Lead Systems Engineer

KBR • El Segundo, CA

77d • $150,000 - $200,000

About The Position

KBR's National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country's most critical role - protecting our national security. KBR is seeking an experienced Lead Systems Engineer to join our team on site in El Segundo, CA. An active TS/SCI clearance is required. Join a small, hand selected systems engineering team defining the next generation of space communication systems supporting the United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Advanced Communications Acquisition Delta (SZM). You will work onsite, co-located and closely integrated with the Government Customer.

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.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Oversee the systems engineering related aspects of the contract and demonstrate expertise in systems engineering concepts and processes.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact and lead for technical discussions and issue resolution.
• Coordinate cross-functional team efforts to ensure system architecture and design align with project requirements.
• Represent the team in a technical capacity to the government customer and external organizations.
• 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 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.
• 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 to provide technical and programmatic system recommendations and risk assessments.

Benefits

• KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation.
• Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus, relocation benefits, short term incentives, long term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees