DescriptionDo you want to make critical contributions to how the US Navy fights?
Are you excited to help shape how the world's most advanced military systems are employed?
Do you enjoy the complexity and challenge of integrating and networking sensors and weapons with command-and-control systems?
If so, we are looking for someone like you to join our team!
In the Distributed Tactical Awareness and Decision-Making Group, we work to solve command and control challenges related to sensor and weapon integration, information fusion, and distributed kill chains. We are seeking a detail-oriented systems engineer to integrate and network advanced weapons with sophisticated sensor systems into existing and in-development combat systems. You will be joining a team passionate about learning, innovating, and enabling the warfighter. You will have the opportunity to build deep subject matter expertise on the next generation of combat systems for the fleet and make real contributions to deployed systems.
As a Combat Systems Engineer you will: - Develop new concepts for anti-air warfare, surface warfare, and precision strike
- Solve complex systems-of-systems integration challenges for U.S. Navy surface combatants and unmanned surface vehicles
- Develop deep expertise on command-and-control systems such as the Aegis and Zumwalt combat systems
- Conduct analysis of data flows, software logic, interfaces, and mission engineering to develop new capabilities
- 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
- Prepare for and participate in technical interchange meetings, providing technical insight to contractor, government agency, and research laboratory partners
QualificationsYou meet our minimum qualifications for the job if you: - Have a B.S. in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Applied Math or equivalent field.
- Have 3+ years of experience in engineering, technical analysis, or systems integration.
- Have experience in AAW, BMD, SuW, or precision strike.
- Are able to communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
- Are willing to travel up to 10% of the time, as needed.
- 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 or a related technical field
- Have 5 years or more experience in engineering, technical analysis, or systems integration
- Experience with Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM), Tomahawk Strike Network (TSN), Mission Planning, or hypersonic weapon systems
- Expertise in weapons integration, multi-target multi-sensor tracking, or distributed systems architectures/algorithms
- Expertise with specific combat systems or combat system elements, including the Cooperative Engagement Capability, Ship Self Defense System, Aegis Weapons System, or the Zumwalt TSCE
- Are proficient with SysML/UML and Model-Based Systems Engineering
- Familiarity with object-oriented programming languages and modern SW architectures
- Have an active Top Secret or above security clearance
Minimum Rate$100,000 Annually
Maximum Rate$245,000 Annually
