Senior General/Interdisciplinary Engineer

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd.•Hanscom AFB, MA

1h•$165,000 - $175,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Odyssey Systems is recruiting a Senior General/Interdisciplinary Engineer to support the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/PAE Electronic Systems (AFLCMC/ES). This is an Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) role providing expert-level engineering support to Department of Defense programs and government leadership throughout the acquisition lifecycle. The position supports the design, operation, and sustainment of systems and components, from requirements analysis through system disposal, and may include Foreign Military Sales support. The engineer applies advanced general engineering knowledge to address novel or complex problems, evaluate emerging technologies and strategies, develop or advance engineering standards and concepts, and provide recommendations to government officials and professional colleagues. The role includes system architecture and acquisition support, technical analysis and documentation, requirements and risk management, test and evaluation, interoperability, and sustainment activities. The position is expected to perform network analysis for the Kuwait Air Operations Center Program, integrating Command and Control sensor data into a common air picture, and may address network connectivity, COMSEC impacts, interfaces, varied data sets, and cross-domain solutions. The role is based in Hanscom, Massachusetts, with a hybrid arrangement requiring at least two days per week in the office. Travel of approximately 20% may be required, including to Kuwait, Jordan, and locations within the continental United States.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must have and be able to maintain a Secret-level clearance.
Either a bachelor’s degree in a related field and 12 years of experience in the relevant technical or professional discipline, including five years in the DoD; or 15 years of directly related experience with the required certifications, including eight years in the DoD.
Experience in network connectivity, network analysis, COMSEC impacts, interfaces, and integration of differing data sets is required or highly desirable for the Kuwait Air Operations Center effort.
Strong analytical problem-solving ability to assess complex system integration challenges involving legacy and emerging technologies.
Ability to communicate technical findings, system risks, and recommendations to leadership.
Ability to collaborate across program management, engineering, cybersecurity, logistics, operational, contractor, and government stakeholder groups.

Nice To Haves

Systems engineering and architecture development across the DoD acquisition lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, integration, verification, validation, transition, and sustainment.
Model-Based Systems Engineering, digital engineering, trade studies, simulation modeling, and architectural analysis for complex defense systems.
Risk Management Framework certification support, cybersecurity authorization packages, accreditation artifact development, and Authority to Operate coordination.
Development of DoD acquisition documentation, including Analysis of Alternatives, Systems Engineering Plans, Test and Evaluation Master Plans, milestone reviews, and technical certifications.
Network architecture, interoperability analysis, cross-domain solutions, COMSEC integration, and command-and-control systems engineering in multi-domain environments.
Technical evaluation of contractor deliverables, engineering drawings, specifications, technical data packages, and compliance with DoD, Air Force, and ASME standards.
Performance, reliability, maintainability, lifecycle cost, scheduling, and risk analysis supporting weapons systems and mission-critical capability development.
Cross-functional collaboration with program managers, engineers, cybersecurity teams, logisticians, operational users, contractors, and senior government stakeholders.
Executive communication and briefing skills for presenting technical findings, system risks, and strategic recommendations to leadership.
Technical leadership in design reviews, technical interchange meetings, readiness assessments, and integrated product team discussions.
Stakeholder engagement across acquisition organizations, operational commands, testing agencies, and external partners.
Knowledge transfer and team mentorship through lessons learned, engineering best practices, and technical governance processes.
Independent decision support, prioritization, and execution in dynamic, high-visibility defense acquisition and operational environments.

Responsibilities

Conduct engineering and technical activities across the systems acquisition lifecycle, including material solution analysis, development, production and deployment, and operation and support.
Develop engineering and technical documentation, including Analysis of Alternatives, Systems Engineering Plans, review materials, reports, briefings, and supporting artifacts.
Plan and support technical reviews, assessments, and interchange meetings, including Critical Design Reviews, Manufacturing Readiness Assessments, and Reliability Technical Interchange Meetings.
Coordinate Risk Management Framework certification activities, generate RMF artifacts, and obtain required approvals from external agencies for authority to transmit on the global grid.
Conduct system architectural analyses, assess design feasibility and state-of-the-art technologies, identify deficiencies, develop alternatives, recommend solutions, and support implementation planning.
Track and maintain system architecture and interoperability requirements for baselined systems.
Define operational requirements and system functional interactions, considering lifecycle costs, logistics supportability, human factors, and development needs.
Translate DoD user requirements into system requirements for designing, developing, testing, and evaluating systems and subsystems using approved USAF and DoD acquisition methods.
Analyze system training, training equipment, and simulator requirements; prepare technical documentation and evaluate equipment and simulator designs.
Apply DoD acquisition and sustainment systems engineering processes to address product support and lifecycle requirements.
Prepare and review program specifications for items, processes, and materials.
Use analytical, simulation, MBSE, and digital engineering techniques to optimize system performance and effectiveness, assess sensitivities and parameters, evaluate hardware, and validate flight-test results.
Develop, review, and integrate milestone review documentation, periodic reports, and certifications required by DoD and Air Force acquisition policy.
Review and monitor contractor drawings for completeness, currency, accuracy, and compliance with requirements, regulations, quality controls, and ASME technical data package requirements.
Support requirements definition and analysis, architecture design, implementation, integration, verification and validation, transition, decision analysis, requirements management, risk management, interface management, and configuration management.
Facilitate transfer of information, lessons learned, and best practices among customers and contractors while respecting proprietary rights.
Perform market research and trade studies; assess system cost, schedule, and technical performance; and provide technical recommendations to the Government based on reviews, studies, audits, evaluations, and analyses.
Conduct engineering performance, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, lifecycle cost, producibility, reliability, maintainability, risk, and schedule trade-off studies.
Develop Test and Evaluation Master Plans, test plans and procedures, readiness reviews, and test documentation; support developmental testing and operational test planning and execution; and evaluate test results.
Participate in integrated logistics support, provisioning and source coding, maintenance data collection, technical order management, configuration management, quality deficiency report evaluation, and identification of alternate supply sources.
Perform network analysis for the Kuwait Air Operations Center Program, supporting integration of Command and Control sensor data into a common air picture and analysis of connectivity, COMSEC, interfaces, and data integration.
Analyze requirements for integrating new and legacy systems in network environments, including potential cross-domain solutions.