Systems Engineer Technical Specialist

Arcfield is looking for a Senior Systems Technical Specialist to join a skilled, highly respected, and long-standing team that designs, develops, evaluates, and modifies end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their entire life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Generates quantifiable requirements based on customer description, system planning and design, and acquisition logistics.
• Ensures system requirements comply with customer requirements and government standards through formal verification methods.
• Translates high-level product strategies into detailed system and implementation requirements.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop lower-level technical requirements.
• Establishes and coordinates engineering standards, processes, and procedures throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Designs and integrates system interfaces to ensure all system components function together effectively.
• Evaluates system performance using technical performance measures and defined evaluation criteria.
• Serves as a customer liaison, supporting business development efforts and helping define customer requirements.
• Participates in system conceptual design and documents system design concepts.
• Participates in hardware and software design reviews to ensure requirements traceability and compliance.
• Develops system-level verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures.
• Reviews test plans and procedures to ensure they meet contractual requirements.
• Participates in system testing to validate that all requirements have been successfully met.
• Experience with AI-assisted code development.
• Deploys new capabilities via a DevOps approach.
• Performs independent, objective assessments of new tools, algorithms, and/or capabilities.
• Inputs relevant tasking into collection systems.
• Interfaces and assists with operational customer test cases.
• Performs rapid software prototyping.
• Creates custom web services.
• Creates data routing scripts.
• Works directly with mission operators on concept designs.
• Works with lab developers to ensure proper data formatting and suggests code enhancements.

Requirements

• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (e.g., aerospace, electrical, software), physics, mathematics, or similar technical discipline with 10+ years of domain experience (BS 10-12 years, MS 8-10 years, PhD 5-7 years).
• Subject Matter Expert in at least one SIGINT discipline.
• 10+ years working with SIGINT data sets; 5+ years of coding in a mission environment.
• Experience working with SIGINT collection systems.
• Experience putting in tightly constrained SIGINT tasking.
• Experience working with SIGINT data outputs and formats.
• Demonstrated experience parsing and reformatting mission data sets.
• Demonstrated experience working with cloud environments.
• Demonstrated experience deploying web services and software frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability and success working in team environments and collaborating/leading across multiple geographic locations.
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals.
• Strong systems analysis skills, with the ability to identify and accurately describe system issues.
• Extensive domain knowledge and demonstrated understanding of user needs and operational environments.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills; demonstrated ability to clearly explain technical issues to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Customer-focused and capable of representing the customer in communications.

Qualifications (Desired)

• 15+ years working with SIGINT data sets; 5+ years of coding in a mission environment.

Pay

This is the projected compensation range for this position: $135,035.83 - $234,801.11. Differentiating factors that can impact the final salary/hourly rate include, but are not limited to, relevant work experience, skills and competencies, geographic location, education, certifications, and Federal Government Contract Labor categories.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability
• Retirement and Savings plans
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Wellness programs
• Other optional benefit elections