Systems Engineer, Mid-Level

Eleccion•Chantilly, VA

About The Position

This mid-level Systems Engineer/Technical Advisor (SETA) role provides direct advisory and engineering support to government Project Leads or Government Task Managers (GTMs) within the client program. The position focuses on supporting Sponsor development activities in a highly technical, mission-critical environment related to cyber capabilities, systems engineering, and technology transition. The SETA will serve as an independent technical consultant, bridging government stakeholders, development teams, and mission needs. Emphasis is placed on requirements definition, risk analysis, conceptual design, technology scouting, and independent evaluations to advance client mission objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field plus at least 3 years of experience OR at least 7 years of directly relevant experience in a technical function.
Proven ability to develop well-documented, actionable, measurable, testable, traceable requirements supporting client development activities.
Demonstrated successful experience applying critical thinking to analyze client projects/programs and identify technical risks impacting successful capability delivery.
Demonstrated successful experience developing Concept of Operations (CONOPS) diagrams using industry best practices, through coordination with project stakeholders.
Demonstrated successful experience forecasting technologies/products related to and advancing the client's mission area.
Demonstrated successful experience providing independent assessments of projects for technical risk and suggesting improvements to technical functionality.
All candidates must have a TS/SCI clearance with a Full-Scope Polygraph.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated successful experience developing comprehensive project plans to transition cyber research concepts into mission-ready capabilities.
Demonstrated successful experience collaborating with Test Teams to create ad-hoc test cases for fully characterizing developed offensive cyber capabilities.
Demonstrated successful experience working with Intelligence Community (IC) or Department of Defense (DoD) targeting officers to identify opportunities enabling technical operations, including access, exfiltration, collection, and covert action.

Responsibilities

Requirements Definition & Documentation Develop well-documented, actionable, measurable, testable, and traceable requirements to support client-identified needs or opportunities, detailed enough for system design. Support allocation of system requirements to components, maintain traceability from user to component levels, and contribute to Statements of Work (SOWs) and requirements documents for active or future client/partner development/production efforts. Document requirements.
Risk Management & Mitigation Analyze client projects, programs, and enterprise readiness activities using critical thinking and numerical/quantitative approaches to identify technical risks, critical elements, failure susceptibilities, or vulnerabilities. Provide recommendations to improve efficiencies, prioritize risk reduction options, and monitor/control impacts.
Identify & Analyze Identify and maintain awareness of technical data sources to support intelligence analysis; obtain access to these sources; develop and perform queries; conduct initial quantitative and qualitative analysis; develop analytic judgments (e.g., relevance, vulnerabilities); and prepare briefings/reports on methodology and results.
Conceptual Design Investigate and design new architectural concepts aligned with industry best practices. Analyze cost, schedule, and performance implications; recommend whether concepts warrant further development; and assist in assessing development system design/implementation deliverables.
Technology Foraging & Scouting Discover and forecast emerging technologies and products that advance client mission capabilities by leveraging existing/developing markets. Support scouting and research analysis of technology markets and public-private innovation landscapes to inform strategic/tactical R&D investment decisions. Assist with commercial technology transfers into viable products for client or broader end users.
Evaluations & Recommendations Provide independent assessments of projects to identify technical risks (including definition, assessment, prioritization, and mitigation proposals). Review technical challenges in assigned expertise areas; propose/document actionable recommendations; produce detailed documentation demonstrating understanding of current systems and potential improvements via new technologies/procedures. May support proof-of-concept testing or evaluation of delivered technologies in virtualized environments and make recommendations on technological development.