Senior Systems Engineer (T&E Team)

AMERICAN SYSTEMS•Alexandria, VA

4d•$150,000 - $185,000

About The Position

WANTED: A Senior Systems Engineer with demonstrated experience working with DoW acquisition and test and evaluation (T&E) communities. Desired experience in systems analysis, test and evaluation (T&E), engineering management, and working with innovative digital engineering technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI). As a senior member of the engineering staff for the office of Developmental Test, Evaluation, and Assessments (DTE&A), you will work within a team of engineers and warfare area experts to analyze and assess DoW acquisition programs and prototype efforts with attention paid to technology issues, risk assessment, and accelerated capability delivery. Using a holistic approach, you will review end-to-end systems and systems-of-systems oriented products through their entire life cycle. You will engage with programs across DoW to fully understand and assess issues and factors impacting capability delivery, and assess issues and risks related to acquisition program challenges, integrating these findings into DTE&A/SE&A Risk Assessments and other reviews.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience working with DoW acquisition and test and evaluation (T&E) communities.
Experience in systems analysis, test and evaluation (T&E), engineering management.
Experience working with innovative digital engineering technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Bachelor's degree and at least 10 years of related work experience
Secret clearance

Responsibilities

Work within a team of engineers and warfare area experts to analyze and assess DoW acquisition programs and prototype efforts with attention paid to technology issues, risk assessment, and accelerated capability delivery.
Using a holistic approach, review end-to-end systems and systems-of-systems oriented products through their entire life cycle.
Engage with programs across DoW to be able to fully understand and assess issues and factors impacting capability delivery.
Assess issues and risks related to acquisition program challenges and integrate these findings into DTE&A/SE&A Risk Assessments and other reviews.
Lead integration of DTE&A approved digital engineering (DE) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to automate development of all analyses and risk mitigation recommendations within the organization.
Work closely within an assessment teams to design and execute an analysis; provide QA/QC guidance and feedback to teams. Manage regular QA Reviews for DTE&A.
Using available documentation (including digital products), discern and evaluate key requirements, test cases, verification and validation efforts.
Understand the key issues and drivers at the various acquisition program milestones; assist development of assessment plans appropriate for program status.
Regularly interface with other OSD elements, service offices, test activities, MDAP Chief Engineers, and industry experts.
Have an expert understanding of DoW instructions and regulations impacting manufacturing efforts.
Lead development of DTE&A training program to ensure staff are trained in modern techniques and tools; develop and maintain training syllabus for 150 person staff.
Provide Systems Engineering and Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E) expertise/knowledge in support of Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAP) and OSD policy development and review.
Understand high-level product development strategies and the impact upon capability delivery. Work with multi-discipline engineering teams to develop detailed analysis of prototypes and acquisition programs.
Reviews test plans/procedures, TEMPs, SEPs, ADMs, IMSs and other acquisition documentation to understand impact on rapid capability delivery.
Provide expert input to emerging DoW policies and instructions relating to capability delivery issues.
Be very familiar with emerging technology, digital engineering tools and processes, and AI impacts.