Counter-Umanned System (CUxS) System Engineering and Acquistions Advisor

Zero Point, Incorporated; Florida; On-site; USD 150,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Zero Point, Incorporated seeks a Counter-Unmanned System (CUxS) System Engineering and Acquisitions Advisor. The role is full-time at USSOCOM in the Tampa Bay area, FL, with periodic travel to CONUS and OCONUS locations.

A TS clearance and a bachelor’s degree are required, with extensive CUxS and SOF systems experience. The candidate will advise on design, integration, and acquisition strategies for CUxS materiel solutions, leveraging EW knowledge and field-tested analytics to support

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Systems Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience as a Systems Engineer providing program management advice for CUxS.
• Direct SOF active duty, contractor, or Government civilian experience with USSOCOM or CUxS.
• Top Secret security clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical advice to design, implement, and develop materiel solutions for CUxS compatibility.
• Integrate EW systems with sensors and effectors within the CUxS family.
• Manage design engineers and outcomes on unstructured problems using empirical data.
• Provide technology assessments of CUxS based on operational input and testing data.
• Draft system performance specifications and acquisition strategies for CUxS programs.
• Share expertise on compatibility with legacy systems and assess mature technologies.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Program Management

CUxS knowledge

SOF experience

TS clearance

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Counter-Unmanned System (CUxS) System Engineering and Acquisitions Advisor - (14)

Job Title

Counter-Unmanned System (CUxS) System Engineering and Acquisitions Advisor

Job Type

Full-time

Exemption Type

Non-Exempt

Job Classification

Security Clearance Required

TS

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Position Objectives and Minimum Qualifications

Individuals shall perform program support tasks as delineated in the job specifications below. The support tasks are primarily performed at USSOCOM, MacDill Air Force Base FL, but periodic travel and support are required at CONUS and OCONUS locations.

• Degree in Electrical or Systems Engineering. Alternatively, at least fifteen years’ experience with the development and improvement of Special Operations CUxS systems.
• Experience as a Systems Engineer providing Program Management advice on the development of CUxS systems.
• Direct experience as a SOF active duty, contractor or Government civilian in USSOCOM and/or its Component Commands as a CUxS systems technical expert.
• This position requires a Top Secret security clearance
  

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Apply system engineering knowledge and experience to provide technical advice in designing, implementing, and developing materiel solutions to maintain/enable tactical communications compatibility with CUxS systems.
• Apply EW and operational knowledge and experience in enabling/supporting materiel solutions development and integration of EW systems with other sensors/effectors within the family of CUxS systems.
• Manage the technical output of design engineers, working either independently or as a team, on unstructured problems and issues involving multivariate factors based on measured empirical field test data or hypothetical data.
• Leverage operational and tactical level military input to provide technology assessments of CUxS, systems in support of research, development, testing, and evaluation. Apply system engineering principles to compatibility assessments between CUxS and other tactical systems that may be used together or in close proximity to each other.
• Support in the development of engineering strategies for future systems, draft system performance specifications, assist in developing the plan to assess the system performance specifications, and assist in the development of system acquisition strategies.
• Share expertise on the technical and operational compatibility challenges of new and emerging CUxS systems with existing legacy systems and serve as the subject matter expert for emerging technology maturity assessments as potential material solutions to the evolving threat environment.
• Assist in operational planning to enable SOF to predict system effectiveness, and to document performance through quantifiable risk assessments. Integrate engineering assessments and input in support of sensitive tactics, techniques, and procedures using CUxS materiel