Senior General Interdisciplinary Engineer

Astrion; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Astrion is seeking a Senior General Interdisciplinary Engineer for the EPASS Cyber and Networks Directorate. The role requires Top Secret/SCI clearance and a Master’s or Doctorate in a related engineering field, with a decade of relevant experience including DoD work.

Location is Joint Base San Antonio, TX, with about 10% travel. The role involves advising on broad program operations, advancing engineering standards, and overseeing complex system-level efforts to ensure performance and

Qualifications

• Ten years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline
• Five of which must be in the DoD
• Two additional years with proper certifications may substitute for the Master’s degree
• Current required security clearance: DoD Top Secret/SCI

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice to professional colleagues and agency officials responsible for broad program operations
• Offer significant and innovative recommendations for advancing programs and methods
• Execute major projects representing important segments of agency operations
• Evaluate new technology, strategies, trends, or applications
• Investigate technical issues extending beyond a single domain
• Develop or collaborate on new standards, concepts, or theories
• Assess strategies to ensure integrity, economy, quality, and effectiveness of programs
• Prepare technical documents and management reports for planning and action
• Perform validation of systems and conduct system-level tests
• Provide engineering support to acquisition, development, integration, sustainment, deployment, and operations oversight

Skills

DoD experience

Security clearance

Senior engineering

Education

Master’s or Doctorate in a related engineering discipline

Job description

Overview

Senior General Interdisciplinary Engineer, Cryptologic and Cyber Systems Division

LOCATION: Joint Base San Antonio, TX

JOB STATUS: Full Time

TRAVEL: Approximately 10% travel may be required.

CLEARANCE: Top Secret

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Senior General Interdisciplinary Engineer for the EPASS Cyber and Networks Directorate (EPASS HN II) contract, supporting the Cryptologic and Cyber Systems Division.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• Education: Master’s or Doctorate Degree in a related engineering discipline
• Years of Experience: Ten years of experience in the respective technical / professional discipline being performed, five of which must be in the DoD. Two additional years of directly related experience with proper certifications may substitute for the Master’s degree.
• Current Required Security Clearance: DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• Engineer degree from an ABET accredited engineering program
• Experience in DOD System Engineering policies and procedures

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide expert advice to professional colleagues and/or agency officials responsible for broad program operations
• Provide significant and innovative recommendations for advancing programs and/or methods
• Execute significant projects representing an important segment of the agency’s operating programs
• Evaluate the value and applicability of new or improved technology, strategies, trends, or applications
• Investigate, predict, and anticipate technical issues and conditions extending beyond a single specialty area, and affecting known standards, approaches, or concepts
• Develop or collaborate in the formulation of new standards, applications, concepts, or theories
• Assess and carry out strategies and actions to affirm the integrity, economy, quality, and effectiveness of engineering or scientific programs
• Advocate recommendations, strategies, and actions to reconcile or resolve novel, conflicting, or controversial issues or policies
• Conduct reviews on program portfolio to evaluate and/or recommend alternative plans, improve systems engineering programs/processes, manage/sustain program technical baseline, and design/perform system-level tests to assure that subsystems and system performance are achieved.
• Perform program reviews to evaluate alternative proposed plans, systems engineering programs, design, and test results to assure that subsystem and system performance is achieved.
• Prepare technical documents that define, specify, and recommend system/subsystem characteristics. Prepare management reports and conduct technical presentations for planning, implementation, and corrective action using the application of engineering economy principles.
• Perform validation of systems, including the development of criteria and procedures. Analyze and/or evaluate results of major engineering systems.
• Provide system/program engineering, technical support and technical training to support programs/initiatives, including but not limited to acquisition, development, integration, sustainment, continued evolution, deployment/fielding and installation, and operations oversight.
• Provide engineering support services and inputs to program and project risk management activities in compliance with Air Force SEAM processes.
• Perform problem/gap definition, trade space analysis, science and technology roadmap analysis, "Set-based design" for concept development, Multi-Objective Decision Analysis (MODA), and cost versus capability trade-off analysis.Implement Digital Engineering, Digital Thread, and Digital Twin techniques across system Lifecycle.

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