Senior Systems Engineer

SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER

LOCATION: Hanscom MA

JOB STATUS: Full-Time

CLEARANCE: Secret

TRAVEL: Limited; As Needed

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer providing support to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/ISR SOF (AFLCMC/HB). The Air Force Program Execution Office for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Special Operations (PEO ISR SOF)  has the collective Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) mission responsibility to manage and execute the modernization, development, testing, production, fielding, and sustainment of the ISR SOF portfolio, which includes over 200 programs for the United States Air Force (USAF) and foreign allies. AFLCMC/PEO ISR SOF is headquartered at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH with geographically separated operating units CONUS and OCONUS.  This position supports the Advanced E7 Development and the FMS Division, supporting the Royal Saudi Air Force, as part of the International Airborne Battle Management Command and Control (FMS) Division; AFLMC(WIW).  The WIW Division located at Tinker AFB (OK), and Hanscom AFB (MA), with dispersed support at Eglin AFB, Seattle WA, San Antonio TX and several OCONUS positions.  

This position specifically supports the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Japan Program Office

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and 12 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, five of which must be in the DoD

• OR 15 years of directly related experience, eight of which must be in the DoD

• Must have and be able to mintain an active Secret clearance
• Must be a US citizen

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Systems engineering expertise across documentation, requirements development, and CDRL review processes
• Strong capability in evaluating alternative technical plans, architectures, and engineering designs
• Experience conducting system-level testing, validations, FCAs/PCAs, and ensuring subsystem/system compliance with specifications
• Skilled in preparing technical documentation, management reports, and technical presentations for planning and corrective actions
• Proficiency in risk management aligned with AF SEAM, configuration/version control, and interface/technical data management
• Ability to perform trade studies balancing performance, lifecycle cost, reliability, maintainability, schedule, and risk
• Competence in analyzing ICDs, CDDs, CPDs, AoAs, and translating concepts and operational requirements into system baselines

• Strong communication capabilities with clear, concise, and technically accurate messaging across diverse stakeholder groups
• Proactive, organized, and detail-oriented leadership style with the ability to drive outcomes without direct authority
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain professional relationships within cross-functional and international environments
• High adaptability and situational awareness when navigating complex, multi-stakeholder modernization programs
• Effective collaborator within engineering IPTs, facilitating consensus, alignment, and informed decision-making
• Strong problem-solving abilities with a self-starter mindset, capable of independently identifying issues and recommending solutions
• Ability to lead through influence by fostering cooperation, transparency, and shared ownership of engineering objectives

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Duties include, but not limited to: 

• Conduct comprehensive program portfolio reviews to evaluate and recommend alternative plans, enhance systems engineering processes, manage and sustain technical baselines, and design/perform system-level tests to ensure subsystem and system performance aligns with approved specifications.
• Review and evaluate alternative plans, systems engineering programs, designs, and test results to verify subsystem and system performance compliance with program specifications.
• Prepare technical documentation defining and recommending system/subsystem characteristics, management reports, and technical presentations for planning, implementation, and corrective actions, applying engineering economy principles.
• Perform system validations, including criteria and procedure development, and analyze/evaluate major engineering system results.
• Provide engineering, technical support, and training for programs/initiatives, including acquisition, development, integration, sustainment, evolution, deployment, fielding, installation, and operations oversight.
• Support risk management activities in alignment with Air Force Systems Engineering Assessment Model (AF SEAM) processes.
• Conduct formal trade studies considering engineering performance, effectiveness, cost-performance balance, lifecycle cost, reliability, maintainability, risk, and schedule.
• Offer technical recommendations through reviews, studies, audits, evaluations, analyses, procedural guidance, and documentation, supporting engineering Integrated Product Teams (IPTs).
• Analyze proposals to compare and quantify technical feasibility, compatibility, and cost-effectiveness of proposed systems and components.

Concepts and Requirements Analysis:

• Review and analyze key documents, including Initial Capabilities Documents (ICDs), Capability Development Documents (CDDs), Capability Production Documents (CPDs), and Analyses of Alternatives (AoAs).
• Conduct assessments of military utility, operational concepts (CONOPs), technology development strategies, functional configuration audits (FCAs), physical configuration audits (PCAs), and technology standards profiles.
• Analyze system concepts and user requirements entered into system requirements baselines (functional, allocated, and product).

Engineering Process Support:

• Assist in material solution analysis, technology development, engineering, manufacturing, production, deployment, and operations support.
• Provide support for engineering technical processes, including version/configuration control, requirements analysis, architecture design, implementation, integration, verification, validation, and decision analysis.
• Perform risk, configuration, technical data, and interface management, as well as technical planning and assessments.

Technical Reviews and Documentation:

• Support planning and execution of technical reviews (e.g., System Requirements Review, Technology Readiness Assessments) and develop associated documentation (e.g., Systems Engineering Plan, Risk Management Plan).
• Develop systems engineering documentation, ensuring understanding of systems-of-systems interactions, configuration management, technical data packages, and acquisition/sustainment engineering processes.