e.g., acquisition of non-destructive inspection, COTS items, FAA-certified items, and performance-based business environments)
• Manage capability and systems engineering studies involving multiple divisions
• Communicate systems engineering solutions, risk analyses, and future solutions across AFLCMC, MAJCOMs, other enterprises, and the Air Staff
• Assist in transitioning programs into and terminating programs out of the B-2 Division to enhance warfighter capabilities
• Plan across family of systems and system of systems, especially in developing capability manager strategies (e.g., spectrum battle management and Joint All Domain Command and Control systems)
• Develop, improve, and administer technology processes, including applied technology councils, SBIR, and other initiatives to identify, assess, and submit proposals to the technology community
• Review planning documents (e.g., Mission Need Statement, Operational Requirements Document, ICD, CDD, CPD) for realistic industrial base execution
• Promote the use of Modeling & Simulation and Analysis (MS&A) throughout the acquisition lifecycle and foster development and maintenance of common-use MS&A tools
• Integrate intelligence information and infrastructure to ensure cross-enterprise capabilities planning and system acquisition
• Provide a wide range of recommended solution sets for capabilities integration planning and organize large and small group briefings to leverage cross-divisional engineering expertise

Requirements

• Top Secret clearance with ability to be read onto SCI
• ABET-accredited Master’s or Doctoral degree in a related field and at least 20 years of relevant technical/professional experience, including at least 12 years in DoD/DoW; or
• ABET-accredited Bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least 25 years of relevant technical/professional experience, including at least 15 years in DoD/DoW

Personnel must maintain the required clearance throughout the contract period to support multiple tasks and meetings at various classification levels. The Government will assist the candidate with attaining access to classified facilities as required.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development