Systems Engineer, Sr. Staff

Astrion•Dahlgren, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Astrion is hiring a Systems Engineer to support NSWCDD in Dahlgren, Virginia. The role performs requirements, architecture, design, analysis, and documentation for Department of Defense major weapon, combat, and/or fire control systems. The engineer supports Navy surface and submarine mission systems and translates operational needs into validated engineering products. Work may cover strategic fire control, weapons and combat systems, security systems, cyberspace systems, or computer systems engineering, depending on the assigned subcategory. Responsibilities can include software and hardware engineering, systems integration, technical documentation and drawing reviews, capability definition, certification and accreditation documentation, enterprise software and data architecture, risk and performance analysis, testing, and post-delivery support. The position is full-time, located in Dahlgren, Virginia, requires a Top Secret clearance as listed in the overview, and involves travel up to 25%. The posting also describes the ability to obtain and maintain the DoD/Navy clearance specified by the final DD254/JPAS as SECRET.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited college or university in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline; or four years of demonstrated knowledge base and subject matter expertise relevant to the technical disciplines of the SOW; or U.S. Naval operational experience at the E7 level or higher.
Six years of engineering experience with a DoD major weapon, combat, and/or fire control systems program.
Experience in concept definition, DoDAF-compliant architecture development, requirements definition, and initial and detailed system design activities.
Systems engineering experience focused on requirements development and management of software systems.
Experience identifying, analyzing, and documenting complex systems involving DoD weapon, combat, and/or fire control systems.
Two years of concurrent experience with Navy surface or submarine shipboard weapons, combat, and/or fire control systems, including current Navy programs such as SLBM and Aegis.
Experience with engineering tools such as DOORS, Change Synergy, and System Architect where assigned.
Concurrent experience in one source-defined subcategory: Strategic Fire Control Systems; Weapons Systems / Weapons Control Systems / Combat Systems; Security Systems; Cyberspace Systems; or Computer Systems Engineer.
For the Security Systems subcategory only: CISSP IAW DoDD 8570; IAM Level II or higher with certification in Networking Technologies; IT-1 level clearance; and experience preparing and submitting Navy/DoD security certification and accreditation documentation.
Ability to obtain and maintain the DoD/Navy clearance required by the final DD254/JPAS (SECRET).

Nice To Haves

Experience with SLBM, Aegis, Tomahawk Weapon System, Surface Ship Undersea Warfare systems, Strategic Weapon System, or Attack Weapon Control System.
Experience tracing requirements to design specifications and coordination drawing requirements while evaluating proposed changes.
Experience with Formal Qualification Testing, Independent Verification and Validation, third-generation programming languages, Database Management Systems, mission planning, targeting models and simulations, SPALTs, shipboard system integration, safety, IA, HSI working groups, and Change Control Boards.
Experience with big data design, architecture, implementation, and decision-support display for DoD enterprise software applications.

Responsibilities

Perform systems engineering for DoD major weapons, combat, and/or fire control systems programs.
Support concept definition, DoDAF-compliant architecture development, requirements definition, and initial and detailed system design activities.
Develop and manage software system requirements.
Identify, analyze, and document complex systems involving DoD weapons, combat, and/or fire control systems.
Support Navy surface or submarine shipboard weapons, combat, and/or fire control systems.
Use engineering tools such as DOORS, Change Synergy, and System Architect, as applicable to assigned work.
Support Strategic Fire Control Systems activities, including software development, hardware design, systems integration, technical design documentation review, coordination drawing review, future capability definition, and weapons system integration.
Support Weapons Systems, Weapons Control Systems, and/or Combat Systems work involving Engineering Change Proposals, Interface Change Requests, Interface Design Specifications, Weapon Specifications, and other system design or integration documents.
Support Navy/DoD certification and accreditation documentation when assigned to the Security Systems subcategory.
Support Cyberspace Systems work involving requirements identification, architecture design, enterprise software development, data-source integration, correlation and analytics, decision-information display, and big data architecture when assigned to that subcategory.
Support Computer Systems Engineer activities involving requirements definition, system design parameters, concepts of operation, risk assessment, producibility studies, performance analyses, test and evaluation, and post-delivery support.