Senior Systems Engineer, Rotary Wing Programs & Acquisition

DCS Corp; Beavercreek, Northern (OH, KY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

DCS Corp, a leader in defense engineering, seeks a Systems Engineer to support the HH-60W program at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. You will join the Helicopter Program Office to provide full-spectrum systems engineering and acquisition support for rotorcraft platforms.

The role requires US citizenship, an ABET-accredited degree, and an active Secret clearance, plus recent aircraft program experience.

Qualifications

• US citizenship is required due to the sensitivity of requirements.
• ABET-accredited Bachelor's in Engineering or Master’s with DoD experience required.
• Active Secret security clearance is required.
• Recent aircraft program experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide full-spectrum Systems Engineer Support to the HH-60W Program Office.
• Assist HH-60W Engineering team with rotary wing systems engineering for stand-up of the mission.
• Apply rotary wing knowledge to pre-acquisition definition and capabilities integration of requirements and program management.
• Assist in planning, organizing, and managing development, production, and deployment of rotary wing capabilities including cost, schedule, performance, and risk.
• Assist in awarding contracts and contract modifications, and participate in source selection and post-award support.
• Assist in data gathering, analyses, evaluation, and validation of acquisition documentation.
• Assist in pre-acquisition and acquisition strategy planning and implementation.
• Review and analyze earned value management systems.
• Develop and analyze key program metrics.
• Develop and integrate risk management plans and briefings.
• Milestone planning, scheduling, and decision documentation preparation.
• Determine program progress and communicate recommendations to Government.
• Support High Performance Teams to resolve issues via data analysis.
• Assist in DT&E, OT&E and LRIP reporting documentation.
• Coordinate acquisition milestone SE documentation (SEP, SVR, requirements traceability, WBS).
• Participate in system engineering IPT meetings and reviews.
• Lead SVR, FCA, PCA, DT&E and IOT&E programmatic reviews (entry/exit criteria, verifications).
• Assist in System Incident Reporting (SIR) and closure of incidents.

Skills

US Citizenship

Security clearance

PM experience

Aircraft experience

System engineering

Education

ABET-accredited Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Avionics, Comm/Nav, Systems)

Master’s Degree in Engineering

Job description

DCS Corp, a leader in defense engineering, seeks a Systems Engineer to support the HH-60W program at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. You will join the Helicopter Program Office to provide full-spectrum systems engineering and acquisition support for rotorcraft platforms.

The role requires US citizenship, an ABET-accredited degree, and an active Secret clearance, plus recent aircraft program experience.