Systems Engineer, Junior - TS

About the role

The C2ISR Division is responsible for a diverse portfolio of C2ISR programs, including the U-2 aircraft, JSTARS, AF DCGS, IBS, and others. The Global Network Systems (GNS) Branch supports these programs with EPASS, focusing on AF DCGS NIT, ETP, and GCCS-AF (I).

Responsibilities

• Provide systems engineering support across the acquisition lifecycle, supporting requirements development, architecture design, systems integration, verification and validation, technical management, and digital engineering efforts.
• 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.
• Affirmatively support 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.

Requirements

Due to the sensitivity of the customer, U.S. citizenship is required. Must have and be able to maintain a Top-Secret level clearance. BA/BS Degree in related discipline and 3 years of professional experience preferably in a DoD arena. Geo-spatial intelligence background. Experienced in requirements development, production and deployment, and operation and support, architectures development & implementation, modeling & simulation including but not limited to Model Based Systems Engineering principles, verification & validation, technical data package development and sustainment, and principles of configuration management. Experience with network architectures, embedded systems and application deployment across a variety of systems and hardware, to include cloud deployment and virtualization. Familiarity with DoD Acquisition processes including Technology Maturation, Risk Reduction, Engineering Manufacturing and Development, Production and Deployment activities. Familiarity with Electronic Warfare and/or Air Combat operations including live aircrew training/development of tactics, techniques, and procedures and Range Infrastructure architectures and systems. Familiarity with foreign ground radar.

Qualifications

Salary Range $73,160-$115,000.