Systems Engineer

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.

This opportunity is for a position on our Operations Segment (OS) team, supporting the government customer as they manage a development contract to deliver enhancements and new capabilities to a large, planning and scheduling segment. The OS is a critical part of the overall communications architecture, with interfaces to external users, external resource providers and numerous internal segments.

As a SETA role, this position involves working closely with the government customer, development and O&M contractors and both internal and external users to ensure new capabilities meet user requirements and are successfully transitioned into operations. This will involve everything from coordinating the SAFe Agile process to establish software build priorities and content, to witnessing system testing and eventually supporting the readiness process to facilitate transitioning to operations. As system familiarity increases, assignments will take on increasingly complex tasks in an acquisition support role.

Program Description:

With a fresh, new 7-year contract, this program provides SETA (Systems Engineering Technical Advisor) & SE&I (Systems Engineering & Integration) services to an important Intelligence Community (IC) customer with a focus on critical, assured space communications and supporting IT infrastructure. The contract support is part of the customer core team focused on all aspects of the systems engineering life cycle beginning with CONOPS development, where we work directly with users, potentially going into harm's way, who will be dependent on these communications systems. We then capture their requirements and work closely with developers to deliver these essential capabilities. We get involved with setting up and running tests to ensure these cutting-edge capabilities will meet the stringent requirements and then we support transition to operations. Once in operations, our teams work closely with the users to make sure critical operations are successful, providing important information to support critical decisions by policy makers. The program also supports client acquisition strategy, future technology development and modernization efforts.

Program Responsibilities

• Works under general supervision to solve technical problems of moderate complexity.
• Designs, develops, evaluates, and modifies end-to-end systems and products throughout their lifecycle.
• Develops quantifiable requirements based on customer descriptions, system planning, design, and logistics.
• Ensures requirements meet client and government standards through formal verification methods.
• Translates high-level product strategies into system requirement specifications.
• Collaborates with other engineering disciplines for detailed implementation requirements.
• Establishes and coordinates standards, practices, and procedures for product development.
• Designs interfaces and integrates system elements for cohesive functionality.
• Assesses performance using technical measures and evaluation criteria.
• Acts as customer liaison, supporting business development and shaping requirements.
• Participates in conceptual design and documentation of design concepts.
• Engages in design reviews for components to ensure compliance and requirement traceability.
• Generates system-level verification and customer acceptance test procedures.
• Reviews test plans/procedures for contractual compliance and participates in validation testing.

Required:

• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• 2 to 4 years with BS or 0 to 2 years with MS.
• (4 years of relevant experience in a development/acquisition program can be substituted)
• Experienced in applying technical standards, principles, and theories.
• Technical BS in Engineering, Computer Science or related technical degree.
• The ability to work well within a team of engineers
• Demonstrated success in working with government customers.

Desired:

• Experience with Commercial/Government acquisition of satellite/ground segment hardware/software
• BS in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Computer Science.
• Experience with agile software development process, such as SAFe Agile.
• Experience with software integration and testing, development of test plans and verification of requirements
• Prior experience as a SETA with FALSTAFF IC customer work with requirements and other related readiness processes.

EEO

Arcfield proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active-Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.