Senior Systems Engineer

Role Overview

Systems Engineering

• Lead requirements analysis, technical site surveys, system verification, and Analysis of Alternatives for C4I and COTS capabilities.
• Perform end-to-end systems engineering for GCCS, NAVMACS, radios, antennas, tactical data links, CENTRIXS, network communications, SATCOM, ADSI, VBSS, and related systems.
• Conduct site surveys, capture as-built configurations, and translate operational needs into engineering requirements.
• Plan and execute SOVTs, develop test procedures, witness installations, document discrepancies, and drive resolution.

Reviews and Documentation

• Research COTS products such as radars, GPS, AIS, radio direction finding, EO cameras, GMDSS, APS, emergency radio, FOTN, CCTV, video display, and VTC systems.
• Support SRR, PDR, CDR, and TRR events and prepare and present engineering artifacts.
• Author and sanitize technical documentation for foreign disclosure review and coordinate disclosure determinations with the U.S. Government Foreign Disclosure Office.
• Contribute engineering inputs to the Integrated Master Schedule and brief schedule status using MS Project and MS PowerPoint.

Stakeholder and Risk Management

• Interface with NAVWAR program managers, U.S. Government personnel, and senior RSNF military and government officials.
• Identify, document, and mitigate technical risks and escalate cost, schedule, or performance impacts to the Program Manager.
• Comply with OCONUS work, security, and country-clearance requirements and maintain required travel and work documentation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering field from an accredited college or university and five years of experience are required.
• An active Secret security clearance and the ability to maintain it are required.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• At least five years of C4I systems experience and at least three years of COTS equipment experience are required.
• OCONUS security cooperation experience with U.S. Government or foreign senior military or government officials is required.
• Experience with foreign disclosure, documentation sanitization, site surveys, SOVTs, or COTS Analysis of Alternatives is required.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills related to C4I systems and network communications are required.

Desired Qualifications

• Three or more years of experience with NAVWAR prime mission products and Systems Engineering and Technical Reviews is desired.
• DISAM Security Cooperation Management coursework or DISAM International Affairs Certification Level 1 or above is desired.
• Experience in austere locations, including Middle Eastern nations, is desired.
• Experience developing and presenting Integrated Master Schedules using MS Project and MS PowerPoint or similar tools is desired.
• A master's degree in an engineering field is desired.