Vertex Inc

SPY-6 Radar Engineer/Scientist - Secret Clearance

Vertex Inc • $108K — $130K *
Dahlgren, VA 22448In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field with significant experience in engineering work.
  • 6 years of engineering experience required; Navy SPY-6 background is a plus.
  • Advanced degrees (Master's or Ph.D.) in relevant fields may substitute for experience.
  • Active Secret clearance is mandatory.
  • Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and testing methodologies is advantageous.

Responsibilities

  • Support the development and execution of Systems Engineering Plans.
  • Manage engineering strategies and report on contract execution status.
  • Establish and maintain requirements specifications and documentation.
  • Conduct rigorous systems analysis including requirements flow-down assessments.
  • Lead evaluation activities and coordinate testing schedules/documentation.
  • Develop comprehensive test plans and perform data collection/analysis using Matlab.
  • Provide engineering insights for radar integration on foreign military platforms.

Benefits

  • Full-time role with core business hours from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
  • Onsite work environment in a government facility.
  • Opportunities for direct involvement in projects with government customers.
  • Engagement in high-impact systems engineering roles within defense sector.
Full Job Description
Overview

We are seeking a SPY-6 Engineer/Scientist Senior to support our Dahlgren, Virginia government customer. The position is required to be onsite and hold an active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

Systems Engineering and Integration:
  • Support the development and execution of Systems Engineering Plans.
  • Review requirements identification through design verification to ensure user requirements
  • Plan and execute engineering strategies in accordance with approved project acquisition strategies and plans;
  • Report contract execution status, provide support to all program acquisition and management review activities;
  • Establish and maintain requirements specifications, capabilities documents, and requirements baselines (i.e., functional, allocated, and product baselines); and interface control documents to facilitate development and verification.
  • Research and develop System/Subsystem specification documents. These documents include an assessment of the compliance, completeness, and consistency of component and interface requirements with current and evolving system requirements, information architecture, and system design.
  • Assess the flow down of operational requirements to systems functions and assess allocation of desired system functions to Hardware/Software (HW/SW) systems.
  • Support Government program managers by conducting research and reviewing requirements analysis to ensure that appropriate system and component solutions are developed.
  • Facilitate efforts to baseline, revise, and maintain requirements documents.
  • Plan, perform, and present results for modeling and simulation efforts for training and exercise scenarios; for system performance prediction; and system performance assessments.
  • Support the planning and execution of engineering strategies in accordance with approved project acquisition strategies and plans.
  • Support model and simulation accreditation efforts through tool analysis for accuracy and fidelity of outputs, comparing the results of one tool to another, comparing modeled results to system data, supporting Simulation Control Panels and Accreditation Review Panels, and providing draft technical assessment plans and assessment results.
  • Perform requested aspects of technical analysis and systems engineering support to facilitate aspects of architecture design, interoperability, specification analysis and development, solutions implementation and systems sustainment of supported projects.
  • Decompose high-level system requirements.
  • Develop analysis tools to verify system performance.
  • Participate in system integration events with the combat system and platform.
  • Utilize model-based systems engineering (MBSE) processes, methodologies, tools, and techniques, as required by individual technical instructions/projects, in execution of tasks.

Test and Evaluation (T&E) Support:
  • Conduct research and support the coordination, planning, and execution of evaluation activities to include performing assessment and integration testing, site acceptance testing, and other evaluation activities.
  • Coordinate testing, schedules, and related documentation.
  • Develop test and evaluation documentation, which include testing plans, laboratory testing documents, new technology evaluation documents, usability engineering documents and laboratory testing of sensor test articles developed by the product design agent.
  • Perform data collection and analysis using MatLab and other lab tools/test equipment.

Other Technical Areas Include:
  • Engineering support to determine radar concepts and evaluate feasibility of integrating SPY-6 on foreign ships and Foreign Military Sales.
  • Provide radar analysis, generate radar requirements and evaluate compliance of radar concepts.
  • Develop reports and presentations to document and communicate radar concept feasibility.
  • Provide engineering expertise and contribute to technical interchanges and other program planning discussions.


Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
  • The minimum education and experience qualifications for this role are a relevant Bachelor's degree plus six (6) years of engineering work experience.
  • Years of experience and qualifications can vary if a candidate has a background with Navy SPY-6 Family of Radars.

Education/Professional Certifications:
    • (a) A Bachelor's degree from a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum in one of the
    • (b) A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in one of the following fields of study: Mathematics, Computer Science, or Physics
    • (c) A Master's degree from an accredited college or university in one of the following fields of study:
      • Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineer, Electronics Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or Physics
    • (d) A Ph.D degree from an accredited college or university in one of the following fields of study:
      • Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineer, Electronics Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or Physics.

Clearance Requirement:
  • The position requires an active and current Secret clearance.

Work Environment:
  • Core Business Hours: 7:00am to 5:00pm. Core hours are established at the discretion of the Government and are subject to change at any time based on mission requirements.
  • Will perform work at a government facility in an office environment.


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About Vertex Inc

Vertex Inc is a leading provider of tax technology and services, enabling companies of all sizes to realize the full strategic potential of the tax function by automating and integrating tax processes, while leveraging advanced and predictive analytics of tax data. Vertex provides cloud-based and on-premise solutions that can be tailored to specific industries for every major line of tax, including income, sales and consumer use, value added and payroll. Vertex also offers solutions for tax data management, compliance and reporting, tax research, and planning and analysis. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
Learn more about Vertex Inc
Size
1,200 employees
Market Cap
$2.2 billion
Industry
Business Services
Net Income
-$78.9 million
Founded
1978
Revenue
$374.6 million
NASDAQ
VERX
* Ladders Estimates

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