Associate Technical Staff

Nou Systems•Colorado Springs, CO

4d•Onsite

About The Position

nou Systems, Inc. (nSI) is now officially a 100% ESOP company! We value teamwork and collaboration, and this transition allows us to take that commitment to a new level. nSI empowers our customers by supplying products, services, and expertise with powerful, data driven insights that transform defense systems and improve capabilities. We are pleased to announce the immediate need for a Systems Engineer, who will join our Ground Based Radar (GBR) Maintenance and Sustainment Services (GMASS) team in Colorado Springs, CO and become part of our rapidly growing technology company operating in missile defense, cybersecurity, test range modernization, biotechnology, and space control marketspaces. You will be part of a team providing key technical support for Maintenance and Sustainment services (including improvements and modernization) for 6 Ground Based Radars (UEWRs / PARCS) and the associated Integration laboratories.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field.
Systems Engineering degree preferred.
For mid-level positions, 5 or more years full-time professional experience performing relevant work.
For senior positions, 18 years or more experience.
Must possess or can obtain an active Secret clearance.
Must be a U.S. citizen to be eligible for this position.

Nice To Haves

Experience applying principles and techniques of engineering while performing research, analysis, hardware / software / systems design, testing or operations.
Ability to assist in analysis of user / mission needs and existing system capabilities and identify gaps.
Capability to apply innovative techniques in investigating solutions to system gaps, test needs or problems.
The capability to design, develop, test and implement hardware, software, network or database solutions.
Knowledge of the UEWR and PARCS radar systems and technologies that support the ground-based space Missile Warning, Missile Defense, and Space Domain Missions.
Experience developing integrated technical modernization plans, based on reviewed trade studies, analyses of alternatives or similar technical studies.
Demonstrated mastery of systems engineering processes and practices, including DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF) experience.
Demonstrated capability, across multiple programs, to take technology from concept to implementation.
Experience effectively communicating at senior levels within an organization and meeting with stakeholders to formulate, review, and execute technical plans and deliverable items.
Experience migrating legacy radar systems to a modern digital engineering, digital transformation, and Agile development environment.
Experience in trade studies and analyses of alternatives to enhance enterprise capabilities as required.
Experience creating MBSE models of systems.
Experience in creating architectures across disciplines to meet program objectives.
Experience adding detail to short-, medium-, and long-term architectural visions, put together purchase plans, roadmaps, and sparing and obsolescent equipment replacement plans.
Experience performing concept of test and training event planning, requirements definition and capture, analysis and engineering, system analysis and design.
Test and Evaluation experience with the Missile Defense System (MDS), Integrated Tactical Warning / Attack Assessment (ITA/AA), Space Surveillance Network (SSN), UEWR, or PARCS.
Previous experience on SENSOR or SMORS.
Capability to work independently or as part of a team.
Depending on experience level, ability to lead a task, project or team while requiring minimal guidance and direction from more senior level staff.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

Responsibilities

Working with the GMASS program including the systems engineering, software, and hardware engineering teams to develop and implement approved modernization efforts within specified performance, cost, and schedule objectives to ensure continued operational capability while seamlessly transitioning new technologies into the radars.
Ensuring the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
Performing functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software or engineering specifications.
Providing specific, detailed information for selection, implementation techniques, and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements.
Systems Engineering activities related to Information Technology or Engineering including concept of operations formulation, requirements definition, analysis and engineering, system architecting, system analysis and design, interface and data architectures, validation and verification, systems integration, system operational performance analysis, lifecycle cost analysis estimation, decision analysis and physical configuration analysis (PCA).
From an information technology perspective, you may be concerned with floor layout, power cooling, data storage, infrastructure management, backup, monitoring, operating systems, directory services, identity management, access management, and automation.