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In year 2 of a 7-year contract, this program provides SETA (Systems Engineering Technical Advisor) & SE&I (Systems Engineering & Integration) services to an important Intelligence Community (IC) customer with a focus on critical, space domain missions and supporting IT infrastructure. The contract support is part of the customer core team focused on all aspects of the systems engineering life cycle beginning with conops development, where we work directly with users, potentially going into harm's way, who will be dependent on these systems. We then capture their requirements and work closely with developers to deliver these essential capabilities. We get involved with setting up and running tests to ensure these cutting-edge capabilities will meet the stringent requirements and then we support transition to operations. Once in operations, our teams work closely with the users to make sure critical operations are successful, providing important information to support critical decisions by policy makers. The program also supports client acquisition strategy, future technology development and modernization efforts.
Job Responsibility:
Develops technical solutions to complex problems
Using a holistic approach, designs, develops, evaluates and modifies end-to-end systems and system-oriented products through their entire life cycle
Generates quantifiable requirements based on customer description, system planning and design, and acquisition logistics
Ensures requirements comply with client requirements and government standards through formal verification methods
Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with other engineering disciplines to develop lower-level detailed implementation requirements
Establishes and coordinates development of standards, practices, and procedures as related to the overall product development
Designs interfaces and brings system elements together so they work as a whole
Assesses performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures
Customer liaison and support for business development activities and to understand and shape requirements
Participates in system conceptual design and documentation of the design concepts
Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with multi-discipline engineering teams to develop lower-level detailed requirements
Participates in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements through compliance verification and validation
Generates system level requirements verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures
Reviews test plans/procedures and ensures they meet the objectives of the contractual requirements and participates in the testing process to validate requirements
Working closely with the government customer, the development and O&M contractors and both internal and external users to ensure new capabilities meet user requirements and are successfully transitioned into operations
Provide end-to-end understanding of the system and contribute to the development of new capabilities by helping to properly configure and test the system for successful operations
Use expertise to help mission partners to achieve the right solutions
As system familiarity increases, assignments will take on increasingly complex tasks in an acquisition support role
Projects will vary widely, from user engagement & training to leading end-to-end testing to prove a concept or confirm a new enhancement hits the mark for the user
Tasks will span the systems engineering life cycle from initial concept of operations discussions with users, all the way through capability development and deployment into operations
Requirements:
Must possess and have the ability to maintain an active TS/SCI with Poly
8 to 10 years with BS or 6 to 8 years with MS and 3 to 5 years with PhD (4 years of relevant experience on a HW/SW systems development/acquisition program can be substituted)
Technical BS in Engineering, Computer Science or related technical degree
3 to 5 year experience with space and ground communications systems with a mid-level understanding of Radar & RF communications theory
The ability to work well within a team of engineers
Demonstrated success in working with government customers
Nice to have:
Experience with Commercial/Government acquisition of satellite/ground segment hardware/software or satellite based communications field set hardware/software
BS in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Computer Science
Prior experience as a SETA with the Chantilly IC customer work with requirements and other related readiness processes
Prior experience with ground segment support of satellite communications systems
Prior experience with HW/SW systems engineering and integration, testing, verification & validation of requirements