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Systems Planning & Analysis · 1 day ago

Senior Systems Engineer

District of Columbia, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$140K/yr - $180K/yr

15+ years exp

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. They are seeking a dedicated Systems Engineer to support the Space Systems Development Department, focusing on advanced research and development for C4ISR systems to assist Naval Missions.

AnalyticsInformation Technology

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

We are seeking a dedicated Systems Engineer to support the Space Systems Development Department (SSDD), the primary space and ground support systems research and development (R&D) organization of the Naval Center for Space Technology (NCST), an organization within the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, DC

This organization provides Navy Space Program technology development and acquisition of space, aerospace, and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems to assist Naval Missions

Responsibilities include advanced research and development for scientific, technical, and engineering efforts associated with the development and integration of C4ISR systems

Qualification

Systems engineeringC4ISR systemsSatellite systemsCommunications systemsSystem integrationPlanningOrganizingTechnical analysisLeadershipProblem-solving

Required

BS Degree in Mathematics, Engineering, or Computer Science

DoD granted TOP SECRET security clearance with SCI eligibility

Minimum relevant experience of fifteen (15) years

Preferred

Experience in the systems engineering sciences of satellite and communications systems, system development and integration, and Multi-INT data production and fusion, with a primary focus assessing and demonstrating the effectiveness of new concepts and ideas for systems in achieving particular mission goals, formulating overall design concepts, developing criteria to establish the baseline for advancement of state-of-the-art engineering efforts as well as reviewing and assessing overall progress in the development effort phases, resolving technical challenges that can occur due to dynamic changes in characteristics, approach, criteria, and requirements, and integrating stakeholder requirements and multiple design approaches while addressing overall program risk, cost, and schedule constraints

Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and execute mission-related advanced system planning for assigned missions or program areas

Demonstrated experience conducting continuous analysis of present and future capabilities for assigned areas; establishing requirements, ground rules, and assumptions for future programs; and initiating changes to achieve objectives of programs. Includes generating and planning new concepts, methods, and techniques which can provide a significant technical advantage, operational impact, or breakthrough in the assigned area; advising and justifying the best feasible approach to be taken for each solution proposed; and formulating and recommending specific work requirements, priorities, and resource allocations necessary to accomplish long-range plans for the assigned area

Demonstrated ability developing system flow-down requirements specifying top-level system requirements and their flow-down relationships with individual subsystems, utilizing broad knowledge of specialties within the engineering discipline to assure system integrity by establishing compatibility between equipment, other subsystems, and components

Demonstrated experience providing overall leadership and direction of pioneering innovative Research and Development (R&D) efforts to address previously unattainable capabilities and characteristics