Senior Systems Engineer at Archimedes in Washington, DC

Description

Archimedes Global is currently recruiting a Senior Systems Engineer to join our team in Washington, DC.

The selected individual will:

• Assist with the development and execution of the DHS Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC)
• Develop system concepts and architectures
• Facilitate collection of, develop, and refine operational concepts, operational requirements, and technical requirements
• Research, identify, and assess promising technology solutions
• Develop and refine specifications and system interfaces
• Acquire and plan system solutions and related services
• Plan and coordinate integration of system components
• Support the planning and performing of alternatives and cost-benefit tradeoffs
• Support the development of investment justification and other context information for leadership decision making
• Plan, coordinate, conduct testing; and analysis of test results
• Perform various engineering and other analyses of technical, programmatic, and other related issues, as required

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, systems engineering, or a closely-related technical discipline
• 8+ years of experience in all or most of the following:
• Extensive knowledge and experience in the breadth of technical and programmatic aspects of systems engineering and engineering management standards and best practices, as applied in industry and within Federal Government technology efforts
• Extensive experience with projects requiring integration of several disparate engineering disciplines (e.g., software, control systems, communications, electronic hardware)
• Extensive expertise and experience supporting Federal large- and medium-scale technology and systems integration efforts
• Extensive subject expertise and experience in telecommunications, imagery, sensors, radar, and/or similar systems
• Extensive experience with project management standards and practices, as applied in the Federal sector, throughout all life cycle phases of projects, including work breakdown structures, project scheduling, critical path management, and risk management
• Experience supporting the Federal acquisition process as it applies to component and system procurement, and of related services
• Experience with supporting the development of full life cycle costing and budgeting of systems
• Experience supporting the development of investment management information
• Extensive experience collaborating in and leading technical tasks in matrixed teams and integrated project teams of technical, programmatic, operational, budget, and other experts in the Federal sector
• Must obtain a CBP Background Investigation

Desired Qualifications:

• Master of Science in engineering, system management, or closely-related discipline
• General engineering: extensive experience performing research and analysis in technical areas beyond their specific education and field of study
• Experience with DHS and DOD technology efforts
• Experience with the DHS Systems Engineering Life Cycle and Acquisition Review Process
• Experience within DHS, CBP, and AMO efforts and knowledge of their missions and operational environment strongly preferred
• Active security clearance (Secret, TS, TS/SCI)