Missile Acquisition Systems Engineer - Arlington, VA

Serco - Arlington, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Arlington, VA

5,001-10,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Missile Acquisition Systems Engineer at Serco plays a crucial leadership role in supporting the U.S. Navy's Surface Missile system procurement. This position involves managing the development, production, and integration of missile systems into various surface ship classes, contributing to national defense and enhancing the capabilities of the Navy.

Responsibilities

• Assist the program office with technical oversight of the development of complex weapons systems including upgrade of system hardware and software.
• Support weapons systems safety by coordinating the effort of the acquisition and technical team, collecting documentation, developing presentation material, attending safety reviews, and responding to safety-related actions.
• Provide technical management of system production to verify contract compliance, monitor production schedules, review waiver and deviation requests, track configuration against inventory requirements, review consent to ship packages, and other production-related tasks.
• Support system Test and Evaluation, coordinating with test program personnel and organizations.
• Verify system configuration in support of test objectives, review test scenarios against test objectives, review performance prediction results against established criteria, and review test results against mission objectives.
• Support integration of systems on new and existing platforms.
• Provide technical review and coordination in developing system interfaces.
• Provide in-service support to missile and launcher systems including overseeing configuration management and researching and reporting Fleet issues, coordinating with the In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA).

Requirements

• An active Secret clearance
• US Citizenship
• A Bachelor's degree in an engineering or related technical discipline
• 8 years of experience in managing weapons programs for the government or industry of progressively increasing size, value, and complexity
• Naval Missile Systems experience
• An understanding of Naval systems, particularly combat systems, weapons, or C4ISR systems
• Systems engineering or other technical background to understand customer needs in a program office for a technical system, field activity, or lab
• Ability to work a Hybrid Schedule (3-4 days in office, 1-2 days telework depending on customer needs)
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in an engineering or related technical discipline
• Surface missile and launcher systems experience
• Experience in Foreign Military Sales or international cooperative programs.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401k
• Paid holidays
• Professional development programs
• Flexible scheduling