Senior Systems Engineer

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd.•Bedford, MA

24d•Onsite

About The Position

Odyssey Systems is hiring a Senior Systems Engineer to support the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center-Ground Base Air Defense Sensor division (AFLCMC/ESG). The ESG Division manages programs involving worldwide communications, Battle Management, Command & Control, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C2ISR), air/ground surveillance, time-critical targeting, combat identification, radar imagery, integrated air/missile defense, and mobile/fixed C2ISR performance, exploitation, and dissemination facilities. This is a full-time, on-site position at Hanscom AFB in Bedford, Massachusetts. The engineer will provide systems engineering support across acquisition and the system lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture, integration, verification and validation, testing, sustainment, deployment, and operations. The role includes evaluating program plans and technical proposals, managing system baselines and risks, supporting engineering reviews and teams, conducting trade studies, and preparing technical documentation and recommendations. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and have and be able to maintain an active Secret security clearance. The preferred profile includes a related bachelor's degree and 12 years of experience in the relevant technical or professional discipline, including five years in the Department of Defense.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must have and be able to maintain an active Secret security clearance.
Preferred: 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.
Experience in requirements development, production and deployment, and operations and support.
Experience in architecture development and implementation.
Experience with modeling and simulation, MBSE principles, and verification and validation.
Experience developing and sustaining technical data packages.
Knowledge of configuration management principles.
Experience with network architectures, embedded systems, application deployment, cloud deployment, and virtualization.
Broad theoretical and practical knowledge of systems engineering for acquisition.
Experience providing engineering support across the system lifecycle, from requirements through disposal.
Understanding and implementation of DoD acquisition and sustainment systems engineering processes.
Familiarity with Technology Maturation, Risk Reduction, EMD, and Production and Deployment activities.
Ability to work closely with Government and EPASS logisticians, program managers, and engineers.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Electronic Warfare and/or Air Combat operations, live aircrew training, TTP development, and Range Infrastructure architectures and systems.
Familiarity with DoD acquisition processes, including Technology Maturation, Risk Reduction, EMD, and Production and Deployment.
Use of analytical, simulation, MBSE, and digital engineering tools, as provided.

Responsibilities

Conduct program portfolio reviews and recommend alternative plans, improve systems engineering processes, manage technical baselines, and design or perform system-level tests against approved specifications.
Review and evaluate alternative plans, systems engineering programs, designs, and test results for compliance with program specifications.
Prepare technical documentation, system and subsystem recommendations, management reports, and technical presentations for planning, implementation, and corrective actions, applying engineering economy principles.
Perform system validation, develop validation criteria and procedures, and analyze and evaluate major engineering system results.
Provide engineering, technical support, and training for acquisition, development, integration, sustainment, evolution, deployment, fielding, installation, and operations oversight.
Support risk management in alignment with Air Force Systems Engineering Assessment Model (AF SEAM) processes.
Conduct formal trade studies considering engineering performance, effectiveness, cost-performance balance, lifecycle cost, reliability, maintainability, risk, and schedule.
Provide technical recommendations through reviews, studies, audits, evaluations, analyses, procedural guidance, and documentation in support of engineering Integrated Product Teams (IPTs).
Analyze proposals to compare and quantify technical feasibility, compatibility, and cost-effectiveness of proposed systems and components.
Review and analyze Initial Capabilities Documents (ICDs), Capability Development Documents (CDDs), Capability Production Documents (CPDs), and Analyses of Alternatives (AoAs).
Assess military utility, operational concepts (CONOPs), technology development strategies, functional configuration audits (FCAs), physical configuration audits (PCAs), and technology standards profiles.
Analyze system concepts and user requirements in functional, allocated, and product system requirements baselines.
Assist in material solution analysis, technology development, engineering, manufacturing, production, deployment, and operations support.
Support engineering technical processes, including version and configuration control, requirements analysis, architecture design, implementation, integration, verification, validation, and decision analysis.
Perform risk, configuration, technical data, and interface management, as well as technical planning and assessments.
Support planning and execution of technical reviews, such as System Requirements Reviews and Technology Readiness Assessments, and develop related documentation, such as Systems Engineering Plans and Risk Management Plans.
Develop systems engineering documentation addressing systems-of-systems interactions, configuration management, technical data packages, and acquisition and sustainment engineering processes.