Systems Engineer/Technical PM

Arcfield was purpose-built to protect the nation and its allies through innovations in digital transformation, space mission engineering and launch assurance, miniaturized sensors and satellites, advanced modeling and simulation, cybersecurity, and conventional and hypersonic missile support. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA with 16 global offices, Arcfield employs more than 1,500 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals with more than 60 years of collective proven experience supporting missions in cyber and space defense, space exploration, hypersonic and nuclear deterrence and warfighter readiness. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

The Sponsor is seeking a Systems Engineer to provide systems engineering functions to support common approaches in leveraging existing systems to reduce cost, improve productivity, and enable faster decision-making. As a result, the Sponsor plans to leverage enterprise-wide capabilities and modern technology to ensure efficiency, operational excellence, and mission success.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Evaluate and understand Sponsor corporate IT initiatives to inform and advise Sponsor management. This shall include project-level technology roadmap planning and implementation of desired technology.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions and develop CONOPS by engaging with partners to understand and anticipate changing needs and requirements.
• Communicate effectively across Sponsor organizations.
• Develop systems engineering related documentation to solve problems, identify improvements, create standards, and facilitate cross-organizational collaboration.
• Identify measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
• Research and consider COTS and Enterprise solutions to solve integration problems and/or meet system requirements.
• Create architectural designs.
• Coordinate project schedules.
• Assist in the preparation of management plans and reports.
• Coordinate with engineers, systems analysts, programmers, technicians, scientists, and top-level managers in the design, testing, and evaluation of systems.
• Participate in engineering reviews, design reviews, technical exchange meetings, and working group meetings that could affect the operation and configuration of tools.

Required:

• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a scientific or technical discipline (Equivalent experience for bachelor's degree is 3 years working experience in a relevant field) with 10 to 15 years of relevant experience.
• Minimum of five years of experience supporting technical programs in a systems engineering capacity executing full lifecycle engineering tasks, requirements analysis, system design, and /or cost/benefit analysis.
• Demonstrated experience conveying technical information to non-technical individuals.
• Demonstrated experience with time management and working on multiple initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating and developing strategies to solve complex system engineering challenges in cross-organizational environment.
• Demonstrated experience identifying and validating requirements from user stories and engagement.
• Demonstrated experience with technology designing - adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
• Demonstrated experience working in a dynamic and challenging environment.
• Strong oral and written communications and interpersonal skills.

Desired:

• Three years of experience actively and efficiently supporting technical projects within the Intelligence Community that required an understanding of system engineering principles and practices
• Demonstrated experience providing system engineering to Intelligence Community engineering projects for entire Product Lifecycle to include at minimum: development to operations and maintenance to sunset/retirement phase.
• Demonstrated experience solving complex problems; identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
• Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor regulations governing, or related to, the management of sub-compartmented dissemination programs.
• Demonstrated experience completing various forms of communications for executive, technical and mission audiences.

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