Description
Do you have a passion for defending the United States and protecting our warfighters?
Do you want to work with air and missile defense technology, advanced algorithms, machine learning, and real-world operational systems?
Do you have an analytical mind and a strong sense of curiosity?
If so, we are looking for someone like you to join our team!The U.S. Navy and Joint Forces face increasingly dangerous threats, including autonomous vehicles, sophisticated anti-ship missiles, and ballistic missiles. To defend sailors and marines from these threats, we in the Distributed Tactical Awareness and Decision-Making group (A3A) of the Air and Missile Defense Sector drive improvements to and conceive new capabilities for systems that combine sensors, command and control logic, networks, and defensive weapons. We are seeking engineers, computer scientists, and analysts to join our team to guide system design, develop software prototypes, and research new concepts to create innovative solutions to emerging warfighter challenges.
As a Systems Engineer you will:- Seek to understand and improve interactions between sensors, networks, combat management software, and weapon systems
- Solve complex systems-of-systems integration challenges for U.S. Navy surface combatants and unmanned surface vehicles
- Develop new concepts for anti-air warfare, surface warfare, and precision strike
- Analyze data from system test events to directly inform engineering decisions
- Develop deep expertise on command-and-control systems such as the Aegis, SSDS, and Zumwalt combat systems
- Conduct MS&A studies to compare alternatives to inform design
- Generate systems engineering products such as performance specifications, requirements, trade study reports, concepts of operation, concepts of employment, and test plans
- Collaborate with cross disciplinary teams and share your work both externally and internally
- Have opportunities to visit Navy ships and to work with sailors, officers, and other warfighters
Qualifications
You meet our minimum qualifications for the job if you...- Have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science or equivalent
- Are proficient with C++, Java, Python, MATLAB, or similar programming languages
- Like to work both independently and as part of a team
- Have good written and oral communication skills
- Are able to obtain an Interim Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain a Secret level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.
You'll go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you...- Have an advanced degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science or equivalent
- Have a background in physics or data fusion
- Have experience with software engineering
- Hold an active SECRET (or above) clearance
Minimum Rate
$85,000 Annually
Maximum Rate
$165,000 Annually
