SYSTEMS ENGINEER, SENIOR

Full-time - Senior

Onsite - Bedford, MA

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About the position

DCS has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer providing support to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC/HBD), Theater Battle Control Division. The Theater Battle Control Division manages efforts focused on developing, acquiring, fielding and sustaining programs that support worldwide communications, Battle Management, Command & Control, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C2ISR), Tactical Air Control, Air/Ground Surveillance, Time Critical Targeting, Combat Identification, Radar Imagery, Integrated Air/Missile Defense, and Mobile/Fixed C2ISR Performance, Exploitation & Dissemination Facilities. The candidate will provide Systems Engineering assistance that applies a broad theoretical and practical knowledge of system engineering to the acquisition process. The candidate will also provide engineering support in the design, operation, and sustainment of systems and components that cover tasks throughout the acquisition life cycle (requirements analysis through system disposal). This is a full-time position at Hanscom AFB, MA.

Responsibilities

• Conduct reviews on program portfolio to evaluate and/or recommend alternative plans, improve systems engineering programs/processes, manage/sustain program technical baseline, and design/perform system level tests to assure that subsystems and system performance is achieved in accordance with approved specifications.
• Perform program reviews to evaluate alternative proposed plans, systems engineering programs, design and test results to assure that subsystem and system performance is achieved in accordance with program specifications.
• Prepare technical documents which define, specify, and recommend system/subsystem characteristics.
• Prepare management reports and conduct technical presentations for planning, implementation and corrective action using application of engineering economy principles.
• Perform validation of systems, including development of criteria and procedures.
• Analyze and/or evaluate results of major engineering systems.
• Provide system/program engineering, technical support and technical training to support programs/initiatives.
• Provide engineering support services and inputs to program and project risk management activities in compliance with AF SEAM processes.
• Conduct formal trade studies based on engineering performance, effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost performance, life cycle cost, productivity, reliability, maintainability, risk, and schedule.
• Provide technical recommendation support services, including reviews, studies, audits, evaluations and analyses.
• Provide proposal analysis support services that compare and quantify proposed systems, components, approaches for technical feasibility, compatibility, and cost effectiveness.
• Assist with material solution analysis, technology, engineering, and manufacturing development, production and deployment, and operation and support.
• Support engineering technical and technical management processes associated with version/configuration control.
• Assist with planning and execution of technical reviews and assessments.
• Conduct systems architectural analyses to include system design/design feasibility and state-of-the-art assessment.
• Translate DoD user requirements into system requirements for designing, developing, testing and evaluating systems and subsystems.
• Provide engineering analysis of system training, training equipment and simulator requirements.
• Understand and implement robust DoD acquisition and sustainment systems engineering processes.
• Prepare and review program specifications for items, processes and materials.
• Develop, prepare, review, and integrate selected milestone review documentation.
• Complete and support requirements definition and analysis, architecture design, implementation, integration, verification and validation.
• Facilitate the transfer of information, lessons learned and best practices across all customers and contractors serviced under this task order.
• Perform market research and trade studies to assess current and future systems.
• Develop USAF approved Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMP), test plans and procedures.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements.
• A Bachelor's Degree in a professional engineering discipline plus 10 years of experience, 5 of which must be in the DoD.
• Active Secret security clearance.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401k
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Education reimbursement
• Work/life balance programs
• Parental leave programs