Systems Engineer

KBR•Beavercreek, OH

8d•Onsite

About The Position

KBR's National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security. KBR is looking for a Systems Engineer who will participate in the development and verification activities to deliver quality and innovative software to our users on a cadence. You will collaborate with development teams, users and stakeholders to ensure our software and solutions meet established acceptance criteria, architecture, requirements and the needs of our users in their operational environment. Working with other teams, end-users, operational Subject Matter Experts (SME) and stakeholders during each Agile Sprint and Program Increment, you will help ensure that we continue to provide high quality, accurate, state-of-the art solutions to the operational field.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field, from an accredited school
4+ years of related experience
Knowledge of route planning related data (e.g., aircraft route data, DAFIF, ARINC-424 or similar data specifications)
Knowledge of aircraft, weapons, mission planning, and military air operations
Familiarity with various flight management systems and/or applicable mission data
Analytical skills to include tasks such as: decomposition of requirements, ICD and data analyses, software bug investigation, and software functional performance evaluation
Knowledge or experience with SysML, UML, or Software Engineering experience with UML diagraming
Good communication skills, both oral and written, with ability to clearly convey complex technical concepts to developers and technical staff as well as non-technical users
Able to employ appropriate documentation and design diagrams to ensure collaborative understanding of technical matters among stakeholders
Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Engineering or related field, from an accredited school
2+ years of related experience
Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility

Responsibilities

Work with customers to solicit, analyze and decompose/translate requirements, user needs, and systems interfaces to support mission planning capability design and development by our Agile teams
Work with Product Managers, Product Owners, SMEs, architects and the customer’s representatives to plan Features, User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, and product releases
Validate software functionality and behavior to ensure requirements and mission needs are met, including avionics data compliance with Interface Control Documents (ICD)
Champion the end-user perspective and aircraft mission needs to our teams, ensuring they are properly addressed in design and development efforts
Support and participate in Integration and Test (I&T) activities as products and solutions are developed. This includes supporting aircraft or test bench load testing as applicable
Analyze ICDs and mission data mapping
Prepare and present technical briefings and White Papers to customer management and staff
Assist in preparing proposals, project plans, estimates/quotations, RFIs, and process improvements as required
Investigate aeronautical and mission data issues; analyze impacts, and develop solutions and alternatives
Investigate software discrepancy reports, bugs and integration issues to help determine cause and timely resolution
Coordinate, prepare, review and maintain product-related documentation
Support planning and execution of mission database load tests in lab environment and/or on-aircraft