Expert Level Systems Engineer

$146,000 - $234,000/Yr

Peraton - Springfield, VA

Full-time - Senior

Springfield, VA

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

About the position

The Expert Systems Engineer will lead engineering teams in a multi-discipline approach to requirements engineering, solutions engineering, and systems integration across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG) and the Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG). This role involves collaborating with government entities to ensure timely and accurate GEOINT, providing expert advice on system capabilities, and overseeing the work of contractor systems engineers.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Government in directing requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across NSG, ASG, and Federal Agencies.
• Assist with planning, analysis/traceability of user requirements, architectures traceability, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems.
• Advise the Government on proposed changes to solutions designs based on analysis of requirements and new technology.
• Assist in capturing and translating mission and customer requirements into systems/capability requirements and solutions.
• Support the analyses and allocation of requirements to systems architecture components and executing programs.
• Perform systems integration activities.
• Lead Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Course of Actions (CoAs), Trade Studies, and Engineering Assessments.
• Assist in strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management, and interface design.
• Provide expert advice on relating vision, strategy, plans, needs, requirements, and process and capability developments.
• Integrate multiple Major Systems Acquisitions across organizational, agency, department, and Governmental/national boundaries.
• Oversee and coordinate the work of Senior-, Mid-, and Junior-level Contractor Systems Engineers.
• Exhibit transparency by sharing all salient facts relevant to the task at hand.
• Provide honest and frank feedback to Government leads on the achievability of desired deliverables within proposed timeframes.
• Communicate unexpected setbacks quickly and propose mitigation actions.
• Incorporate lessons learned in future planning.
• Arrive on time and prepared to actively participate in all meetings.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Systems Engineering or related technical/scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program.
• 18 years of working experience in Government or industry in relevant work areas including DoD/IC Acquisition Process, Requirements Process, PPBES Process, or system engineering of large complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture/Cloud environments.
• Experience with and strong understanding of systems engineering lifecycle.
• TS/SCI clearance adjudication or ability to obtain SCI and pass a polygraph.

Nice-to-haves

• Doctorate in Systems Engineering or related technical/scientific fields.
• Working knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools, and languages.
• Software Development Framework certification.
• INCOSE Expert System Engineering Professional (ESEP) certification.
• Licensure as a professional engineer.
• Membership or leadership participation in professional organizations such as ACSM, ASCE, ASPRS, OGC, SAREM, USGIF.
• Extensive work experience in the field of geospatial intelligence.
• Experience engineering solutions using Cloud-based technologies.
• Experience engineering solutions using structured and unstructured Big Data.

Benefits

• Heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for employees and dependents.
• 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap.
• Eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan.