Systems Engineer

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The Globally Contested Logistics and Supply Chain department (N154) within the Operations in Contested Environment Division (N150), aims to holistically address Logistics and Supply Chain challenges that face our nation, with a focus on the Department of Defense. We accomplish our mission by preparing for and sustaining power projection while under a persistent, multi-domain attack in contested environments through dynamic basing, resupply, and maintenance across 3 focus areas:

• Understanding the complexity of logistics and supply chains to develop resilient logistics networks
• Increasing decision advantage by providing realistic logistics constraints and options to increase lethality

Recommending mitigations for critical supply chain and signatures vulnerabilities to ensure a robust combat readiness capability

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise in one or more of the following areas: Systems Engineering, requirements engineering, systems architecture, test and evaluation, system design, system life-cycle management, quality management, design of experiments, and process analysis and improvement
• Develop written reports and oral presentations to convey technical solutions and recommendations across a diverse sponsor base
• Collaborate and participate in technical exchanges, conferences, sponsor meetings to ensure knowledge creation/sharing and integration across projects and sponsor
• Ability to provide impact by developing models, requirements, designs, evaluations and recommendations at different phases of the life-cycle

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Engineering, Mathematics, or related field with less than 1 year of related experience or an advanced degree with relevant experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance
• Passion for using data to solve challenging real-world problems
• Excellent written/verbal communications skills
• Demonstrated experience collaborating successfully with teams
• Proven track record of trying new things and achieving significant results

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SysML
• Experience with Requirements creation and DOORS
• Experience with any of the Systems Engineering areas
• Experience with the Systems Engineering Lifecycle

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Secret

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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