Journeyman Systems Engineer

Sabre Systems LLC•Patuxent River, MD

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

Sabre Systems is seeking a Journeyman Systems Engineer to support the Navy’s Aerial Targets Program Office (PMA-208) at NAS Patuxent River in Lexington Park, MD. This role will focus on the BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target, a reusable target designed to emulate subsonic anti-ship cruise missiles. The engineer will be involved in technical assessments of production deliveries, executing software and hardware improvement Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), and performing sustainment activities such as Reliability & Maintainability metrics and Engineering Investigations. The position requires managing engineering and technical efforts, providing technical guidance on production and upgrades, leading technical projects, generating flight clearances, performing requirements management, developing Statements of Work, managing system interfaces, preparing for technical reviews, releasing operator's manuals, leading risk management, and providing engineering analysis for proposals. The work location is a local hybrid model, requiring on-site presence at NAS Pax and U.S. Government facilities with SIPR access. Travel is approximately 1 to 2 weeks per quarter. Prior aerial target experience is not required, offering an opportunity to gain exposure to Naval Air Warfare Center divisions and various acquisition timelines.

Requirements

Must hold a BA/BS degree in a technical field or scientific field from an accredited college or university
Must have seven (7) years of general engineering experience
At least two (2) years of recent and relevant systems engineering experience
An understanding of core systems concepts (ECPs, flight clearance process, general system safety products, general software development process, risk management, requirements management, etc.)
Demonstrated experience in an area of engineering expertise is required
Must have strong communication skills and possess some technical writing skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
Must have an active DoD Secret Clearance or higher
Must be a US Citizen

Nice To Haves

Prior aerial target experience not required. PMA-208 will provide aerial targets familiarization

Responsibilities

Providing technical guidance and decisions regarding production and upgrades to the platform, unique threat payloads, close coordination with the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), sub-system suppliers and government entities within NAVAIR (NAWCAD, NAWCWD China Lake and Pt. Mugu) and external to NAVAIR.
Leading the team on technical projects, Engineering Investigations, etc. to resolve issues and determine solutions for fielded systems, including contractor and USG Non-Recurring Engineering efforts.
Generating and releasing Interim Flight Clearances (IFCs) in support of Test & Evaluation and fleet customer operations at multiple sites.
Performing Requirements Management, including system specification revision and subsystem specification development.
Developing Statements of Work and contract data requirements, performing Proposal Technical Evaluations in support of program execution (as allowable for CSS).
Managing system interfaces and coordinate configuration requirements.
Preparing for and executing Technical Reviews and Interchange Meetings; supporting Program Management Reviews.
Preparing and releasing operator’s manuals and their supporting data packages.
Leading BQM-177 program risk management, mitigation and reporting via the NAVAIR ISEEv2 tool.
Providing engineering analysis to support technical and financial proposals for engineering change proposals (ECPs) for new and upgraded systems.
Providing technical plans in support of POM issue sheets.