System Engineer 2 - (RF, NiFi, Data Flow)

Akina Inc; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 190,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days PTO

11 federal holidays

401k with 10% salary contribution

100% healthcare for employees

Job summary

Akina Inc is seeking a System Engineer 2 at Fort Meade, Maryland. The successful candidate will analyze user requirements and lead design activities, ensuring the integration of technical requirements into ongoing operations.

Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree in System Engineering or related field and 14 years of experience, with a salary range of $190,000 to $233,000 annually. Benefits include 24 PTO days and full healthcare coverage.

Qualifications

• Requires 14 years of experience as a Systems Engineer in similar programs.
• Must be able to explain system design to stakeholders.
• Five additional years of SE experience may substitute for a degree.

Responsibilities

• Analyze user requirements and develop system specifications.
• Provide technical leadership for integration of requirements.
• Manage system requirements to ensure production compatibility.

Skills

Experience with Radio Frequency (RF) systems

Data management requests (DMRs)

Experience with Confluence/Jira

Active IAT II CWIP / DoD 8570 compliant cert (Security+)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering or related field

Job description

System Engineer 2 - (RF, NiFi, Data Flow)

Clearance: TS/SCI - Polygraph required

Position ID: 11-8844-SE2

Location: Fort Meade, Maryland

Analyze user requirements, concept of operations documents, and high level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications.

Analyze system requirements and lead design and development activities.

Guide users in formulating requirements, advise alternative approaches, and conduct feasibility studies.

Provide technical leadership for the integration of requirements, design, and technology.

Incorporate new plans, designs, and systems into ongoing operations.

Develop technical documentation and system architecture/design documentation.

Guide system development and implementation planning through system engineering management plans and system integration/test plans.

Interact with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and associated problems, issues, or conflicts.

Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure delivery of production systems compatible with defined system architectures.

Support interface definition, risk management, verification planning, C&A, and other systems engineering activities throughout the life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Analyze user requirements, concept of operations documents, and high level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications.
• Analyze system requirements and lead design and development activities.
• Guide users in formulating requirements, advise alternative approaches, and conduct feasibility studies.
• Provide technical leadership for the integration of requirements, design, and technology.
• Incorporate new plans, designs, and systems into ongoing operations.
• Develop technical documentation.
• Develop system architecture and system design documentation.
• Guide system development and implementation planning through assessment or preparation of system engineering management plans and system integration and test plans.
• Interact with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and associated problems, issues, or conflicts.
• Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the delivery of production systems compatible with the defined system architectures.
• Contribute to system engineering documentation such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements Specifications, and Interface Control Documents.
• Coordinate resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews.
• Participate in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities.
• Allocate real-time process budgets and error budgets to systems and subsystem components.
• Generate alternative system concepts, physical architectures, and design solutions.
• Define methods, processes, and evaluation criteria for verifying systems, subsystems, and work products against requirements.
• Review and provide input to program and contract work breakdown structure, work packages, and the integrated master plan.
• Participate in interface definition, design, and configuration changes throughout the life cycle.
• Develop derived requirements for Information Assurance Services and security mechanism technology.
• Implement comprehensive SOA solutions.
• Implement operational view, technical standards view, and system and services view for architectures using applicable DoDAF standards.
• Capture all interface designs in a common interface control format and store interface data in a commonly accessible repository.
• Assess each risk to the program and determine probability of occurrence and quantified consequence of failure.
• Plan verification efforts of new and unproven designs early in the development life cycle.
• Prepare time-line analysis diagrams illustrating the flow of time-dependent functions.
• Establish a process to control and manage changes to requirements and maintain traceability.
• Manage and ensure the technical integrity of the system baseline over time.
• Support the planning and test analysis of the DoD Certification/Accreditation Process and other Government C&A processes.
• Support the development and review of JCIDS documents.
• Provide technical direction for the development, engineering, interfacing, integration, and testing of complex hardware/software systems.
• Develop scenarios and an Operational Concept describing interactions between the system, the user, and the environment.
• Conduct quantitative analysis in non-functional system performance areas.
• Establish and follow a formal procedure for coordinating system integration activities among multiple teams.
• Access production NiFi and ensure inbound data is operational and flowing correctly.
• Handle data management requests and change submissions.
• Coordinate any data samples needed.
• Ensure there are no backlogs or errors of data.
• Assist customers with data formatting issues.

Position Required Skills

• Experience with Radio Frequency (RF) systems with understanding of analog to digital dataflow and conversion processes.
• Access production NiFi and ensure that inbound data is operational/flowing correctly.
• Data management requests (DMRs) and change (DCRs) submissions.
• Preliminary system design with capability to explain system design to stakeholders.
• Coordinate any data samples needed.
• Prior experience with requesting IPs be added to System Security Plans.
• Ensure there are no backlogs/errors of data.
• Assist customers with data formatting issues.
• Experience with creating and updating engineering and RF antenna drawings and network diagrams.
• Capable of creating dataflow diagrams documenting the network connections required for system functionality.
• Experience with Confluence/Jira used for communication and documentation.
• Active IAT II CWIP / DoD 8570 compliant cert (i.e., Security+) REQUIRED.

Qualifications

Fourteen (14) years of experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required.

Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.

Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Salary

Salary Range: $190k-$233k (Annually)

The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possible contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Benefits

We offer a generous compensation package that includes 24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. Our 401k is 100% vested on your start date and the company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary. Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs for employees and 50% toward dependents. We offer educational assistance towards college classes and will cover costs associated with job related training and certifications.

EEO Statement

We are an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.