Systems Engineer, Associate Principal

Location: Dahlgren, Virginia, United States. Onsite role with up to 25% travel. Ability to obtain and maintain the DoD/Navy clearance required by the final DD254/JPAS; Secret clearance required, with ability to obtain up to TS/SCI.

Salary: $141,000–$211,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides systems engineering and mission engineering support for Navy and Joint warfighting capabilities, including strategic, platform, weapon, combat, command and control, cyber, and fire control systems.

What you will do

• Lead systems engineering and mission engineering efforts for strategic, platform, weapon, combat, C2, cyber, and fire control systems.
• Develop requirements, top-level designs, and system architectures for software-intensive systems.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve complex systems engineering issues supporting Navy and Joint warfighting capabilities.
• Support lifecycle system development and analysis for milestone decisions, concepts of operations, and initial design development.
• Develop or review system integration documents and support certification processes and self-certification criteria for weapons, combat, and strategic systems.
• Support security, cyberspace, computer systems, strategic fire control, hardware, software, integration, testing, and technical documentation efforts when assigned to the applicable subcategory.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited college or university in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline, or 10 years of demonstrated and established knowledge and subject matter expertise relevant to the technical disciplines of the SOW.
• 10 years of professional systems engineering experience with a DoD major strategic, platform, weapon, combat, C2, cyber, and/or fire control systems program.
• 5 years of concurrent experience as a team leader performing systems engineering and mission engineering, including requirements development, top-level designs, and/or system architectures for software-intensive systems.
• Experience identifying, analyzing, and resolving complex systems engineering issues involving platform, weapon, combat, C2, cyber situational awareness, and fire control systems for Navy and Joint warfighting capabilities.
• Concurrent experience in one source-defined subcategory: Weapons Systems, Weapons Control Systems, Combat Systems, Strategic Fire Control Systems, Security Systems, Cyberspace Systems, or Computer Systems Engineer.
• For the Security Systems subcategory: CISSP IAW DoDD 8570; IAM Level III or higher with certification in Networking Technologies; IT-1 level clearance; and experience preparing and submitting Navy/DoD security certification and accreditation documentation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain the DoD/Navy clearance required by the final DD254/JPAS.

Nice to have

• Experience with Government Off-The-Shelf and Commercial Off-The-Shelf technology in weapon, weapons control, combat, or fire control systems.
• Experience with strategic fire control systems, SLBM Fire Control Systems, Formal Qualification Testing, Independent Verification and Validation, third-generation programming languages, Database Management Systems, mission planning, targeting models and simulations, Strategic Weapon System, Attack Weapon Control System, SPALTs, or logistics management of software, hardware, and documentation.
• Experience leading shipboard system integration, development, deployment/design, safety, Information Assurance, Human System Integration, Change Control Boards, or working groups supporting strategic or attack weapons systems.
• Experience with big data, machine learning, cloud, microservice architecture, correlation and analytics of externally derived information, and display of information for decision-making.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position supporting NSWCDD in Dahlgren, Virginia.
• Up to 25% travel is expected.
• Work supports Navy and Joint warfighting capabilities and major defense systems.