Systems Engineer (25-245)

LOCATION: Full Time/On-Site at Huntsville, AL

SALARY: $120,000 - $145,000

SUMMARY OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Use case development, and prepare systems engineering artifacts including definition of Epics and Features to be developed by program Cross-Functional Product Teams to implement customer requested capabilities
• Support the development and review of interface documents, system requirements, Verification Cross Reference Matrix (VCRM) development, architectural documentation, system engineering estimates, and author and perform formal and informal engineering reviews
• Provide use case development support to junior systems engineering team members to enhance use case skills in the department
  Reviewing the content and details of technical products, and acting as a technical interface to MDA working level counterparts on an as-required basis
• Work will be performed under the direction of various technical leads and product owners and require interfacing with team members, management, and government customers to ensure high quality products are generated on time and within the resources available. 

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Must have a SECRET clearance to start with the ability to obtain a TS Clearance with SCI eligibility
• Experience with other Space Domain and Missile Defense Systems is highly desired
• Must have the ability to be flexible to support various tasking on short notice
• Must possess the ability to be part of an integrated team tasked with developing and maintaining the physical, functional, and technical requirements baselines necessary to describe the desired capabilities of an evolving MDS system
• Demonstrated experience in mission analysis with skill in development of use cases, sequence diagrams, and SysML modeling in support of MBSE
• Experience with Agile Methods, and Epic and Feature definition is a significant plus
• Skills generating system/element level functional, performance, and interface specifications to document and control the achievement of the desired capabilities
• Skills in logical architecture modeling and/or interface definition, as well as knowledge of cyber security concepts and security accreditation are highly desirable
• Additional required skills include: 
  • Requirements elicitation, derivation, and decomposition to lower-level subsystems and components 
  • Maintenance of system and component baselines in a requirement management system
  • Defining the relationships between internal and external components 
  • Communicating system level use cases and associated Epics and Feature relationships to a diverse group of customers, developers, engineers, subject matter experts, and users
• Applies extensive expertise
• Solves complex problems that require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity
• Work is performed without appreciable direction and is reviewed for desired results from a relatively long time perspective
• Erroneous decisions would normally result in failure to achieve major organizational objectives
• May function in project leadership roles and represents the organization as prime customer contact on significant technical matters on contracts

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS PREFERRED: Emerging authority typically with an advanced degree and 7+ years' relevant experience or bachelors with 9+ years' relevant experience or equivalent

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 7-9+

8570/8140 REQUIREMENT: None, IAT Level 2 desired

SECURITY CLEARANCE: Secret required, Top Secret Desired