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DCS has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer providing support to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/PEO Digital Directorate (AFLCMC/HB), filling a full time position located at Hanscom Air Force Base, Bedford, Massachusetts.
Job Responsibility:
Provide Systems Engineering assistance that applies a broad theoretical and practical knowledge of system engineering to the acquisition process
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)
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
Prepare technical documents which define, specify, and recommend system/subsystem characteristics
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
Provide engineering support to conduct formal trade studies
Provide technical recommendation support services
Provide proposal analysis support services
Provide concepts and requirements analyses support services
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
Development of systems engineering documentation
Support engineering technical and technical management processes
Conduct and support all engineering and technical activities required during the material solution analysis, technology, engineering, and manufacturing development, production and deployment, and operation and support phases of the systems acquisition process
Develop/prepare engineering and technical documentation
Conduct systems architectural analyses
Produce architectures, document planned and existing systems, determine deficiencies, develop alternatives, recommend solutions, and support development of a plan to implement the chosen solution
Track and ensure system architecture and interoperability requirements for the baselined system is maintained
Detail operational requirements and functional interactions within the system and with other systems
Translate DoD user requirements into system requirements
Provide engineering analysis of system training, training equipment and simulator requirements
Prepare and review program specifications for items, processes and materials
Develop, prepare, review, and integrate selected milestone review documentation, periodic reports, and certifications
Review, evaluate and monitor acquisition Contractor drawings
Complete and support requirements definition and analysis, architecture design, implementation, integration, verification and validation, transition, decision analysis, requirements management, risk management, interface management, and configuration management
Facilitate the transfer of information, lessons learned and best practices
Perform market research and trade studies
Conduct, define and evaluate system cost, schedule, and technical performance
Conduct engineering performance, effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost performance, life cycle cost, producibility, reliability and maintainability, risk and scheduling trade-off studies
Develop USAF approved Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMP), test plans and procedures, prepare test readiness reviews and associated test documentation, execute developmental tests and assist in operational test planning/execution, and evaluate tests
Participate in integrated logistics support efforts, provisioning and source coding, maintenance data collection, technical order management, configuration management, evaluation of quality deficiency reports, and/or identification of alternate sources of supply.
Requirements:
U.S. Citizenship is required
A bachelor’s degree in a related field and 10 years of experience, 5 of which must be in the DoD
Active Secret security clearance
Experienced in requirements development, production and deployment, and operation and support, architectures development & implementation, modeling & simulation including but not limited to Model Based Systems Engineering principles, verification & validation, technical data package development and sustainment, and principles of configuration management
Experience with network architectures, embedded systems and application deployment across a variety of systems and hardware, to include cloud deployment and virtualization
Familiarity with DoD Acquisition processes including Technology Maturation, Risk Reduction, Engineering Manufacturing and Development, Production and Deployment activities
Familiarity with Electronic Warfare and/or Air Combat operations including live aircrew training/development of tactics, techniques, and procedures and Range Infrastructure architectures and systems.