Engineering Support #TS999

CRL Technologies, Inc.; Lexington Park (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Signing bonus

Relocation assistance

Job summary

CRL Technologies on-site in Patuxent River, MD seeks a Senior Engineering Support SME to advance an R&D program focused on data processing and storage for airborne platforms. You will work with program management and technical leadership to mature roadmaps, analyze proposals, and guide technical decisions through briefings and reviews.

The role requires a Final DoD Top Secret clearance, Bachelor’s in engineering, and strong systems engineering and communications skills within a secure,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field from an accredited college or university.
• Experience with mission compute/processing and data storage for airborne platforms is preferred.
• Familiarity with MOSA/SOSA/VITA standards and related avionics protocols is expected.

Responsibilities

• Provide Engineering Support for an advanced R&D program as SME for data processing and storage.
• Coordinate with program management and leadership to align technical execution with roadmaps and timelines.
• Prepare, maintain, and present briefing materials for reviews and leadership updates.
• Serve as SME for program technical execution, risk identification, and communications with stakeholders.
• Develop acquisition and technical documentation including statements of work, specs, and test plans.
• Assist in integrating new capabilities and developing detailed schedules and roadmaps.
• Analyze vendor proposals and support risk, issue, and opportunity tracking.
• Support mission effectiveness modeling, data analysis, and validation planning.
• Observe on-equipment maintenance and participate in flight briefs/debriefs.

Skills

Systems engineering

Data processing

Mission compute

Data storage

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

MIL-STD-1553

VMEbus

PMC

CPU/GPU/FPGA

Job description

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Full-time Regular Lexington Park, MD, US

6 days ago Requisition ID: 1374

***Security Clearance Required: A Final DoD Top Secret Clearance***

This position does not provide a telework option. Candidate must be willing to work on-site in Patuxent River, MD.

CRL provides a signing bonus and potential relocation assistance for this position.

Primary Responsibilities:

Provide Engineering Support (Data Processing & Storage Subject Matter Expert (SME)) for an advance research and development program. The candidate will support and provide insight to determine the effectiveness of program execution and recommend processes for activities or design reviews. They will monitor, assess, and report to leadership on alignment between government and industry on technical matters. The candidate will work with program management and team leads to develop out-year planning for future requirements/capabilities, and provide input to roadmaps for analysis, risk reduction, and integration of capabilities. They will serve as a focal point for coordination of technical program status and execution throughout the design, engineering, integration, test, and program execution process.

Other responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Preparing, maintaining, and presenting briefing materials.
• Serving as a SME for program technical execution, coordination, risk identification, and communication of concerns and issues to program management, resource sponsor, and technical leadership. Coordinating and conducting boards, working groups, and reviews.
• Supporting the development of acquisition and technical documentation including statements of work, specifications and test plans. Generating and maintaining discipline specific plans, trackers, reports, and briefing packages.
• Coordinating with program teams to integrate new capabilities, deriving requirements, and supporting development of program descriptions, specifications, integrated roadmaps, and detailed schedules.
• Analyzing manufacturers’ proposals as permitted by law and regulation.
• Developing, executing, monitoring, and reporting status on program efforts, including trade studies, operational comparisons, appraisals of architecture designs and performance, analysis of test data, and identified Risks, Issues, and Opportunities (RIO).
• Supporting behavioral requirements development, decomposition, and tailoring; preliminary and detailed design, design analysis, trade studies, and reviews.
• Supporting engineering requirements verification and validation planning and support; hardware and software engineering investigations, rout cause analysis, and correction of deficiencies; hardware and software skill development, testing, and release.
• Supporting mission effectiveness modeling and simulation and data analysis; technical performance monitoring, analysis/analytics, and guidance; system/subsystem qualification and certification support; uncertainty identification and burn down.
• Observe on-equipment maintenance and attend flight briefs/debriefs.
• Supporting and coordinating technical reviews, data analysis and reports, and monitoring and reporting team status/execution.
• Reviewing, assessing, and evaluating systems engineering solutions across the weapons system.
• Coordinating functions between government and manufacturers(s) leads and engineers along with the operational SMEs, warfighters, and program leadership.

Required Education:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field from an accredited college or university.

Desired Experience:

• Requirements development, design, development, and systems engineering principles. Environmental engineering for flight qualified hardware.
• Knowledge and experience in acquisition engineering support of mission compute/mission processing and data storage devices for airborne platforms.
• Understanding of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) including Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) or VMEbus International Trade Association (VITA) standards.
• Military and aerospace communications protocols such as MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, high-speed Ethernet (10/40/100GbE) and PCle.
• Knowledge of circuit board standards such as PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) and processing technologies such as Central Processing Unit (CPU), Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA).
• Deriving compute/processing resource allocations.
• Knowledge of data security and cryptography requirements and certifications.
• Knowledge of Multi-Level Security (MLS) Architectures.
• Candidate should be proficient in all Microsoft Office (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and have experience with Adobe Acrobat and share point style file sharing systems.
• Candidate should have demonstrated outstanding oral and written communication skills.
• Candidate should have experience working in a dynamic, schedule constrained, and complex security environment. Special Access Program experience is a plus.

Allowable Experience/Education Substitutions:

Experience can be substituted for education.

Security Clearance Required:

A Final DoD Top Secret Clearance.

Location:

On-site Patuxent River, MD. Telework is not offered.

Pay Range:

$70,000-$120,000. Salary will be set based on experience, education, and contractual requirements. This range represents the standard pay for this role and is just one component of CRL's compensation package.

CRL Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sexual orientation, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic data, or religion or other legally protected status.