Advanced System Engineer

Banner Defense, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor seeks an Advanced System Engineer for missile defense projects in Huntsville, Alabama. This role involves evaluating missile defense capabilities and providing technical recommendations. Candidates should have a Master's in a STEM field, extensive experience in missile defense, and an Active Secret Clearance.

Qualifications

• 12+ years' experience in missile defense-related or DoD programs.
• Active Secret Clearance required.
• Experience with hypersonic weapons and Missile Defense System (MDS).

Responsibilities

• Evaluate Missile Defense System capability and performance metrics.
• Provide technical expertise and recommendations for missile defense architectures.
• Support Defense Architecture evolution strategy and analysis activities.

Skills

Missile Defense

Systems Engineering

Technical Expertise

Education

Masters in STEM field

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

PowerPoint

Job description

Advanced System Engineer

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Be a part of our passionate and determined team on a mission to use our skills and experiences to make a difference in the defense and aerospace industry.

Position Description:

Banner Defense is in search of an Advanced System Engineer to join our team! In this role you will get to help define and evaluate Missile Defense System (MDS) Trade capability space envelope, architectural performance metrics, and other high-level performance metrics.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise on missile defense activities to include adversary capabilities, systems engineering, and evaluation.
• Remain cognizant of intelligence updates of new threat systems that affect future missile defense architectures.
• Evaluate the adequacy of the current MDS to include ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defensive architecture to counter the threat and recommend courses of action for concept of operations, system improvements; and identify alternate strategies for affordable, cost effective and technically advanced systems.
• Evaluate and adapt analysis of Allied Missile Defense systems and how in defense of the Unified Command Theaters, those allied missile defense systems can be incorporated into U.S. missile defense systems to provide a more robust defense.
• Provide reach-back for consulting services for key MDS development expertise; facilitating efforts across internal/external stakeholders such as Services and Combatant Commanders providing strategic advice, guidance and direction.
• Support, evaluate, analyze and develop technical recommendations through exchanges with FFRDCs, UARCs, and OGAs to provide input on program process and technical improvement opportunities.
• Support Defense Architecture evolution strategy and development through assessment of interim and final results of Analysis of Alternatives and other analysis activities to include top-level requirements.
• Assist in the analysis, demonstrations, and tests to support early milestones and feasibility assessments, and to collect data to verify that architecture analysis assumptions are credible.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Masters in STEM field
• 12+ years' experience working on missile defense-related or other DoD program / project
• Missile Defense experience.
• Be able to successfully accomplish the duties by working with minimal guidance.
• Active Secret Clearance
• Travel may be required

Desired Skills/Qualifications:

Someone who possesses a comprehensive understanding of hypersonic weapons, including their capabilities and limitations, and who is proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite, with an emphasis on PowerPoint. Has experience working with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) or its members and have provided military or logistics support for programs like THAAD or other Foreign Military Sales (FMS) initiatives with allied nations. Additionally, will bring expertise in Early Warning Systems, have in-depth knowledge of the Missile Defense System (MDS) including Command and Control networks such as C2BMC and LINK 16, and have Joint Services or Combatant Command experience. Rounding out desired qualifications is familiarity with Space Systems, being well-equipped to integrate and manage complex strategic and technological operations.

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