Work Arrangement: Hybrid (In Office & Home)

Clearance: Ability to Qualify/Obtain Secret

Compensation: $130,000 Annual Salary + Benefits

Required Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in an ABET-accredited engineering discipline, and 15 years of experience, 5 of which must be in the DoD -OR- Master’s degree in an ABET-accredited engineering discipline, and 12 years of experience, 5 years of which must be in the DoD.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance; U.S. Citizenship required

General Summary:

• Perform systems engineering to include expertise in systems design and integration, manufacturing, quality and industrial engineering, airworthiness, and configuration and data management.
• Understand and execute AFPD 62-6, USAF Airworthiness, through standardized processes and issuance of flight authorizations.
• Understand and apply MIL-HDBK-516C Airworthiness Certification Criteria, to aircraft systems and subsystems.
• Assist in developing, deploying, and maintaining processes to assure weapon systems are fully integrated, manufactured, sustained, configuration managed, and operationally safe, suitable, and effective throughout their life cycle.
• Support the System Integrity Programs including Mechanical Systems Integrity Program (MECSIP), assist in maintaining and updating the Critical Safety Item (CSI) list, and monitor airworthiness certification for mission partner aircraft.
• Assist in translating user requirements into weapons system requirements, which will be used to design, develop, fabricate, test and evaluate weapons systems, subsystems and equipment for eventual fielding and deployment.
• Use knowledge of systems engineering in support of system definition, development, integration, verification methods, sustainment, risk modeling/simulation, testing and evaluation, human system integration (HSI), crew stations engineering, OSS&E efforts, interoperability requirements, and airworthiness certification across a wide range of hardware and software systems including ground-based systems.
• Review and assist in performing assessments on program-specific databases, analyzing BIT failure reports, and comparing failure reports against the BIT interpreter analyzer for the accuracy of BIT indications
• Provide system integration guidance to aircraft program offices for the program system installation and system maintenance.
• Review and analyze technical proposals or modifications for design feasibility and system capability
• Assist in conducting performance effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, cost performance, life-cycle cost, producibility, maintainability, supportability, reliability, technical, and schedule risk assessments, and schedule trade-off studies
• Conduct systems analyses to include, but not limited to, system design/design feasibility and state-of-the-art assessments.
• Provide system integration guidance to the government for the program system installation and system maintenance.
• Assist in reviewing and analyzing OEM technical proposals or modifications for design feasibility and system capability.
• Assist in systems analyses to including but not limited to system design/design feasibility and state-of-the-art assessments.
• Provide technical expertise and proper application of systems engineering processes to support technology and systems development.
• Assist in developing a SEP to address the technical strategy of the development efforts.
• Employ procedures, methods, and tools for measuring technical progress and assist in assessing the effectiveness of plans and solutions.
• Assist in the development and review of the overall system design baseline (architecture and interoperability requirements).
• Assist in developmental planning support in the evaluation of the military mission to be accomplished and any related requirements documentation.
• Support and assist in conducting the system safety engineering program, including mishap risk assessments; evaluating contractor safety proposals and safety analyses; evaluating safety concerns of using and support commands; and assisting with the resolution of high-priority safety issues.
• Support project team meetings, working groups, and reviews as needed.
• Assist in analyzing equipment and software deficiencies; make recommendations for equipment and software deficiency corrections; and assist in developing, integrating, and testing equipment and software deficiency solutions.