Systems Engineer

Apogee Engineering•Virginia Beach, VA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Apogee is hiring a Systems Engineer to support the Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (SOF AT&L) Directorate of Science & Technology (DIR-S&T). DIR-S&T discovers, evaluates, and accelerates emerging technologies to preserve SOF’s operational advantage by connecting operators with government laboratories, academia, industry, and international partners. Its work includes rapid assessment events, technical experimentation, and streamlined collaboration to reduce duplication, leverage external research and development, and mature solutions across priority capability areas. The directorate also advances the transition of prototypes and software into acquisition pathways and expands SOF’s access to non-traditional partners and small-business technology. The Systems Engineer serves as the SOF AT&L S&T liaison to an assigned organization and provides engineering, analysis, acquisition, and decision-support services to government counterparts. The role supports engineering surveillance across design, development, and production efforts, helps evaluate program performance and acquisition proposals, and recommends corrective actions and process improvements. This is a full-time, on-site opportunity in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with 10% travel.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must possess and maintain TS clearance with SCI eligibility.
DAWIA Practitioner Equivalency in accordance with the PWS (DAWIA Level II equivalent), in Test and Evaluation or Engineering (systems, computer, or electrical), or an equivalent field.
Bachelor’s degree in computer, electrical, mechanical, or systems engineering.
At least 10 years of relevant engineering experience.
Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, in a geographically diverse organization.
Ability to work as part of a diverse team and knowledge of team-building principles and practices.
Ability to establish performance goals and assess progress toward achievement.
Knowledge of fact-finding, analysis, and resolution techniques for complex contracting problems, and ability to develop concrete action plans to solve problems.
Knowledge of business practices and market conditions applicable to program and technical acquisition requirements.
Knowledge of technical, price, and cost analysis sufficient to review proposals and actual or estimated expenditures for reasonableness or to determine a negotiation position.
Working knowledge of project-management and scheduling software such as MS Project.
Experience with task-management systems; proficiency in preparing executive-level briefings; and ability to apply acquisition experience to formulate and consolidate official responses to taskers, RFIs, and similar requests.
Ability to adjust work operations and program objectives to meet emergencies or changing program or production requirements within available resources while minimizing loss of work quality or quantity.
Working knowledge of the Defense Acquisition System, as directed by DoD Instruction 5000.02, “Operation of the Defense Acquisition System.”
Working knowledge of the Defense Acquisition Framework process.

Nice To Haves

DAWIA Level III.

Responsibilities

Acts as the SOF AT&L S&T primary liaison to the assigned organization.
Supports government counterparts regarding the adequacy and clarity of engineering and analysis processes based on daily application of the processes and agency reporting requirements.
Provides advanced inputs for leadership status briefings, outlining assigned programs, projects, problems, and recommended resolutions.
Supports contract modifications and makes technical recommendations for change-order approval.
Supports budget control directly related to the engineering effort.
Provides decision-support inputs for approval of plans, specifications, cost estimates, design calculations, schedules, cost proposals, and engineering studies.
Uses advanced tools to document and analyze results of critical, complex activities and tasks.
Plans, executes, and documents surveillance of design, development, and production efforts for government counterparts, using performance indicators identified in applicable engineering surveillance processes.
Provides expert-level support to government counterparts regarding the adequacy and clarity of agency engineering and analysis processes and reporting requirements.
Completes advanced engineering-demand tasks, including reviewing engineering change proposals, requests for waivers and deviations, and nonconforming materials.
Provides expert-level inputs for leadership status briefings on assigned programs, projects, problems, and recommended resolutions.
Analyzes performance-indicator trends to assist government counterparts with managing agency-level indicators, recommending corrective action, establishing lessons learned, and improving processes.