SIGINT Systems Engineer

Arcfield•Chantilly, VA

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About The Position

Arcfield was purpose-built to protect the nation and its allies through innovations in digital transformation, space mission engineering and launch assurance, miniaturized sensors and satellites, advanced modeling and simulation, cybersecurity, and conventional and hypersonic missile support. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA with 16 global offices, Arcfield employs more than 1,500 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals with more than 60 years of collective proven experience supporting missions in cyber and space defense, space exploration, hypersonic and nuclear deterrence and warfighter readiness. Visit arcfield.com for more details. Do you want to work on solving some of our nation’s most critical intelligence needs? Do you want to find a position that allows you to use your engineering, development, operations, and communication skills? Then we need YOU! An experienced SIGINT Systems Engineer, to help us integrate new and existing SIGINT programs as they evolve to commercial trends like Agile development, Cloud migration, Automation techniques (AI/ML), and streamlined DevOps deployments to our 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 is an opportunity for you to build your experience with using the latest open-source tools, trends, and techniques while supporting the mission of our Intelligence Community Customer. We are looking for someone to provide subject matter expertise and agile best practices to our team. You will perform the following functions as a SIGINT Systems Engineer, by using a holistic approach and providing end-to-end systems engineering throughout our systems’ lifecycle: Coordinate CONOPS of 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 our developers, while working in coordination with the acquisition offices (AOs) Assess performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures Monitor system and segment schedules, recognize dependencies Identify risks 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, in addition author RFCs for the customer Support Agile and DevOps automated test and verification (VV&T) Integrate new systems and initiatives in support of expanded SIGINT mission planning and scheduling capabilities, work directly with our developers and users in operations! Participate in studies looking at the future generation of SIGINT capabilities spanning the next decade

Requirements

This position requires an understanding of the intelligence community and customer domain, along with a strong focus on core systems engineering processes in support of end-to-end mission and services closure.
Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI Clearance with Poly.
Requires 10 to 12 years with BS/BA or 8 to 10 years with MS/MA or 5-7 years with PhD
Knowledge of SIGINT remote sensing systems and overall space and ground architecture including mission management and/or mission processing functions.
Integration and closure experience within overall customer domain
Detailed knowledge of customer's mission capabilities (to include SIGINT and Multi-INT domains) and overall space and ground architecture
Expertise in mission technical capabilities and system performance analysis and assessment
Experience identifying user needs and gaps, identifying potential solutions, and assessing/analyzing alternatives
Experience in supporting Requirements Engineering, CONOPS development, and system integration to accommodate End to End Systems Engineering.
Commitment to recognize, understand, respect and operate effectively within various SETA, FFRDC, and Government lines of authority

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with overall SIGINT ground customer, technical familiarity with mission control and/or processing of one or more SIGINT systems, including sensor knowledge.
Ability to work for specific IC customer and familiarity with that customer’s processes and organization.
Expertise in mission technical capabilities and system performance analysis and assessment
Experience identifying user needs and gaps, identifying potential solutions, and assessing/analyzing alternatives

Responsibilities

Coordinate CONOPS of 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 our developers, while working in coordination with the acquisition offices (AOs)
Assess performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures
Monitor system and segment schedules, recognize dependencies
Identify risks 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, in addition author RFCs for the customer
Support Agile and DevOps automated test and verification (VV&T)
Integrate new systems and initiatives in support of expanded SIGINT mission planning and scheduling capabilities, work directly with our developers and users in operations!
Participate in studies looking at the future generation of SIGINT capabilities spanning the next decade