Senior Requirements Engineer – National Security Systems

LMI Government Consulting; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI Government Consulting seeks a Senior Requirements Engineer to support the DHS CBP PMO, applying technical expertise to assess technologies, guide development, and document analyses for mission-critical systems.

This role requires US citizenship and the ability to obtain a CBP Background Investigation; active CBP BI preferred. Travel up to 20% to remote and rugged areas is possible.

Location in the Washington, DC area and collaboration with CBP stakeholders are key elements of the role.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in applied engineering, technology evaluation, or systems development.
• Familiarity with DHS or DOD acquisition processes, including SELC and test planning.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and technical writing skills.
• Experience working across technical and operational teams in mission-driven environments.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a CBP Background Investigation (BI) is required; active CBP BI preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define requirements for the systems and products required by users and other stakeholders, including communications, sensor and surveillance technologies.
• Establishing project requirements baselines and further analyzing requirements to identify deficiencies and cost drivers.
• Decomposing high-level functions identified through requirements analysis into lower-level functions and employ tools such as functional block diagrams, functional flow diagrams, time lines, and control/data flow diagrams to document the requirements.
• Conducting trade studies to support functional allocation of requirements, evaluating alternative architectures and solution sets, supporting cost and performance trade-offs, and examining proposed system changes.
• Conducting Analysis of Alternatives (AoA); Alternative Analysis (AA); and Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities (DOTMLPF) to identify potential solutions to meet the client’s needs.
• Documenting analysis outcomes in a Functional Requirements Document, Constraint Evaluation Analysis Report, Cost Benefits Report, or Trade Studies Report.
• Preparing and updating Requirements Analysis Reports, Functional Requirements Documents, Constraint Evaluation Analysis Reports, Cost Benefit Reports, and/or Trade Studies Reports

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Applied Physics, or related technical field

Job description

LMI Government Consulting seeks a Senior Requirements Engineer to support the DHS CBP PMO, applying technical expertise to assess technologies, guide development, and document analyses for mission-critical systems.

This role requires US citizenship and the ability to obtain a CBP Background Investigation; active CBP BI preferred. Travel up to 20% to remote and rugged areas is possible.

Location in the Washington, DC area and collaboration with CBP stakeholders are key elements of the role.