Senior Systems Engineer

Odyssey; Enid (OK); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Odyssey is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support AFLCMC/WIW and AWACS modernization efforts at Tinker AFB, OK. This full-time hybrid role focuses on systems engineering across lifecycle management, from requirements to testing and deployment.

The position requires US citizenship and a Secret clearance, with extensive DoD experience and strong technical documentation skills. You will collaborate with IPTs, conduct trade studies, and ensure compliance with program specifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and 12 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline, five of which must be in the DoD OR
• 15 years of directly related experience, eight of which must be in the DoD
• Citizenship: US citizen; Clearance: Secret clearance

Responsibilities

• Conduct program portfolio reviews to evaluate plans, enhance processes, and design tests to ensure performance aligns with specs.
• Review alternative plans, programs, designs, and test results to verify subsystem and system performance.
• Prepare technical documentation and management reports for planning, implementation, and corrective actions.
• Perform system validations and risk management aligned with AF SEAM processes.
• Provide engineering support across acquisition, development, integration, deployment, and fielding.
• Support formal trade studies considering performance, cost, reliability, and schedule.
• Analyze proposals to quantify technical feasibility and cost-effectiveness.

Skills

Systems engineering

DoD programs

Security clearance

AF SEAM

Risk management

IPTs collaboration

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Position Summary

Odyssey Systems has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer providing support to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/Airborne Warning and Control System (AFLCMC/HBS/WIW). The Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) Division, has the collective Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) mission responsibility to deliver airborne Battle Management Command & Control (BMC2) capabilities that support joint, allied, coalition, humanitarian, and homeland defense operations. Modernization efforts enable continued involvement with worldwide operations by revitalizing legacy mission systems, replacing aging computer architectures, integrating multi-sensor data fusion, and improving global expeditionary readiness and availability. Additionally, the Division assists in the planned divestiture of the E-3 platform and in shaping development of follow‑on capabilities for future airborne C2 systems.

This is a full time Hybrid position located at Tinker AFB, OK.

• Position Contingent Upon Contract Award*

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive program portfolio reviews to evaluate and recommend alternative plans, enhance systems engineering processes, manage and sustain technical baselines, and design/perform system-level tests to ensure subsystem and system performance aligns with approved specifications.
• Review and evaluate alternative plans, systems engineering programs, designs, and test results to verify subsystem and system performance compliance with program specifications.
• Prepare technical documentation defining and recommending system/subsystem characteristics, management reports, and technical presentations for planning, implementation, and corrective actions, applying engineering economy principles.
• Perform system validations, including criteria and procedure development, and analyze/evaluate major engineering system results.
• Provide engineering, technical support, and training for programs/initiatives, including acquisition, development, integration, sustainment, evolution, deployment, fielding, installation, and operations oversight.
• Support risk management activities in alignment with Air Force Systems Engineering Assessment Model (AF SEAM) processes.
• Conduct formal trade studies considering engineering performance, effectiveness, cost-performance balance, lifecycle cost, reliability, maintainability, risk, and schedule.
• Offer technical recommendations through reviews, studies, audits, evaluations, analyses, procedural guidance, and documentation, supporting engineering Integrated Product Teams (IPTs).
• Analyze proposals to compare and quantify technical feasibility, compatibility, and cost-effectiveness of proposed systems and components.

Concepts And Requirements Analysis

• Review and analyze key documents, including Initial Capabilities Documents (ICDs), Capability Development Documents (CDDs), Capability Production Documents (CPDs), and Analyses of Alternatives (AoAs).
• Conduct assessments of military utility, operational concepts (CONOPs), technology development strategies, functional configuration audits (FCAs), physical configuration audits (PCAs), and technology standard profiles.
• Analyze system concepts and user requirements entered into system requirements baselines (functional, allocated, and product).

Engineering Process Support

• Assist in material solution analysis, technology development, engineering, manufacturing, production, deployment, and operations support.
• Provide support for engineering technical processes, including version/configuration control, requirements analysis, architecture design, implementation, integration, verification, validation, and decision analysis.
• Perform risk, configuration, technical data, and interface management, as well as technical planning and assessments.

Technical Reviews And Documentation

• Support planning and execution of technical reviews (e.g., System Requirements Review, Technology Readiness Assessments) and develop associated documentation (e.g., Systems Engineering Plan, Risk Management Plan).
• Develop systems engineering documentation, ensuring understanding of systems-of-systems interactions, configuration management, technical data packages, and acquisition/sustainment engineering processes.
• Position Contingent Upon Contract Award*

Qualifications

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Clearance: Must have an Secret Clearance

Minimum Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in a related field and 12 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, five of which must be in the DoD OR

• 15 years of directly related experience, eight of which must be in the DoD

Preferred Qualifications

Technical Skills

• Development of technical documentation for systems and subsystems
• Creation of management reports and engineering presentations for planning and corrective actions
• Application of engineering economy principles to system analysis and recommendations
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite for documentation, reporting, and presentation development
• Strong problem-solving abilities applied to complex technical challenges

Interpersonal Skills

• Effective communication across engineering, program, and leadership teams
• Self-starter with the ability to independently drive tasks and initiatives
• Collaborative team contributor supporting cross‑functional missions
• Strong time‑management skills for balancing technical deliverables and project timelines
• Demonstrated ability to work in structured, mission‑driven environments

Additional Information

Location: Tinker AFB

Travel: 20% (Hanscom, Seattle)

Hybrid

• Position Contingent Upon Contract Award*

Company Overview

Odyssey is a world-class technical, engineering, and integration company serving the warfighting ecosystem with airborne integration, ISR, C2, and warfighter readiness capabilities. Odyssey meets the military’s operational needs by integrating layered defense systems from equipment, technology, and services to data, information, and business operations. We streamline defense acquisition and sustainment, engineering the technical battlefield with domain‑specific proficiency to ensure lethality. Odyssey is dedicated to excellent contract execution, peak organizational performance, and fostering a workplace built on employee care.

Odyssey is proud to live out our core values of commitment, ambition, and respect in our work and communities through OdysseyCares, a philanthropic group focused on giving back through direct donations, an employer match program, and volunteering events.

Please note: Final compensation for this position will be determined by various factors such as the Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications.