Requisition Number: 30252
Required Travel: 0 - 10%
Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt
Anticipated Salary Range: $153,830.00 - $220,000.00
Security Clearance: Ability to Obtain
Level of Experience: Senior
Employee Referral Amount: $5,000.00
Job DescriptionMission Technologies, a division of HII, is seeking a Lead MBSE Systems Engineer SME to support operations within the Directed Energy business initative. You will provide systems engineering support to the design, fabrication, testing/acceptance and delivery of systems structures, components and software. You will create and maintain system architectures, interface control documents, and technical roadmaps for directed energy technologies and ensure conversion of customer and/or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
Additionally, your position as a SME will be utilized in proposal writing (including MOSA/SE/MBSE and lasers) and customer-facing BD support and technical solutioning.
We're at the forefront of developing next-generation directed energy solutions that are transforming modern defense capabilities. HII's approach to directed energy is based on a modular open systems approach (MOSA) that leverages only and always the best of what the industry has to offer to our warfighters. With our emerging state-of-the-art integration, production and test facilities, we're building the infrastructure needed to develop, integrate, assemble, test, deploy, and sustain advanced laser and microwave systems.
Join our team of innovators, product developers, and producers as we scale operations to protect our warfighters and enhance national security. This is your opportunity to work with industry-leading experts on technology that is redefining the future of defense.
Candidates can work remotely if not local to the Knoxville, TN area. Candidates will be expected to eventually relocate to the Knoxville, TN area at a future date.
Essential Job Responsibilities• Requires a deep understanding of requirements development, architecture definition/decomposition, testing philosophies/methodologies, and verification coverage.
• Create and maintain system architectures, interface control documents, and technical roadmaps for directed energy technologies.
• Ensure conversion of customer and/or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, evaluates alternatives including cost and risk, supportability, and analyses for total systems.
• Translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Conduct trade studies, modeling and simulation, and performance analysis to inform design decisions and mitigate risks.
• Communicate task status with clarity and brevity.
• Identify, articulate, and manage risks.
• Manage internal and external relationships.
• Create and maintain various reports.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including electrical, mechanical, software, and test engineers, to ensure a cohesive and effective system design.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
Minimum Qualifications- 15 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 13 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 10 years relevant experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 19 years relevant experience.
- Experience in Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
- Experience authoring a systems engineering management plan.
- Demonstrated expertise in systems engineering lifecycle management including development of requirements, architectures, integration and validation plans within a production environment.
- Requires a deep understanding of requirements development, architecture definition/decomposition, testing philosophies/methodologies, and verification coverage.
- Experience working within government contracts.
- Technical and problem-solving intuition.
- Ability to anticipate and mitigate programmatic implications of system challenges.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with government stakeholders, company leadership, and technical subject matter experts in a wide range of disciplines.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
Preferred Requirements- Experience working as a defense hard tech prime or major sub.
- Experience working in laser systems, power systems, or cooling systems."
- Experience with Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA)
- Experience with CAMEO system engineering and requirements management software
- An active Secret clearance or higher
Physical RequirementsOffice, industrial, or shipboard environment. Capable of climbing ladders and tolerating confined spaces and extreme temperature variances. Lifting and moving materials may be required.
The listed salary range for this role is intended as a good faith estimate based on the role's location, expectations, and responsibilities. When extending an offer, HII's Mission Technologies division takes a variety of factors into consideration which include, but are not limited to, the role's function and a candidate's education or training, work experience, and key skills.
