Systems Engineer

Systems Engineer

Requirements

• Ten or more years of demonstrated experience in systems engineering
• Master’s degree or equivalent years of related experience in lieu of a Master’s degree
• Excellent communication skills, customer relationship skills, organizational skills, and technical proficiencies
• Able to develop, communicate, and implement solutions for complex technical issues
• Self-starting skills and the ability to work efficiently under deadlines with little to no supervision
• Proficiency in MS Office products, MS Teams, and other collaborative tools
• Eligibility for or an active TS/SCI Security Clearance is required to be considered for this position

Responsibilities

• Provide general and technical engineering support for the development of space vehicles, payloads, and related space systems
• Support a broad range of systems architecting and engineering activities such as system requirements definition, design, interface management, data architecture development, verification and validation, integration, performance analysis, lifecycle cost analysis & estimation, decision analysis, and physical configuration assessments
• Manage technical and interface requirements. Manage interface negotiation with external stakeholders. Oversee requirements and interface verification.
• Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints
• Support development of system engineering items such as CONOPs, requirements definitions, system testing, algorithm document review, and interfaces to other application development efforts
• Support the development and refinement of acquisition strategies as well as identifying program execution issues and provide recommendations when possible
• Analyze system requirements that define the technical baseline and verification of the technical baseline
• Review proposed changes to the technical baseline for impacts to enterprise capabilities and to cross-stakeholder integration concerns
• Attend and contribute to program and project management meetings and collaboration sessions
• Facilitate communication and prepare/update plans of action and milestones (PoAMs)
• Lead problem documentation and problem-solving efforts
• Author, review, and coordinate documents and data to aid Government decision-making
• Actively participate and represent the customer in various Government and contractor meetings; attend program and technical reviews (e.g., PMRs, PDRs, CDRs, and other milestone and coordination meetings) to provide technical and programmatic system recommendations and risk assessments

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous DoD, Air Force, or Space Force, or Space Systems Command (SSC) systems engineering experience is preferred