Systems Engineer SME (TS/SCI with Poly Required)

GCI Incorporated • McLean, VA

4h • Onsite

About The Position

GCI embodies excellence, integrity, and professionalism, delivering unique, high-value mission solutions by leveraging the technological expertise of its workforce in areas such as Data Analytics and Software Development, Engineering, Targeting and Analysis, Operations, Training, and Cyber Operations. The company focuses on building and maintaining trusted partnerships with customers and industry. As a SME Systems Engineer, the role involves solving complex problems, supporting customer's technical staff to broaden capabilities through 3rd party contracts and internal partnerships, drafting documentation for the contracting process, fostering communication between partners for high-quality product delivery, developing expertise as a technical SME, securing approvals and conducting field tests, contributing to the approval process for system deployment, coordinating stakeholder engagements, and leading technical efforts for the O&M of deployed systems.

Requirements

• Engineering degree, preferably Electrical degree with 7 to 20 years of experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in systems engineering supporting the end-to-end lifecycle of complex technical developments involving hardware and software.
• Demonstrated experience in drafting requirements, engaging 3rd party vendors, managing formal program reviews, generating test plans and guiding troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated experience with identifying and championing new technical solutions.
• Demonstrated experience with technical development on both very short and intermediate timelines.
• Demonstrated experience with supporting the customers contracting processes.
• Demonstrated experience with customer formal documentation systems and strong ability to draft technical documentation for different audiences.
• Demonstrated experience in hands-on-technical validation and testing of technical systems, including test plan development, testing coordination, and test report documentation.
• Demonstrated experience with customer's approval processes for technical testing and system deployment.
• Engineering or technical background with strong ability to apply technical domains of RF systems network infrastructure, communication protocols, quality standards, and manufacturing.
• Willingness to travel both domestically and overseas to support development and deployment of technical systems (travel up to 10%).

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated experience with satellite communications/systems.
• Demonstrated experience with computer networking.
• Demonstrated experience with customer technical tools.

Responsibilities

• Support customer's technical staff to broaden technical capabilities through 3rd party contracts and internal partnerships.
• Draft documentation and support the contracting process through SSJ, SOW, requirements, etc. products.
• Foster communication between partners to ensure high quality products are delivered on-time and on-budget.
• Develop expertise in special areas and serve as a technical SME on designated topics.
• Secure approvals and conduct field tests of systems under development.
• Contribute to the approval process for the deployment of technical systems as technical SME.
• Coordinate stakeholder engagements, such as user requirements sessions.
• Lead technical efforts that support the O&M of deployed systems.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior