Systems Engineer

Amentum•Arlington, VA

9d•$98,000 - $155,000•Onsite

About The Position

Amentum is seeking a mid-level Systems Engineer to provide dedicated engineering support to the Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) for Munitions PMX-311 Terminal Defense Systems (TDS) in Arlington, Virginia. PMX-311 includes the U.S. Navy Close-In Weapon System (CIWS), Directed Energy, Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS), Gun Weapon Systems (GWS), and the international cooperative Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) program with Germany. The role supports the PMX-311 engineering team in planning, executing, and managing development, integration, testing, and qualification of RAM and CIWS weapon systems. The engineer provides systems engineering, technical, project-management, and cross-functional support across development, production, and in-service activities. The role also supports requirements management, safety and electromagnetic environmental effects (E3), engineering task management, technical reviews, digital transformation and model-based systems engineering, and agile system software development. Travel is less than 10%.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline.
At least 10 years of engineering experience with DoD/DoW weapons programs.
Experience with surface Navy combat systems.
Familiarity with and use of the latest Navy Technical Review Manual (TRM) for U.S. Navy weapon programs.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
Good communication and organizational skills, with the ability to perform detail-oriented work.
Active Secret U.S. Government clearance.

Nice To Haves

Prior engineering and development experience on Navy missile or weapon system programs.
Prior experience using SIPRNet.
Prior experience using the Navy Enterprise Planning System (NEPS) or a similar tool for planning scope, milestones, deliverables, and financial requirements.
Master’s degree in a STEM discipline.
Experience managing engineering projects using Earned Value Management (EVM) principles.
Experience with MBSE tools and frameworks, such as Cameo and DoDAF.

Responsibilities

Provide systems engineering support for design, development, production, and in-service activities, including system analysis, combat system integration, modeling and simulation, and requirements development and maintenance.
Provide technical inputs in Safety and Electromagnetic Environment Effects (E3), including reviewing and analyzing plans, schedules, tests, test results, and data packages.
Provide cross-functional engineering support to PMX-311 Production, In-service Contracting, and Financial groups for planning, execution, and product deliveries.
Produce schedules, track critical metrics and milestones, and verify requirements as part of project management support.
Support management of PMX-311 engineering tasks with engineering design agents and field activities, including developing statements of work, deliverables, and funding requirements.
Draft responses to internal and external PMX-311 Requests for Information (RFIs), coordinating inputs from the programs’ technical community as needed.
Prepare briefing materials and participate in working groups, Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs), and program reviews.
Manage, tailor, and support Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (SETRs) using processes defined in the Navy Technical Review Manual (TRM).
Assist with digital transformation by defining development requirements that implement Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) in engineering development efforts.
Support management of agile development of system software.