Systems Engineer (Expert) Job# 934
About The Position
The Expert Systems Engineer assists in leading multidisciplinary engineering teams across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG), and Federal Agencies to ensure timely and accurate GEOINT. The role supports requirements and solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability and resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability, and analysis. It operates at the level of integrating multiple Major Systems Acquisitions across organizational, agency, departmental, and governmental or national boundaries, and requires demonstrated knowledge of current NSG/ASG and NRO enterprises. The engineer advises the Government on requirements, architecture, proposed solution changes, new technology, technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management, interface design, and capability development. The role also coordinates the work of Senior-, Mid-, and Junior-level Contractor Systems Engineers and maintains transparent, timely communication with Government leads, including frank feedback on deliverable achievability, prompt notification of setbacks, and proposed mitigation actions.
Requirements
- A master’s degree in Systems Engineering or a related technical or scientific field (including engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related STEM program), or 18+ years of experience as a Systems Engineer.
- 18+ years of relevant Government or industry experience in areas including the DoD/IC Acquisition Process, Requirements Process, PPBES Process, or systems engineering of large, complex Systems of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture/Cloud environments.
- Experience with and strong understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle.
- TS/SCI clearance adjudication, or ability to obtain SCI and pass a polygraph.
- Demonstrated knowledge of current NSG/ASG and NRO enterprises.
Nice To Haves
- Doctorate in Systems Engineering or a related technical or scientific field, including engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related STEM program.
- Working knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering processes, tools, and languages.
- Software Development Framework certification.
- INCOSE Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP) certification.
- Professional Engineer licensure.
- Membership or leadership participation in ACSM, ASCE, ASPRS, OGC, SAREM, or USGIF.
- Extensive experience in geospatial intelligence.
- Experience engineering solutions using cloud-based technologies.
- Experience engineering solutions using structured and unstructured Big Data.
- Experience engineering solutions using automation, augmentation, and artificial intelligence technologies.
- Demonstrated expertise in photogrammetry, remote sensing, image science, information sciences, geographic information systems, geomatics, or related fields.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Government in directing requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability, and analysis across the NSG, ASG, and Federal Agencies.
- Plan and support analysis and traceability of user requirements, architecture, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems; review cloud service capabilities, workflows, and scheduling limitations.
- Advise the Government on proposed changes to solution designs based on requirements analysis and new technology.
- Help capture and translate mission and customer requirements and needs into systems and capability requirements and solutions.
- Support analysis and allocation of requirements to system architecture components and executing programs.
- Assist the Government with systems integration activities.
- Assist in leading Analysis of Alternatives, Courses of Action, trade studies, and engineering assessments.
- Assist the Government with strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management, and interface design.
- Provide expert advice to the Government on vision, strategy, plans, needs, requirements, processes, and capability development.
- Oversee and coordinate the work of Senior-, Mid-, and Junior-level Contractor Systems Engineers.
- Share salient facts, provide timely and candid feedback to Government leads about deliverable achievability, communicate setbacks quickly, propose mitigation actions, and incorporate lessons learned into future planning.
- Arrive prepared and on time to actively participate in meetings.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
