Principal Systems Engineer

mcbrideconsulting; Lincoln (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Professional development assistance

Referral program

Vision insurance

Job summary

McBride Consulting is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to provide systems engineering support for the C3BM division, focusing on translating operational requirements into technical solutions and enabling integrated architectures across the DoD Battle Network. The role is onsite at Hanscom AFB, Bedford, MA, and involves collaboration with joint and coalition partners.

The position emphasizes architecture development, risk assessment, test planning, and stakeholder coordination to ensure

Qualifications

• Experience providing systems engineering support across the DoD acquisition lifecycle.
• Ability to translate operational requirements into technical solutions.
• Strong understanding of architecture development and interoperability.

Responsibilities

• Provide systems engineering support throughout the acquisition lifecycle, including requirements analysis and system integration.
• Support MIT activities by translating operational requirements into technical requirements.
• Participate in architecture definition efforts to ensure interoperability across the DAF Battle Network.
• Review DoD architecture models and assist in developing future-state architectures for sensor-to-shooter connectivity.
• Drive interoperability across PEOs, weapon systems, and mission partners.
• Develop execution management strategies and transition requirements for the acquisition community.
• Support test and evaluation strategies in coordination with acquisition and test organizations.
• Capture current and future-state architectures driven by mission scenarios.
• Engage with joint and coalition stakeholders for integrated multi-domain architectures.
• Document requirements for the DBN ICAM environment and assess ICAM solutions against requirements.
• Draft and maintain ICAM strategy documentation and support implementation across programs.

Skills

Systems engineering

Acquisition lifecycle

Architectural definition

Job description

McBride Consulting has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Systems Engineer providing support to the Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management Division (C3BM). C3BM has been tasked with delivering an integrated Department of the Air Force (DAF) Battle Network providing resilient decision advantage and enabling the USAF, USSF, Joint, and Coalition Force to win against the pacing challenge. C3BM supports execution in many different focus areas. C3BM’s main efforts are Architecture and Systems Engineering (ASE), Operational Response Team (ORT), and multiple mission integration teams such as Air, Maritime, and multiple acquisitions consisting of both the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) and Space. The selected candidate will provide systems engineering support across the acquisition lifecycle and will be aligned to the Data Mission Integration Team (MIT), responsible for translating operational requirements into technical solutions, developing integrated architectures, assessing risks, supporting acquisition execution strategies, and coordinating test and evaluation activities to ensure capabilities are delivered to operational users.

This is a full-time position located at Hanscom AFB, Bedford, MA and is 100% onsite.

Responsibilities

• Provide systems engineering support throughout the acquisition lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture development, system integration, sustainment, and disposal activities.
• Support MIT activities by translating operational and functional requirements into technical requirements.
• Participate in architecture definition efforts to ensure integration and interoperability across the DAF Battle Network enterprise architecture.
• Review current DoD architecture models and support development of future-state architectures that enable sensor-to-shooter connectivity.
• Drive interoperability and integration efforts across Program Executive Offices (PEOs), weapon systems, and mission partners.
• Conduct capability risk assessments and support development of mitigation strategies in coordination with stakeholders.
• Support development of execution management strategies and transition capability requirements to the acquisition community.
• Support development of test and evaluation strategies in coordination with acquisition and test organizations.
• Capture and analyze current-state and future-state architectures driven by mission and engagement scenarios.
• Engage with joint and coalition stakeholders to support development of integrated multi-domain architectures.
• Document requirements for the DAF Battle Network (DBN) Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) environment.
• Evaluate existing ICAM solutions across DBN programs against established requirements.
• Identify preferred ICAM solutions and assess capability gaps against documented requirements.
• Support development of Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) to address identified capability gaps.
• Draft and maintain ICAM strategy documentation and support implementation activities across participating programs.
• Support development of technical briefings, engineering documentation, reports, recommendations, and acquisition artifacts for Government leadership.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Vision insurance