Senior Systems Engineer – National Security & Defense Tech

Credence; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental &amp

Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)

Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary &

Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & P

Job summary

Credence has an immediate opening for a B-2 Systems Engineer at the principal level to support the B-2 Division responsible for modernization, test, production, fielding and sustainment of B-2 aircraft and related systems at Tinker AFB, OK.

This role supports cross-functional engineering activities, from requirements through certification, and requires collaboration with warfighters, contractors and the Air Force to ensure interoperable, mission-ready solutions.

Qualifications

• Must have active TS/SCI clearance.
• ABET accredited degree in engineering required; BS with 25 years or MS with 20 years experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain security clearances and work at government facilities.

Responsibilities

• The B-2 Systems Engineer Principal shall support the institution of a collaborative process bridging warfighter (sponsor) identified capability needs (requirements) to planning for the acquisition of materiel solutions which satisfy the need. This support shall include researching program information, providing systems engineering insight, conducting analyses, and briefing preparation
• Support interfaces and processes with development planning, technology, intelligence, acquisition, sustainment, and user communities
• Independently apply knowledge and experience to the scope of enterprise activities which spans requirements/acquisition and sustainment and includes understanding doctrine, assisting in identifying and defining requirements, developing horizontally integrated acquisition, sustainment, and investment strategies, integration of technologies, integration of intelligence, and development of sustainment strategies. The integrated option sets developed may cut across multiple platforms, programs, and phases as well as across multiple enterprises
• Support development of strategies for crosscutting capability requirements. The Contractor shall assist with initiating, writing, reviewing, developing and implementing documentation including but not limited to TEMPs, SEPs, RFPs, SOOs, test plans, LCMP, Pre-Milestone A and Pre-Milestone B documentation as appropriate
• Provide technical support to Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (SETR), including but not limited to IBR, SRR, SFR, PDR, CDR, FCA, SVR, PCA and TRRs. Support includes rigorous technical review of SETR deliverables, assessment of design maturity against satisfying SETR entrance/exit criteria, and technical recommendations to the program manager, lead engineer and chief engineer
• Prepare Airworthiness Plans, Certification Basis, Compliance Reports, Military Flight Releases, and Military Type Certificates and brief Airworthiness documents through board reviews and to the Delegated Technical Authority/Technical Airworthiness Authority
• Develop action plans to resolve Deficiency Reports (DRs) and brief action plans at review boards and at the MIPRB to the Chief Engineer
• Develop action plans to resolve system safety risks, develop Safety Action Records (SARs), develop System Safety Risk Assessments (SSRAs) and brief action plans at review boards, System Safety Working Group (SSWG), System Safety Group (SSG) and to the Chief Engineer and System Program Manager
• Develop Operational Safety, Suitability and Effectiveness (OSS&E) documents and brief OSS&E documents at review boards and to the Chief Engineer and System Program Manager
• Prepare Permanent, T1, and T2 modification packages and brief through board reviews and up to the Chief Engineer and System Program Manager
• Provide technical support to software reviews, including but not limited to Integrated Functional Capability (IFC) Readiness Assessments (IRAs), IFC TRRs, IFC Demos, and IFC Fielding Recommendations.
• Support the identification, assessment, and analysis of the future capability solution sets required to support capability requirements. These activities will be critical subject areas during reviews including but not limited to program reviews and IBRs.
• Assist in reviewing systems engineering initiatives brought about by policy changes to buying commercial items (such as acquisition of non-destructive inspection, commercial-off-the-shelf items, and FAA-certified items) and commercial practices (e.g., performance-based business environment)
• Assist in managing capability and systems engineering studies that involve multiple divisions
• Assist in communicating system engineering solutions, risk analysis, and future solutions within the AFLCMC to include programs as well as MAJCOMs, other enterprises, and the Air Staff.
• Assist in transition of programs into and the termination of programs out of the B-2 Division for use in the field enhancing warfighter capabilities
• Planning across family of systems and system of systems especially in the development of capability manager strategies (e.g. spectrum battle management and Joint All Domain Command and Control systems)
• Support the development, improvement, and administration technology processes to include applied technology councils, small business innovative research, and/or other initiatives to identify, assess, and submit proposals to the technology community to pursue further
• Assist with reviewing planning documents (e.g., Mission Need Statement, Operational Requirements Document, ICD, CDD, or CPD) for realistic industrial base execution. The Contractor shall assist in promoting the use of MS&A throughout the acquisition life cycle process and foster the development and maintenance of common use M&S tools useful to the Government and industry
• Shall assist in integration of intelligence information and infrastructure to ensure cross-enterprise capabilities planning and system acquisition
• Provide a wide range of recommended solution sets for capabilities integration planning. The Contractor shall organize large and small group briefings for discussions gaining cross divisional engineering expertise

Job description

Credence has an immediate opening for a B-2 Systems Engineer at the principal level to support the B-2 Division responsible for modernization, test, production, fielding and sustainment of B-2 aircraft and related systems at Tinker AFB, OK.

This role supports cross-functional engineering activities, from requirements through certification, and requires collaboration with warfighters, contractors and the Air Force to ensure interoperable, mission-ready solutions.