Senior Systems Engineer

Na Ali'i Consulting & Sales, LLC.•San Diego, CA

9d•$145,000 - $180,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Nakupuna Companies is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support Navy Platform Engineering and Integration (PE&I) customers under the Platform Delivery Office (PDO) 20 Next Generation (NexGen) C4I Integration services contract. The role provides advanced systems-engineering, technical integration, and technical program-management support across the lifecycle of C4I capabilities aboard Navy surface ships. The engineer helps translate mission needs into integrated, executable technical work through analysis of requirements, architectures, interfaces, dependencies, risks, and implementation alternatives, as well as the development of technical products and coordination among engineering, program, acquisition, logistics, test, cybersecurity, and operational stakeholders. Assignments may involve new construction, modernization, in-service engineering, capability integration, fielding, sustainment, or cross-platform technical initiatives. The position provides analysis, recommendations, coordination, documentation, and technical support within established customer and company authorities; it does not exercise Government decision, approval, direction, or commitment authority. This is an open-continuous posting, and qualified candidates may be considered as opportunities become available. The position aligns with the Government’s eCRAFT Labor Category Engineer, Systems (ESY), Level III. It is based in San Diego, California, initially on site at the Navy customer’s Old Town Complex. New hires are normally expected to work on site for their first 30 calendar days. After that period, work may take place at the customer location, Nakupuna’s nearby San Diego office, or another approved location, subject to mission, security, collaboration, and customer-support requirements. Remote arrangements may be considered case by case after on-site onboarding. Travel may be required when authorized. The candidate must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and maintain a Government-issued Common Access Card and required access credentials. An active Secret clearance is not required at application, but the selected candidate must be eligible for and able to receive a favorable Interim Secret clearance determination, and must be able to obtain and maintain a final Secret clearance if required by mission needs. Employment and continued assignment are contingent on applicable background screening, security processing, and customer-access requirements. The projected annualized compensation range is $145,000 to $180,000 USD. Compensation is based on factors including education, skills, competencies, experience, contract affordability, organizational requirements, and position location.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience applying systems-engineering disciplines to complex military, maritime, C4I, shipboard, software, hardware, network, or comparable mission systems.
Ability to analyze and communicate relationships among mission needs, technical requirements, system architectures, interfaces, implementation constraints, risks, and lifecycle impacts.
Experience supporting technical planning, integration, modernization, test, fielding, sustainment, or lifecycle management of complex systems.
Working knowledge of systems-engineering processes, including requirements management, interface management, configuration coordination, technical risk management, verification and validation, and technical planning.
Experience developing technically accurate analyses, engineering recommendations, roadmaps, decision briefs, presentations, and written products for technical and senior-leadership audiences.
Ability to coordinate across multidisciplinary engineering, acquisition, program-management, logistics, cybersecurity, test, ship-integration, and operational organizations.
Ability to facilitate technical exchanges, organize complex information, reconcile competing inputs, identify material decisions, and sustain action and risk follow-through across organizations.
Strong analytical, written, oral, critical-thinking, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical matters to nontechnical audiences.
Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and collaboration and action-management tools.
Ability to work independently and as part of an integrated customer-facing team, exercise sound judgment, and protect sensitive information.
Ability to travel when authorized for customer engagements, shipyard or site visits, integration activities, technical reviews, test events, or fielding support.
Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline and at least 7 years of professional systems-engineering experience.
In lieu of a bachelor’s degree, at least 14 years of directly relevant professional experience demonstrating progressively responsible systems-engineering, technical-integration, engineering, acquisition, platform, or mission-support responsibilities may be considered.
Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and maintain a Government-issued Common Access Card and required site and system access credentials.
Must be eligible for and able to receive a favorable Interim Secret clearance determination; must also be able to obtain and maintain a final Secret clearance if mission requirements require classified access.
Must successfully complete applicable background screening, security processing, and customer-access requirements.
Must be able to perform repetitive motions with the hands, wrists, and fingers; engage in and follow audible communications in emergencies; sit for prolonged periods at a desk while using a computer; and move within the office for routine workplace activities, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Navy acquisition, NAVWAR, PEO C4I, NAVSEA, warfare centers, ship integration, platform modernization, or related Department of Defense environments.
INCOSE, DAWIA, PMP, Agile, cybersecurity, or other relevant systems-engineering, acquisition, or program-management certifications.
Additional education, relevant technical experience, military experience, acquisition background, and professional certifications may be considered during staffing but do not supersede applicable qualification requirements.
Relevant active-duty, reserve, National Guard, or civilian military experience in systems engineering, C4I, platform integration, engineering, test, operations, acquisition, logistics, or comparable technical mission support may be evaluated as directly relevant professional experience when it demonstrates the required systems-engineering competencies and progressively responsible duties.

Responsibilities

Apply systems-engineering principles to define, analyze, integrate, and support delivery of complex Navy surface-platform, C4I, mission-system, software, hardware, network, and infrastructure capabilities.
Analyze operational needs, technical requirements, architectures, interfaces, design constraints, and dependencies to identify implementation approaches and tradeoffs.
Support requirements development, decomposition, traceability, allocation, validation, and change coordination for assigned systems, subsystems, interfaces, and capability increments.
Assess technical, programmatic, integration, schedule, cybersecurity, test, sustainment, and fielding risks; identify impacts and dependencies; and develop recommendations for resolution.
Develop and maintain engineering analyses, technical plans, integration roadmaps, interface artifacts, risk assessments, issue papers, decision briefs, presentations, executive summaries, and status products.
Coordinate technical information and activities among Navy program offices, product managers, engineering organizations, warfare centers, system commands, shipyards, original equipment manufacturers, and other Government and contractor stakeholders, as assigned.
Support planning, preparation, facilitation, and documentation of technical exchanges, integrated product teams, engineering working groups, design reviews, program reviews, test events, and stakeholder engagements.
Analyze stakeholder inputs, reconcile differing technical perspectives, identify decisions and unresolved issues, and track action items and risks through closure or transition.
Support platform integration, installation, modernization, test, verification, validation, certification, fielding, and sustainment activities, as applicable.
Review technical documentation, engineering-change information, configuration data, test results, and system-performance information; identify impacts to requirements, interfaces, readiness, or planned implementation.
Prepare clear, technically accurate communications and recommendations for engineering, program-management, acquisition, operational, and executive audiences.
Maintain records of technical actions, decisions, assumptions, risks, dependencies, milestones, and supporting analyses in accordance with applicable processes, records-management practices, and information-security requirements.
Anticipate technical needs, identify information gaps or coordination requirements, and elevate issues requiring Government attention early enough to support timely decisions.
Provide technical guidance, quality review, and knowledge transfer to junior personnel when assigned, without assuming supervisory authority unless separately designated.