Senior SIGINT Systems Engineer

Arcfield•Chantilly, VA

About The Position

Arcfield is seeking a senior SIGINT Systems Engineer to help guide new SIGINT programs as they evolve to commercial trends like Agile development, Cloud migration, Automation techniques (AI/ML), and streamlined DevOps deployments to support users in operations. You will be a technical member of a dynamic systems engineering team that informs the Government Program Management Office of the successes and challenges of the SIGINT systems as well as provide recommendations for modifications and future evolutions. This team is pioneering lightweight, model-driven systems engineering in order to meet aggressive delivery schedules. This is an opportunity to build experience with using the latest open-source tools, trends, and techniques while supporting the mission of the Intelligence Community Customer. The role requires providing subject matter expertise and agile best practices to the team.

Requirements

Must possess and be able to maintain an active Top Secret / SCI Clearance with Polygraph
BS w/ 10-12 years of experience, MS w/ 8-10 years of experience, or PhD w/ 5-7 years of experience.
Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in engineering, physics, or related technical field
Commitment to recognize, understand, respect, and operate effectively within various SETA, FFRDC, and Government lines of authority.
Strong verbal and written communication skills to liaise with technical and non-technical audiences and produce clear, logical, and concise products
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to work under only general direction and to independently provide technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems
The ability to travel as necessary to satisfy assigned tasks
Flexibility to execute additional duties as assigned and learn new areas
Familiarity with Agile software development methodology and tools like Confluence and Jira

Nice To Haves

10 or more years of experience with space/ground aerospace systems engineering/architecting
Familiarity with overall SIGINT ground customer, technical familiarity with mission control and/or processing of one or more SIGINT systems.
Ability to work directly for IC customer and familiarity with that customer’s processes and organization.
Experience in writing acquisition documentation (to include RFPs, SOWs, CDRLs, requirements, ECPs, etc), participating in government run source selections, providing SETA acquisition support and technical support to a government customer throughout the lifecycle of an acquisition
Expertise in mission technical capabilities and system performance analysis and assessment
Experience identifying user needs and gaps, identifying potential solutions, and assessing/analyzing alternatives.
Advanced degrees or certifications in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics
Familiarity with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) / Digital Engineering
Experience working with the Federal Government/DoD/IC

Responsibilities

Coordinate CONOPS development for SIGINT mission planning and scheduling systems
Develop architecture products
Write and translate requirements into Epics/Features based on emerging customer needs
Understand system-to-system interfaces and act as an Integrator
Evaluate system designs and trade-space proposed and implemented by developers while working in coordination with the acquisition offices
Assess developer performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures
Monitor system and segment schedules, recognize dependencies in either MS Project or Jira equivalent scheduling tool
Facilitate the identification and tracking of risks, issues, and opportunities
Facilitate readiness, release planning events, and demonstrations in support of system and acquisition-level sprints and increments
Review Request for Changes (RFCs) and identify impacts; author RFCs for the customer
Support Agile and DevSecOps automated test and verification (VV&T)
Integrate new systems and initiatives in support of expanded SIGINT mission planning and scheduling capabilities, work directly with developers and users in operations
Participate in studies looking at the future generation of SIGINT capabilities spanning the next decade
Flexible to deal with changing priorities and handles ADHOC taskings from the government customers
Support government acquisition lifecycle (drafting SOWs, evaluating ECPs, etc)