Systems Engineer

Stellar Solutions Inc•Chantilly, VA

20h•$120,000 - $160,000•Onsite

About The Position

Stellar Solutions, Inc. is a nationally recognized Great Place To Work and a leading provider of integrated systems engineering and technical expertise to government and commercial customers. Our mission is to deliver high-impact, meaningful, and rewarding work that solves our customers’ critical needs. At Stellar Solutions, we offer talented, energetic, and immediately productive resources to satisfy our customers’ critical needs in systems engineering and integration, mission operations, program management, and strategic planning. We are a leading service and expertise provider for high-tech commercial ventures, spanning communications, earth observation and remote sensing systems and data products, to the infrastructures that support earth-orbiting and beyond-earth-orbit businesses. Stellar Solutions is seeking a Systems Engineer to work on complex projects crucial to our national security objectives.

Requirements

US Citizenship
Active TS/SCI with current polygraph
Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) and nine (9) years or more relevant experience; Master’s in STEM field and seven (7) year or more experience. STEM is a contractual requirement
Knowledge of customer’s space and ground domain mission and technical capabilities
Systems engineering background; understanding of systems development life cycle from concept, requirements, engineering design, integration and test, deployment, maintenance, through decommissioning
Experience in requirements definition, system architectures, systems analysis and design, interface and data architectures, validation, and verification
Polished communicator and proven collaborator; demonstrated ability to coordinate across all levels of government to ensure contracts effectively deliver required services and capabilities
Self-starter, able to proactively addresses customer requirements with no supervision; expert at defining solutions for broad, abstract topics
Familiar with model-based systems engineering and digital engineering concepts and tools; Agile/DevSecOps development methodology, cloud technologies

Nice To Haves

Experience in initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling DoD or Intelligence Community projects or Programs
Experience in architecture management, baseline audit, and verification
Familiar with JIRA, Confluence
Proficiency in using modeling tools and software (e.g. Sparx Enterprise Architect, or Capella)
Familiarity with modeling languages such as SysML or UAFML
Experience with cloud-based technologies and automation to optimize platform performance and reliability

Responsibilities

Provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) services to assist the government in implementing and executing systems engineering processes to integrate mission systems into the operational baseline at a customer facility in Chantilly, VA.
Advise and assist the government with the planning, engineering, integration, and O&M activities of mission systems
Analyze and document site system architecture and impacts associated with system updates/deliveries
Collaborate with Headquarters Directorates, site organizations, and mission partners to ensure understanding of project requirements and risks (cost, schedule, technical)
Document, develop and deliver analysis, recommendations, plans, reports/briefings to the Government
Develop and maintain Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) models of mission systems, integrating MBSE tools into a digital thread to connect siloed information systems
Leverage digital twin technologies and modeling and simulation tools to support early-stage risk reduction, operational rehearsal, and system performance verification
Support the development and integration of automated test solutions and continuous improvement in software design and architecture
Ensure mission systems are successfully integrated into the operational baseline by delivering systems engineering expertise, digital engineering artifacts, technical assessments, and integration recommendations that reduce risk and support mission success.