Senior Systems Engineer

Astrion; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A defense contracting company is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer located at Hanscom AFB, Bedford MA. The role involves supporting Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management systems for the Air Force. Responsibilities include working with Mission Integration Teams to design architecture and ensure system interoperability. Candidates must be US citizens with a Top Secret security clearance and a BA/BS degree. A minimum of 10 years of related experience is required, along with strong communication skills and knowledge of agile methodologies.

Qualifications

• Must have 10 years of directly related experience with 5 years in a DoD setting.
• Possess knowledge of systems acquisition and program management.
• Ability to gather, analyze, and measure the effectiveness of acquisition programs.

Responsibilities

• Align with one of five Mission Integration Teams (MITs) at Hanscom AFB, MA.
• Manage DAF C3BM MIT Process translating requirements into technical requirements.
• Design capabilities ensuring integration with broader DAF C3BM enterprise architecture.

Skills

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Active Top Secret security clearance

Communication skills

Knowledge of cloud-based systems

Familiarity with agile methods

Education

BA/BS Degree

Job description

Overview

Senior Systems Engineer located at Hanscom AFB, Bedford MA providing support to the Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management Division (C3BM).

LOCATION: Hanscom AFB, Bedford MA

Salary Range: $140-$150,000 annually

JOB STATUS: Full‑time

CLEARANCE: Top Secret/SCI

CERTIFICATION: n/a

TRAVEL: Limited, as needed

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer located at Hanscom AFB in Bedford Massachusetts providing support to the Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management Division (C3BM).

Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management (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 candidate will provide Systems Engineering assistance that applies a broad theoretical and practical knowledge of system engineering to the acquisition process. The candidate will also provide engineering support in the design, operation, and sustainment of systems and components that cover tasks throughout the acquisition life cycle (requirements analysis through system disposal).

Required Qualifications / Skills

• Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
• Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain an active Top Secret security clearance and be SCI eligible.

Preferred Qualifications / Skills

• Education: BA/BS Degree
• Years of Experience: 10 years of directly related experience with 5 years of experience in a DoD setting
• Familiar with cloud‑based systems, including management and projection of cost and performance
• Familiar with agile methods and CI/CD, DevSecOps and DevOps principles
• Comprehensive knowledge of principles, policies and practices of systems acquisition and program management, as defined in DoDI 5000.02 and 5000.75, and knowledge of roles and relationships within the DoD and the Air Force
• Possess knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques for gathering, analyzing, and measuring the effectiveness, efficiency and productivity of acquisition programs
• Possesses the ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing, providing quality acquisition and program documentation including but not limited to briefings, documents, and plans

Responsibilities

Candidate selected will be aligned to one of five Mission Integration Teams (MITs) duty stationed at Hanscom AFB, MA. The five mission areas are Air, Maritime, Land, Homeland Air Defense, and Cross‑Cutting.

Members of the MITs manage the DAF C3BM MIT Process for their respective MIT. The DAF C3BM MIT Process receives operational and functional requirements from the Operational Community and conducts a:
1. Operational Analysis to translate operational and functional requirements into technical requirements.
2. Architecture Definition to design the capability's architecture while ensuring integration/interoperability with the broader DAF C3BM enterprise architecture.
3. Risk assessment of the capability, and if risk needs to be mitigated, the MIT works with the Science & Technology Community to address.
4. Execution management strategy providing the capability's requirements to the Acquisition Community.
5. Test and Evaluation Strategy with the Acquisition Community to work with the Test and Evaluation Community for exercise and experimentation activities before delivery to the Operational Community.

Position duties include but are not limited to:

• Serves a Mission Integration Team (MIT) system of systems architecture design and development engineers.
• Reviews current Department of Defense (DoD) architecture models and designs a migration path to a future state that enables seamless sensor‑to‑shooter connectivity.
• Drives interconnectivity between represented PEOs and weapon systems.
• Captures as is and to be states driven by MIT stressing engagement scenarios.
• Engages the joint and coalition community to design and evaluate an architecture that will connect any sensor to any shooter irrespective of service or coalition.
• Identifies, assesses, and matures innovative and affordable concepts meeting current and future AF needs through multi‑domain expertise, analytics, and modeling, simulation & analysis tool development.