Systems Engineer, Sr. Staff

Overview

Systems Engineer

LOCATION: Dahlgren, VA

JOB STATUS: Full-time

CLEARANCE: Top Secret

CERTIFICATION: CISSP IAW DoDD 8570 required for Security Systems subcategory; IAM Level II or higher with certification in Networking Technologies applies to Security Systems subcategory only; n/a for other base subcategories unless the final requirement says otherwise.

TRAVEL: Up to 25%

SALARY RANGE: $107,000-160,500

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Systems Engineer to join our team supporting NSWCDD in Dahlgren, VA. This role performs requirements, architecture, design, analysis, and documentation for DoD major weapon, combat, and/or fire control systems. The Systems Engineer supports Navy surface and submarine mission systems and helps translate operational needs into validated engineering products.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited college or university in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline; or four (4) years of demonstrated knowledge base and subject matter expertise relevant to the technical disciplines of the SOW; or U.S. Naval operational experience at the E7 level or higher.
• Six (6) years of engineering experience with a DoD major weapon, combat, and/or fire control systems program.
• Experience in concept definition, DoDAF-compliant architecture development, requirements definition, and initial and detailed system design activities.
• Systems engineering experience focused on requirements development and management of software systems.
• Experience identifying, analyzing, and documenting complex systems involving DoD weapon, combat, and/or fire control systems.
• Two (2) years of concurrent experience with Navy surface or submarine shipboard weapons, combat, and/or fire control systems, including current Navy programs such as SLBM and Aegis.
• Experience with engineering tools such as DOORS, Change Synergy, and System Architect where assigned.
• Concurrent experience in one of the source-defined subcategories: Strategic Fire Control Systems; Weapons Systems / Weapons Control Systems / Combat Systems; Security Systems; Cyberspace Systems; or Computer Systems Engineer.
• For Security Systems subcategory only: CISSP IAW DoDD 8570; IAM Level II or higher with certification in Networking Technologies; IT-1 level clearance; experience preparing and submitting Navy/DoD security certification and accreditation documentation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain the DoD/Navy clearance required by the final DD254/JPAS (SECRET)

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with SLBM, Aegis, Tomahawk Weapon System, Surface Ship Undersea Warfare systems, Strategic Weapon System, or Attack Weapon Control System.
• Experience tracing requirements to design specifications and coordination drawing requirements while evaluating proposed changes.
• Experience with Formal Qualification Testing, Independent Verification and Validation, third-generation programming languages, Database Management Systems, mission planning, targeting models and simulations, SPALTs, shipboard system integration, safety, IA, HSI working groups, and Change Control Boards.
• Experience with big data design, architecture, implementation, and decision-support display for DoD enterprise software applications.

Education

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited college or university in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline; or four (4) years of demonstrated knowledge base and subject matter expertise relevant to the technical disciplines of the SOW; or U.S. Naval operational experience at the E7 level or higher.

Responsibilities

• Perform systems engineering for DoD major weapons, combat, and/or fire control systems programs.
• Support concept definition, DoDAF-compliant architecture development, requirements definition, and initial and detailed system design activities.
• Develop and manage software system requirements.
• Identify, analyze, and document complex systems involving DoD weapons, combat, and/or fire control systems.
• Support Navy surface or submarine shipboard weapons, combat, and/or fire control systems.
• Use engineering tools such as DOORS, Change Synergy, and System Architect, as applicable to the assigned work.
• Support Strategic Fire Control Systems activities including software development, hardware design, systems integration, technical design documentation review, coordination drawing review, future capability definition, and weapons system integration.
• Support Weapons Systems, Weapons Control Systems, and/or Combat Systems work involving Engineering Change Proposals, Interface Change Requests, Interface Design Specifications, Weapon Specifications, and other system design or integration documents.
• Support Security Systems work involving Navy/DoD certification and accreditation documentation when assigned to the Security Systems subcategory.
• Support Cyberspace Systems work involving requirements identification, architecture design, enterprise software development, data-source integration, correlation and analytics, display of decision information, and big data architecture when assigned to the Cyberspace Systems subcategory.
• Support Computer Systems Engineer activities involving requirements definition, system design parameters, concepts of operation, risk assessment, producibility studies, performance analyses, test and evaluation, and post-delivery support.