Systems Engineer (Multiple Levels)

Noblis•Washington, DC

13h•Hybrid

About The Position

Noblis is seeking Systems Engineers to join our team supporting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Traffic Systems and Surveillance Services directorates within the Program Management Organization (PMO). Employees will support all activities related to planning, managing, executing, and maintaining system engineering processes, programs, and tasks. The role involves engaging in systems engineering tasks such as design, development, testing, installation, implementation, integration, and transition of systems and components. The successful candidate will assist the FAA in transitioning from current Air Traffic Control (ATC) capabilities to enhanced ATC techniques and NextGen capabilities. This includes developing milestones for technical standards, surveillance-automation interfaces, aircraft separation standards, system safety and risk management plans, computer-human interface design, and system configuration baselines. Additionally, the role provides technical assistance in planning, facility, and system development/integration activities. The position also involves assisting in the development and management of requirements (system/hardware/software/user/test/maintainer/NAS), functional and performance system specifications, concepts of system operation, enterprise architecture products, requirements traceability matrices, functional decomposition matrices/trees, interface documents (IRDs and ICDs), allocation of requirements among developmental systems, subsystems, modules, and non-developmental/commercial components, and System Test Plans.

Requirements

Requirements development in the federal government space.
Function identification, modeling, decomposition, analysis and needs identification.
Performance modeling, analysis and determination.
Availability, safety, and security requirement determination.
Configuration management, alternatives identification and analysis.
Systems architectures in support of the overall Enterprise Architecture.
Successfully pass an FAA background investigation/verification and receive a successful final suitability determination.
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team; Proactive, solution-oriented, with exceptional time management skills.
Minimum of 15 years’ experience with bachelor’s degree in any engineering field (Senior-level).
Minimum of 10 years’ experience with bachelor’s degree in any engineering field (Mid-level).
Minimum of 2 years’ experience with bachelor’s degree in any engineering field (Junior-level).
Master's degree in related field may be substituted for bachelor’s degree and 3 years’ experience.
PhD in related field may be substituted for bachelor’s degree and 7 years’ experience.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of FAA's Acquisition Management System processes and products.
Knowledge of NAS Enterprise Architecture.
Applied experience using System Architect, DOORS, CORE, and Cameo.
Experience in integrating new systems into the National Airspace System (NAS).
Demonstrated technical leadership in FAA's NAS modernization programs.
Model Based System Engineering/Digital Engineering.

Responsibilities

Engage in systems engineering tasks involving design, development, testing, installation, implementation, integration, and transition of systems and components.
Assist the FAA in transitioning from current Air Traffic Control (ATC) capabilities to enhanced ATC techniques and NextGen capabilities.
Develop milestones for technical standards, surveillance-automation interfaces, aircraft separation standards, system safety and risk management plans, computer-human interface design, and system configuration baselines.
Provide technical assistance in planning, facility, and system development/integration activities.
Assist in the development and management of requirements (system/hardware/software/user/test/maintainer/NAS).
Assist in the development and management of functional and performance system specifications.
Assist in the development and management of concepts of system operation.
Assist in the development and management of enterprise architecture products.
Assist in the development and management of requirements traceability matrices.
Assist in the development and management of functional decomposition matrices/trees.
Assist in the development and management of interface documents, including Interface Requirement Documents (IRDs) and Interface Control Documents (ICDs).
Assist in the development and management of allocation of requirements among developmental systems, subsystems, modules, and non-developmental/commercial components.
Assist in the development and management of System Test Plans.