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DCS Corp · 4 hours ago

C5ISR Engineer

Sterling Heights, MI

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

DCS Corp is involved in providing engineering and project management support to the Department of Defense. The C5ISR Engineer will oversee the integration of C4ISR technologies into military ground vehicle platforms, ensuring effective project management and communication with various stakeholders.

AerospaceManagement ConsultingNational Security

Culture & Values

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Provide engineering and project management support to DoD program offices overseeing the development and integration of C4ISR technologies onto military ground vehicle platforms

Work with various project management offices (vehicle platform offices and C5ISR system offices) in order to evaluate and synchronize program acquisition schedules, integration costs and other requirements pertaining to Army and/or Marine Corps network development

Develop proposed high-level architectures and strategies for the implementation of C5ISR systems onto ground vehicles

Author contractual statements of work (SoW) to define vehicle system integration efforts

Represent the DoD vehicle PM office by overseeing and managing efforts by contractors in their execution of the SoW

Assist in adjudicating programmatic issues for the ground vehicle office

Represent our DoD customer while coordinating and interacting with PEOs/PMs, ASN(RDA) G-3/5/7, MCTSSA, CD&I ATEC, TCM and other organizations outside of the ground vehicle office

Assist in ensuring end-to-end program integration of the communications network to include interoperability testing and certification, safety confirmation, test, kit procurement and logistics integration

Develop and synchronizes network architectures with Project Management offices for future network capability sets

Assist in developing and presenting regular status briefs to Project Manager Offices and to Program Executive Offices

Perform project management duties and create related documents to support these efforts

Establish and facilitate a standard approach to Cyber Security certification of systems on ground vehicle platforms in order to reduce platform IA certification and test burden

Serve as assistant advisor to the program office for the integration of current and future DoD communications and network technologies

Perform management and oversight of the contractor development of vehicle network while assisting with integration of Government furnished systems

Qualification

Network architecture developmentC5ISR systems knowledgeProject managementElectrical engineeringComputer engineeringSystems engineeringCustomer service mentalityMS Office proficiencyUnderstanding DoD acquisitionIn-vehicle data networksDoD communications equipmentCommunication skillsInterpersonal abilitiesSelf-starterTeam collaboration

Required

Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering plus a minimum of year 8 years of experience with engineering of networked systems

Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance

Network architecture development experience

Project management experience

Self-starter with the ability to work without direct supervision

Ability to work within a team context to both direct and contribute to vehicle system integration and development efforts

Ability to daily provide high quality support and customer service to the Government customer in a high visibility position

Excellent written and verbal communications skills

Strong interpersonal abilities, including ability to tactfully negotiate resolution to competing programmatic demands and requirements

A strong customer service mentality

Comfortable with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project

Work with user representatives and formal DoD requirements documents in order to determine the requirements for a system development or integration effort

Ability to travel to various customer and contractor facilities and test centers (estimated approx 10% travel)

This position is at a client site. Candidates must be willing to perform this role 100% on-site

Preferred

Working knowledge of C5ISR, Vetronics and related software on DoD ground combat vehicles

Electrical, computer, and/or systems engineering experience on DoD ground combat vehicles and/or DoD C5ISR systems

Experience working with MCTSSA, PEO LS, MCSC or equivalent Army organizations; GVSC, PEO CS&CSS, PEO C3T and/or related PM offices within the Army Materiel Command

Understanding of the DoD acquisition process

Experience with in-vehicle data networks

Experience with U.S. DoD communications equipment