Systems Engineer Senior Technical Specialist (SIGINT Ground)

Arcfield; Sully Square (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a mission-focused and innovation-driven company as a Systems Engineer Senior Technical Specialist. In this role, you will contribute to critical SIGINT programs, ensuring the success of mission threads through collaboration and technical expertise. Your responsibilities will include assessing technical impacts, coordinating with contractors, and participating in testing events. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic team dedicated to advancing national security through cutting-edge technology and engineering solutions. If you are passionate about making a difference in the defense sector, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• 12-15 years of experience in systems engineering with a BS/BA.
• Strong knowledge of SIGINT systems and mission management functions.

Responsibilities

• Assess technical impacts from Requests for Change across SIGINT systems.
• Coordinate with development contractors to resolve technical deficiencies.

Skills

SIGINT Knowledge

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Presentation Skills

Atlassian Tools (Confluence, JIRA)

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

PhD

Tools

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

Systems Engineer Senior Technical Specialist (SIGINT Ground)

Arcfield was purpose-built to protect the nation and its allies through innovations in digital transformation, space mission engineering and launch assurance, miniaturized sensors and satellites, advanced modeling and simulation, cybersecurity, and conventional and hypersonic missile support. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA with 16 global offices, Arcfield employs more than 1,500 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals with more than 60 years of collective proven experience supporting missions in cyber and space defense, space exploration, hypersonic and nuclear deterrence and warfighter readiness. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

Overview

Arcfield was purpose-built to protect the nation and its allies through innovations in digital transformation, space mission engineering and launch assurance, miniaturized sensors and satellites, advanced modeling and simulation, cybersecurity, and conventional and hypersonic missile support. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA with 16 global offices, Arcfield employs more than 1,500 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals with more than 60 years of collective proven experience supporting missions in cyber and space defense, space exploration, hypersonic and nuclear deterrence and warfighter readiness. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

Responsibilities

Are you looking to join a company that’s mission-focused and innovation-driven? Arcfield provides systems engineering, integration, and digital transformation across space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains. Come join our SIGINT Ground team within the NRO’s Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED) as a SETA contractor on the Geralt program. As a Systems Engineer Senior Technical Specialist, you will:

• Assess mission and ground segment technical impacts from Requests for Change (RFCs) across major SIGINT systems
• Develop and maintain Solution and Program Epics for agile mission threads, coordinating with ground segments and enterprise stakeholders to document requirements and processes
• Coordinate regularly with development contractors to manage and resolve technical and programmatic deficiencies, ensuring government stakeholders are satisfied with development contractor performance
• Utilize organizational and communication skills to clearly and concisely present information, ensuring the government and all stakeholders are kept informed on program/mission status
• Actively participate in program office, ground directorate, and enterprise-level forums, maintaining engagement on program/mission status of key space assets
• Support informal and enterprise testing events, reviewing test documentation, helping to mature test plans, assessing impacts to test plan changes, monitoring test status, reporting discrepancy report data to the government, and participating in test closure events
• Contribute to a cohesive team, working closely with other mission threads on lessons-learned, participating in digital engineering and modernization efforts, supporting the system integration efforts, and contributing to the total ground architecture

Qualifications

Required:

• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI Clearance with Poly.
• Requires 12 to 15 years with BS/BA or 10 to 13 years with MS/MA or 10+ years with PhD
• Knowledge of SIGINT remote sensing systems and overall space and ground architecture including mission management and/or mission processing functions.
• Integration and closure experience within overall customer domain
• Detailed knowledge of customer's mission capabilities (to include SIGINT and Multi-INT domains) and overall space and ground architecture
• Strong presentation, oral, and written communications skills, including the ability to produce clear, logical, and concise products to a government customer
• Proven organization and interpersonal skills, and demonstrated ability to interface effectively via written and oral forums with personnel at all levels of government
• Experience with commercial Atlassian tools (e.g. Confluence, JIRA) or ability to learn quickly

Desired:

• Familiarity with overall SIGINT ground customer, technical familiarity with mission control and/or processing of one or more SIGINT systems, including sensor knowledge.
• Ability to work for specific IC customer and familiarity with that customer’s processes and organization.
• Understanding of programmatic processes, including Risk, Readiness, Budgets, and Schedules
• Knowledge of SAFe or Agile frameworks
• Experience assisting the government with acquisition processes and documentation for small and large-scale software development contracts
• Experience with Systems Engineering and acquisition documentation, such as Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Statements of Work (SOWs), Interface Control Documents (ICDs), and Requests for Change (RFCs)
• Experience with Systems Engineering risk management, architectures, and verification/validation (V&V)

EEO Statement

EEO Statement: We are an equal opportunity employer and federal government contractor. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment as protected by law.

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