Sr Staff Integration and Test (Secret Clearance)

The Land and Maritime Sensors (LMS) Business Unit has an immediate need for a Sr. Staff SEIT Lead to lead and develop a portfolio of next generation maritime RF sensor systems and missions solutions. The Sr. Staff SEIT Lead plans and executes system engineering core functions; collects, manages, and reports engineering metrics;  and is responsible for V&V of engineering across all program elements (systems/hardware/software/ support/integration and test).

The Sr. Staff SEIT Lead is typically responsible for ensuring teams have qualified staff to develop and demonstrate technical performance while satisfying allocated cost and schedule requirements.  The Sr. Staff SEIT Lead reports directly to the program manager.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Ensures that the program is adhering to sound engineering processes in the development, production, test and sustainment products for our customers and is compliant with company policy, procedures, and quality standards

• Maintains cognizance over technical activities within program Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and ensures horizontal integration of the best engineering practices across the company

• Mentors Senior Integrated Product Team (IPT) leaders, fostering their professional growth and development by providing guidance, sharing expertise, and supporting them in achieving strategic objectives

• The SEIT Lead typically supports large development/production programs that have medium/high risks with established or state-of-the-art processes in risk assessment and burn down of mitigation steps

• Maintains knowledge of current and developing technologies and develops strategies for their insertion into both legacy and next-generation sensors

• Provides physics level and mission level subject matter expertise

• Guides system implementation approaches for operational concepts

• Authors technical documentation such as white papers, proposal technical volumes, program milestone briefings (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR, MRR, etc.), systems engineering design documentation

• Generates and reporting system Technical Performance Measures

• Leading / overseeing technical work products developed by the larger engineering team, supporting design reviews and integration and test activities as needed

• Provides technical oversight to sub-contractors to ensure requirements and quality standards are met.

• Supports the design and development of sensor system architectures

• Provides oversight of Hardware/software design

• Supports verification and validation of test activities

• Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications

• Performs key systems engineering elements to meet a given program’s requirements

• Responsibility for close customer cooperation to ensure that requirements meet customer expectations

• Presents to customers and senior management, with tailored material based on the audience

• In addition, the ideal candidate has recent experience in surface maritime mission CONOPS for RF sensor development and manufacturing.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in science, engineering, or related discipline with 14 years of experience; or 12 years of relevant experience with a Masters (MS) degree or 10 years of relevant experience with a Ph.D. 4 additional years in lieu of a degree

• Candidate must be a US Citizen and have a current/active Interim Secret clearance. An Active DoD Secret Clearance is required for continued employment.

• Knowledge of the System Engineering V-Model and hands on experience executing the systems engineering work flow

• Demonstrated analytical thinking, problem solving skills, and creativity

• Experience with the design or integration of RF systems or subsystems

• Demonstrated previous Systems Engineering leadership experience on major Government Systems Acquisitions       

• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10%  

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Prior leadership experience in IPT or SEIT Lead roles or equivalent

• Full life cycle experience developing, integrating, and deploying maritime RF systems

• Ability to monitor hardware and software design teams with critical insight to know when the teams are not on path to successful implementation and then be able help steer the team to a successful solution

• Knowledge of model-based systems engineering principles and practice

• Agile development experience a plus

• Excellent decision making and communication (written and oral) skills

• Team player with a strong work ethic and initiative to perform in a cross functional team

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