Systems Integration Engineer (Combat Systems)

Vosper Thornycroft Group; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Vosper Thornycroft Group is seeking a Mid to Senior Systems Engineer (SPC 4) in Washington, DC to support the Conventional Prompt Strike program for Navy CPS, providing engineering support across multiple disciplines and coordinating with government teams. The role is onsite at the Washington Navy Yard with occasional telework.

The candidate will work on CPS integration into VA Class submarines, perform risk analyses, prepare technical briefs, and contribute to requirements definition and

Qualifications

• Must have one of the following for the Journey Level: a bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience, or a master’s degree and 2+ years, or no degree with 8+ years of specific task experience.
• Must have one of the following for the Senior level: a bachelor’s degree and 11+ years of experience, or a master’s degree and 6+ years of experience.
• Active Secret level clearance and ability to sustain one.
• US Citizen.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).

Responsibilities

• Design studies and evaluations across R&D, production and operations.
• Review and advise CPS program office on technical documentation submissions.
• Provide engineering support and advisement for complex systems.
• Assess system development, improvements and optimization opportunities.
• Perform risk assessments using modeling and simulation.
• Track and resolve system engineering issues across interfaces and design changes.
• Prepare technical presentations and papers for reviews and boards.
• Coordinate with CPS stakeholders and government teams as needed.
• Identify technical issues and facilitate timely design decisions.
• Develop risk mitigation plans for cost, schedule and technical issues.
• Provide weekly progress reports on significant issues.
• Support transition of R&D to production and manage technical activities.
• Support cross-discipline topics: Electrical, Mechanical, Navigation, Guidance, Telemetry, Flight Software, etc.
• Provide configuration management and auditing for baselines and documentation.
• Provide IA support: identify risks, develop controls, test security tools and policies.

Skills

Active Secret clearance

US Citizen

Microsoft Office Suite

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Master's degree in a relevant field

No degree + 8+ years experience in specific task area

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a Mid to Senior level Systems Engineer (SPC 4) in Washington, DC to provide Engineering Support Services to Engineers and Subject Matter Experts in support of the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) Program under the Department of Navy, specifically focused on Submarine Weapons Systems. The candidate will be supporting multiple engineering disciplines such as the following but not limited to: Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Information Systems, Navigation, Flight Software, Industrial, Re-entry hardware and Flight Termination Systems. Position is onsite at the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard with occasional telework.

What will you do?

Candidate will support the SPC 4 Systems Engineering and Integration Code, focusing on CPS integration into the VA Class Submarine (TI-24).

• Design studies and evaluations associated with research, development, production and operations
• Review, comment, and provide technical advice to the CPS program office on technical documentation submissions from work performers, as needed.
• Provide the CPS program engineering and technical support and advisement regarding problem definition, analysis, requirement development and implementation for complex systems in the engineering discipline required to meet technical requirements.
• Provide assessments and recommendations on system development, improvements, optimization, or support efforts.
• Perform risk assessments and analysis employing modeling and simulation techniques.
• Support the identification, tracking, and resolution of systems engineering issues related to technical interfaces, technology insertion/design improvements, and other program initiatives.
• Prepare technical presentations, briefings, and papers to address program management issues in such venues as technical design reviews, technical review boards, and others.
• Collaborate, coordinate, and act as the CPS program office liaison, when required, with CPS program office stakeholders, to include Government National Team members and the ArmyHypersonics Program Office (AHPO).
• Identify technical issues that need resolution in particular CPS areas of responsibility. Work with applicable Government team leads to facilitate resolution of technical issues. Facilitate timely decisions and review and adjudication of all design products and written correspondence.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation plans for identified cost, schedule, and technical issues.
• Provide weekly reports on significant issues and actions.
• Support transition of research and developmental efforts into production, and management of technical activities.
• Support research and development objective utilizing a full understanding of multiple engineering disciplines for topics across flight systems. Topics includes but not limited to, Electrical and Mechanical Design, Navigation, Guidance, and Control, Telemetry and Instrumentation, Flight Software, Re-entry Hardware, and Flight Termination Systems, Requirement Definition, Allocation, and Verification, Mechanical, Electrical, and Software Interfaces.
• Provides recommendations for procedures or modifications to procedures to solve complex problems considering defense system capacity and limitations, operating time, and form of desired results.
• Support the preparation of detailed specifications from which research programs will be written.
• Conduct assessments and make recommendations for program design, testing, and documentation utilizing a full knowledge of all phases of research application, analysis, and programming and research analysis techniques.
• Support all configuration management planning. Describe provisions for configuration identification, change control, configuration status accounting, and configuration audits.
  • Identify and maintain the original configuration of requirements documentation, design documentation, software, and related documentation.
  • Manage configuration change control efforts. Supports the change process so that only approved and validated changes are incorporated into product documents and related software.
  • Manage configuration status accounting efforts. Tracks all problems and changes in product documents and software. Reports changes and current configuration.
  • Manage for configuration audit efforts. Supports audits to verify that requirements of all baselines have been met.
• Provide IA support to include:
  • Identify security risks, threats and vulnerabilities of networks, systems, applications and new technology initiatives.
  • Develop, tests, and operates firewalls, intrusion detection systems, enterprise anti-virus systems and software deployment tools.
  • Tests and debugs programs and scripts and prepares instruction for use during network exploitation activities.
  • Applies knowledge of current IA policy, tactics, techniques, policy, and doctrine, and relationship to IA reporting requirements and structure.
  • Assists in the planning and implementation of requirements.

Do you have what it takes?

• Required skills:

  • Must have one of the following for the Journey Level:
    • a) A bachelor's degree in a relevant field and at least (5) years of professional/internship engineering experience, OR
    • b) A master's degree in a relevant field and at least (2) years of professional experience, OR
    • c) No degree and at least (8) years of demonstrated experience in specific task area
  • Or Must have one of the following for the Senior level:
    • a) A bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 11 years of professional/internship engineering experience, OR
    • b) A master's degree in a relevant field and at least 6 years of professional experience
  • Must have an active Secret level clearance and ability to sustain one
  • Must be a US Citizen
  • Must have knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint and Word)

• Preferred skills:

  • Ideal candidate will have an understanding of any, or some of the following Engineering Disciplines: Electrical and Mechanical Design, Navigation, Guidance, and Control, Telemetry and Instrumentation, Flight Software, Re-entry Hardware, and Flight Termination Systems, Requirement Definition, Allocation, and Verification, Mechanical, Electrical, and Software Interfaces
  • Navy Submarine weapons and engineering experience (VA Class) and NAVSEA/IWS Weapons System experience

Pay Range: VTG’s estimated starting pay range is $120,000-$160,000 annually, which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range