Strategic Systems Engineer

Red Gate Group

• $120K — $145K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of systems engineering experience required, including recent experience within the last 2 years.
  • Master's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience (Associate's with 4 additional years, Bachelor's with 2 additional, or 6 additional years).
  • Proficiency in DoDAF and UAF required.
  • Active TS/SCI clearance with current CI polygraph essential.
  • Familiarity with model-based systems engineering tools like Cameo Systems Modeler preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Develop engineering artifacts and architectural views for a joint intelligence capability.
  • Translate operational needs and technical requirements into detailed engineering documents.
  • Decompose complex operational problems and identify viable technical solutions.
  • Assess tradeoffs between competing technical approaches.
  • Support capability-based planning and alternatives analysis throughout the defense acquisition lifecycle.
  • Engage with stakeholders to elicit unstated requirements through probing questions.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with senior military and civilian leadership.
  • Involvement in high-impact defense intelligence initiatives.
  • Access to advanced systems engineering methodologies and tools.
  • Collaboration with cross-service and Combatant Command stakeholders.
Full Job Description
Description

Engineering artifacts only move a program when they hold up in front of senior leaders and their technical staffs. The Red Gate Group is seeking a Strategic Systems Engineer to support a Department of Defense intelligence customer, translating operational needs and technical requirements into rigorous engineering artifacts for a joint intelligence capability while maintaining credibility with senior military and civilian leadership. You will develop engineering artifacts and architectural views that communicate system structure, behavior, and context using the Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and the Unified Architecture Framework (UAF).

You will decompose complex operational problems, identify technical solutions, and assess tradeoffs between competing approaches, asking probing questions to uncover unstated requirements and synthesizing inputs from stakeholders across the Services and Combatant Commands. You will also support capability based planning and analysis of alternatives through the defense acquisition lifecycle.

You Have
• 8+ years of systems engineering experience, including recent experience within the last 2 years. This experience requirement is firm and cannot be met through education or certifications.
• Master's degree in a related field, or one of the following in its place: an Associate's degree in a related field and 4 additional years of relevant experience, a Bachelor's degree in a related field and 2 additional years of relevant experience, or 6 additional years of relevant experience. The additional years used in place of the degree are on top of the 8 year experience requirement above, not counted within it.
• Proficiency with DoDAF and UAF
• Active TS/SCI clearance with a current CI polygraph

Nice If You Have
• Cameo Systems Modeler or similar model based systems engineering tools
• Understanding of the defense acquisition process and how architecture products inform capability analysis

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