Sr. Systems Engineer – PWSA
Job Description
Our client, a leading federal defense contractor has multiple long-term contract openings for Senior Systems Engineers to support their SDA GMI program. You will be a member of a cross functional team responsible for developing and deploying the state-of-the-art ground operational system.
Responsibilities:
– Researches and analyzes data, such as vendor products, COTS components, GFE/CFE, specifications, and manuals to determine feasibility of design or application
– Performs requirements analysis, requirements definition, requirements management, functional analysis, performance analysis, and system design and definition
– Supports the generation of technical engineering products by using the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle
– Facilitates discussions with senior levels of Customer Stakeholders
Required Skills
– Must be US Citizen due to government requirement
– Must be able to obtain Secret (active Secret is desirable)
– Requires a Bachelor’s degree in STEM field and 8 years of job-related experience, or a Master’s degree plus 6 years of job-related experience.
– Agile experience preferred.
Technical Background:
– Demonstrated Satellite communications knowledge
– Satellite constellation contact planning experience
– Ground operations experience
– Performs design of networks, with working knowledge of networking protocols
– Performs detailed technical analyses for a software subsystem or system elements
– Experience in Software functional analysis and interface definitions, including Application Programing Interface experience
System Engineering Experience:
– Researches and analyzes data, such as vendor products, COTS components, GFE/CFE, specifications, and manuals to determine feasibility of design or application
– Performs requirements analysis, requirements definition, requirements management, functional analysis, performance analysis, and system design and definition
– Supports the generation of technical engineering products by using the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle
– Facilitates discussions with senior levels of Customer Stakeholders