Systems Engineer – Employment Engineer

Amentum•Dahlgren, VA

35d•$140,000•Onsite

About The Position

Amentum is seeking a Systems Engineer – Employment Engineer to join our engineering team in Dahlgren, VA, supporting the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile–Nuclear (SLCM-N) Program. This position will support the development, integration, analysis, and testing of advanced weapon-system capabilities and technologies. The Systems Engineer – Employment Engineer will support SLCM-N Employment Engineering efforts focused on optimizing weapon-system employment, analyzing targeting data and planning capabilities, translating USSTRATCOM/Combatant Command requirements into platform capabilities, and performing analysis, modeling, and simulation to support threat mitigation, survivability, and weapon-system accuracy.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science (BS) degree from an accredited college or university in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline; or five (5) years of demonstrated and established knowledge and subject-matter testing expertise in lieu of the degree.
Five (5) years of experience supporting nuclear operations, nuclear command and control principles, strategic weapons, nuclear planning, and national-level command and control programs.
Five (5) years of software engineering experience supporting a real-time, software-intensive Weapon System, Command System, or Intelligence System, including software requirements definition activities.
Three (3) years of specialized experience in areas including: Software engineering and requirements analysis.
Three (3) years of specialized experience in areas including: Design tradeoff studies.
Three (3) years of specialized experience in areas including: Structured requirements-analysis methodologies for real-time, software-intensive weapon systems.
Three (3) years of specialized experience in areas including: Weapon-system specification development using tools such as DOORS (Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System).
Three (3) years of specialized experience in areas including: Software requirements definition, engineering analysis, and/or software specification development.
Must be able to obtain/maintain a Secret security clearance. Note: U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a Secret clearance.
Must be eligible to obtain and maintain RD/FRD access, as required for the position.

Nice To Haves

Educational or professional background in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or Aerospace.
Active TS/SCI clearance preferred.

Responsibilities

Apply detailed knowledge of the SLCM-N Weapon System and subsystem interactions to evaluate the operational impact of new system design choices.
Assess impacts to operational users, including USSTRATCOM, Combatant Commanders (CCDRs), Strategic Weapons Facilities (SWFs), the operational fleet, and the NC2 community.
Perform analysis of targeting data, mission-planning capabilities, system performance, and emerging threats.
Support analysis, modeling, and simulation activities related to threat mitigation, survivability, weapon effectiveness, and platform performance.
Participate in trade studies and design optimization activities to ensure physical airframe and software architectures appropriately balance survivability, range, and lethality.
Support requirements definition, schedule alignment, and L0/L1 requirements tracing.
Support development and maintenance of programmatic artifacts, including the Lifecycle Mission Data Plan (LMDP) and Weapons Integration and Systems Engineering (WISE) deliverables.
Collaborate closely with the Lead/Product Owner and Technical Project Lead (TPL) to ensure engineering activities remain aligned with customer and program priorities.
Support software requirements definition, engineering analysis, specification development, and other systems/software engineering activities.
Perform other position-related duties as assigned or requested.