Systems Engineer (Senior)

Synectic Solutions, Inc.; Lexington Park (MD); Hybrid; USD 148,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Synectic Solutions, Inc. in Lexington Park, MD seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to support the Airborne Electronic Attack Systems PMA-234 at NAS Patuxent River. This local hybrid role serves as the Deputy to the Assistant Program Manager Systems Engineering - Mid Band with anticipated travel.

The ideal candidate has a technical MS and at least 10 years in engineering, including DoD systems, and excels at cross-functional collaboration and complex reporting across security environments.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship with Active Secret Clearance is required.
• MS/MA in a technical or scientific field from an accredited institution.
• Substitution: BS/BA with 4 years of additional relevant experience.
• At least 10 years in an engineering role, 3 of which in DoD systems.
• Experience delivering results in multi-level security projects.

Responsibilities

• Deputy to the Assistant Program Manager Systems Engineering - Mid Band.
• Gather, analyze, document, and manage technical requirements from stakeholders.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to ensure CE and SE practices are followed.
• Lead SETR events and maintain programmatics, risk, and readiness data.
• Produce technical reports, analyses, and status briefings for leadership.
• Support integrated master plans, schedules, and lifecycle documentation.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

DoD systems experience

Defense/aerospace experience

Education

Master's degree in technical or scientific field

Bachelor's degree with substitution (4 years experience)

Job description

Synectic Solutions is seeking a Systems Engineer (Senior) to support the Airborne Electronic Attack Systems Program Office (PMA-234) at NAS Patuxent River in Lexington Park, MD. PMA-234 is responsible for acquiring, delivering, and sustaining Airborne Electronic Attack systems and providing combatant commanders with Electronic Warfare capabilities that critically enable operational mission success. This position will serve as the Deputy to the Assistant Program Manager Systems Engineering - Mid Band team. This is a local hybrid position requiring 2 days per week on-site at NAS Patuxent River combined with local telework. Anticipated Travel requirements are 2 weeks per quarter.

Salary Range:$148,330.00 - $164,420.00

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Deputy to the Assistant Program Manager Systems Engineering - Mid Band
• Systems Engineering representative to gather, analyze, document, and manage technical and performance requirements from all relevant internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment with project objectives.
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration among cross-functional teams, program offices, competency management, IPT team members, contractors and external agencies to ensure Systems Engineering practices and processes are followed appropriately
• Facilitate Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (SETR) events
• Identify, assess, and document, technical, programmatic, and readiness and sustainment risks for applicable programs.
• Prepare clear, concise, technical reports, technical documents, letters, memorandums. including gap analyses, business case analyses, regular status reports/briefings, trip reports, meeting action items, etc.
• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of integrated master plans and schedules, tracking milestones and deliverables.
• Review life cycle management documentation for systems, ensuring supportability from design through disposal.
• Analyze readiness, sustainment, and cost data to support investment recommendations and inform decision-making.
• Effectively and efficiently operate and communicate across multi-level security environments.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and support the implementation of best practices.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizen withActive Secret Clearance
• Must have a Technical or Scientific MS or MA degree from an accredited college or university
• ALLOWABLE SUBSTITUTION: Technical or Scientific BS or BA degree from an accredited college or university and an additional four (4) years of recent and relevant experience
• Must have at least ten (10) years of recent and relevant experience in an engineering position, three (3) of which must be directly related to DoD systems.
• Demonstrated experience in the area of engineering expertise is required.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering results in support of multi-level security projects.
• Direct experience in defense, aerospace, or government programmatic/technical settings.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills for working with engineers, logisticians, and multi-disciplinary teams.

What Your Experience Working for UsWill Be Like

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About Synectic Solutions, Inc. (SSI)

Synectic Solutions, Inc. (SSI), is an award-winning, 20-year government contracting agency focused on the areas of logistics, engineering, management, and information technology. SSI is a growing organization committed to exceeding customer expectations, to continually improving all products, services, and processes, and to perform all work with the commitment to upholding the highest standards and ethics.