OE Senior Systems Engineer

Title:

OE Senior Systems Engineer

Merlin has an opportunity for an OE Senior Systems Engineer to help identify and plan new capabilities to support mission operations. This position is in Chantilly, VA. The successful candidate will:

• Provide technical leadership in planning capabilities needed to better support mission operations (e.g. automation, situational awareness, etc.)
• Analyze user needs, concept of operations, and high-level systems architectures to develop system requirements
• Identify and communicate system engineering risks, issues, opportunities, assumptions, mitigations, and dependencies
• Provide technical support to government points of contacts
• Collaborate with SETA team members, development contractors, and customer forums
• Effectively communicate and interface with engineers from various contractors and government organizations
• Develop assessments and briefings to a variety of audiences; conveys information in crisp, articulate manner

Required Education and Experience

• Top Secret/SCI clearance with CI Poly
• 13 years' technical experience
• Bachelors of Science degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) or relevant field
• Familiar with MBSE/Digital Engineering and associated tools
• Real-time operations experience as a spacecraft or ground systems operator

Required Qualifications

• In-depth experience with NRO systems engineering and mission readiness processes; familiar with readiness events, control gates, and associated entry/exit criteria
• Knowledge of GEOINT and SIGINT overall space and ground architecture including mission management, mission control and/or mission processing functions
• Program lifecycle experience from concept development and design to deployment, operations and maintenance, decommission
• Experience with CONOPS requirements development, interface control documentation, technical specification review, architecture development
• Experience in mission operations environment - ops tempo, performance characterization, utility analysis, system calibrations
• Experience with systems development methodologies (e.g Agile, DevOps, Spiral, Waterfall, etc.); cloud technologies
• Self-starter, proactively addresses customer requirements with no supervision; expert at defining solutions for broad, abstract topics
• Polished communicator (written/verbal); impeccable interpersonal skills and personal judgment
• Master at collaboration and coordination with multiple stakeholders -- consensus builder
• Proficient with MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), MS Outlook, MS Project)

In compliance with the U.S. federal government's vaccine mandate, only candidates who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or have a reasonable accommodation or approved medical exception will be considered for this position.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.