Senior Systems Engineer

KBR•El Segundo, CA

38d•$170,000 - $220,000•Onsite

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 Senior Systems Engineer to join our small, hand-selected team supporting the Space Data Network Backbone (SDN-B) Program Management Office (PMO) within the US Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Spectrum Warfare Division (SYD 89/SW). You will work on-site, co-located and closely integrated with the Government Customer. An active TS/SCI clearance is required.

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
Demonstrated expertise in systems engineering concepts and processes
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
An active TS/SCI Security Clearance is required to be considered for this position

Nice To Haves

Previous DoD, Air Force, or Space Force, or Space Systems Command (SSC) systems engineering experience
Previous experience supporting PMOs in the acquisition of complex systems and/or capabilities

Responsibilities

Support a broad range of systems engineering activities across the program lifecycle, including 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
Serve as customer-facing technical point of contact and as a lead for technical discussions and technical issue resolution.
Coordinate cross-functional and multi-organizational 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
Manage integration seams with external stakeholders/users, including the Intelligence Community (IC) and Golden Dome for America (GDA)
Provide general and technical engineering support for the development of operations centers, space vehicles, payloads, and related space systems.
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 when possible
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 (e.g., PMRs, PDRs, CDRs, and other milestone and coordination meetings) to provide technical and programmatic system recommendations and risk assessments.