Expert Systems Engineer

Vosper Thornycroft Group; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

VTG seeks an Expert Systems Engineer to lead multi-discipline requirements engineering for NSG/ASG and Federal Agencies in Chantilly, VA. You will guide analysis, architecture traceability, and cloud/workflow considerations across programs.

The role requires DoD/IC experience, lifecycle mastery, and active TS/SCI with Polygraph. Senior experts coordinate Senior- to Junior-level contractor engineers on major acquisitions.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in a relevant technical/scientific field.
• Expert working experience in government or industry with DoD/IC Acquisition and Requirements processes.
• Experience with systems engineering lifecycle and large complex System of Systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-discipline requirements engineering across NSG/ASG/Federal Agencies.
• Plan and analyze requirements architectures, traceability, and cloud/workflow considerations.
• Advise Government on changes to designs based on requirements and new tech.
• Translate mission needs into system requirements and solutions.
• Support systems integration activities and AoAs/CoAs/Trade Studies.
• Lead strategic technical planning, risk management, and program interfaces.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements tracing

AoA analysis

DoD/IC process

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Master’s degree in Systems Engineering

Job description

Overview

VTG is seeking an Expert Systems Engineer, located in Chantilly, VA.

What will you do?

Expert Systems Engineers assist in leading engineering teams in taking a multi-discipline approach to requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG) and Federal Agencies to ensure timely and accurate GEOINT.

• Assists the Government in directing requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG) and Federal Agencies.
• Assists with the planning, analysis/traceability of user requirements, architectures traceability, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and review cloud service capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations.
• Advises the Government on proposed changes to the solutions designs based on analysis of requirements and new technology.
• Assists the Government in the capture and translation of mission and customer requirements/needs into systems/capability requirements and solutions.
• Supports the analyses and allocation of requirements to systems architecture components and executing programs.
• Assists the Government in performing systems integration activities.
• Assist in leading Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Course of Actions (CoAs), Trade Studies, and Engineering Assessments.
• Assists the Government in strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management and interface design.
• Provides expert advice to the Government in the areas of relating vision, strategy, plans, needs, requirements, and process and capability developments.
• Operates at the level of integrating multiple Major Systems Acquisitions across organizational, agency, department, and governmental/national boundaries.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the current NSG/ASG and NRO enterprises.
• Oversees and coordinates the work of Senior-, Mid-, and Junior-level contractor Systems Engineers.

Do you have what it takes?

Required:

• Master’s degree in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program.
• Expert working experience in government or industry in relevant work areas including: DoD/IC Acquisition Process, Requirements Process, PPBES Process or system engineering of large complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture/Cloud environments.
• Experience with and strong understanding of systems engineering lifecycle.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• 18 + Years of experience

Desired:

• Doctorate in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program.
• Working knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools and languages.
• Software Development Framework certification.
• INCOSE Expert System Engineering Professional (ESEP) certification.
• Licensure as a professional engineer.
• Membership or leadership participation in any of the following professional organizations:
  • ACSM
  • ASCE
  • ASPRS
  • OGC
  • SAREM
  • USGIF
• Extensive work experience in the field of geospatial intelligence.
• Experience engineering solutions using Cloud Based Technology such as: Service Orientated Architecture (SOA), On-demand self-service, Broad network access, Resource pooling, Rapid elasticity, Measured Service, Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
• Experience engineering solutions using structured and unstructured Big Data.
• Experience engineering solutions using Automation, Augmentation and Artificial Intelligence technologies.
• Demonstrated expertise in photogrammetry, remote sensing, image science, information sciences, geographic information systems, geomatics, or related fields.
• TS/SCI w/Poly

Pay Range: VTG’s estimated starting pay range is $110,000 - $185,000 annually, which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.