Technical Advisor Systems Engineering

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KBRs National Security Solutions team provides highend engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position your work will have a profound impact on the countrys most critical role protecting our national security.

KBR is seeking a Technical Advisor Systems Engineering that will also act as Team Lead to join the KBR team in support of a Science and Engineering Technical Support contract for the United States Space Force (USSF). This is a fulltime position requiring availability for onsite access to Los Angeles Space Force Base and the Aerospace campus in El Segundo CA. The current duty location is 23 days onsite with more onsite days expected in the future.

The Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Systems Integration Office (SSIO) Science & Engineering Technical Support team is looking for an energetic and innovative technical advisor to support the SSC/BZE Chief Engineer an BZE Technical Director to focus on developing government reference and technical baseline architectures aligned with future US Space Force (USSF) force design and enabling enterprise level interoperability and integration.

The candidate shall provide systems engineering MBSE and road mapping support to shape the future of the USSF SSIO enterprise architecture as well as be the overall Task Lead for the small team supporting BZE. The candidate shall work side by side with SSC personnel in the performance of engineering tasks applying critical thinking concerning solutions to current threat environments for National Security Space (NSS) customers. Experience with Digital Engineering specifically MBSE is required to support USSF objective of being the first digital force.Experience in crosscutting architectures is desired to meet the goal of SSC/SSIO crossenterprise architecting and analysis efforts providing high quality decision support products to the SSC and USSF senior decision makers for the space acquisition enterprise.

Why Join Us

• Innovative Projects:KBRs work is at the forefront of engineering logistics operations science program management mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
• Collaborative Environment:Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
• Impactful Work:Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

Work Environment:

• Location:Onsite
• Travel Requirements:Minimal
• Working Hours:Standard

Responsibilities:

• Provide Systems of Systems (SoS) Engineering Management functionality guided by the SSC Chief Engineer or equivalent this is task lead position
• Conduct SoS engineering management analysis and provide the control of SSC engineering processes to ensure disciplined processes are in place and pedigreed and highly credible products are being generated within SSC
• Using MBSE perform crosscutting mission area architecture development through the identification of potential synergies and efficiencies across multiple mission areas based on existing roadmaps and System Program Directorate developed tobe architectures
• Using MBSE develop candidate functional logical architectures that resolve common functions into common/enterprise solutions and reduce the cost associated with acquiring and maintaining multiple systems to achieve the same function and promote the use of common standards
• Support defining strategiclevel strategy developing associated architectures and executing analysis processes to enable riskinformed investment decisions across the NSS enterprise to enable continued application of joint warfighter and National Command Authority effects in through and from space
• Apply DOD architecture style guide and Digital Engineering (DE) policies principles and instructions and support development of portfolio level DE guidance within SSC to facilitate alignment and synchronization of separately developed and managed DE baselines
• Analyze space enterprise requirements and alignment to the functional/ logical/ data architecture and standards.
• Evaluate and characterize the known tradespace and ensure requirements mapping of newly developed enterpriselevel crosscutting mission area architectures
• Manage team tasks in an agile environment using tools such as Jira and Confluence to capture measure and report on activities aligned to SSIO priorities
• Prepare briefings reports trip reports or papers as appropriate to lead stakeholder discussions document meetings or document evaluation findings and recommendations

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in engineering or related field
• Seven 7 years MBSE experience (e.g. working with Sparx EA and/or Cameo models)
• Twelve 12 years total experience in space systems and national security with a focus in systems engineering and MBSE
• Extensive experience in systems engineering systems of systems engineering family of systems engineering architectures or road mapping for NSS systems
• Experience in agile project management using tools such as Jira/Confluence
• Demonstrated ability to lead and participate in requirements and interface development as part of the systems engineering architecting and integration process
• Effective interpersonal and teambuilding skills to engage at both the engineer and management levels to build confidence and collaboration
• Clear and concise written and verbal communications
• US Citizenshipand an activeDoD TOP SECRET with SCI eligibility Security Clearance are required for the position

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree in Electrical Engineering (EE) Mechanical Engineering (ME) or equivalent Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
• Ten 10 years MBSE experience including advanced applications of MBSE / DE capabilities with knowledge and formation of all SysML diagram types employing Cameo and/or Sparx EA
• Familiarity with MS Project
• Ability to plan and implement a multiyear level of effort for MBSE / DE support to high visibility customers
• Experience working directly as an interface with military and other government representatives Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) (e.g. Aerospace) representatives and SSCs prime contractors subcontractors and vendors
• DOD program office experience with understanding of DOD acquisition process and compliance with government instructions
• Experience with technical mentorship
• Object Management Group Certified Systems Modeling Professional (OCSMP) Level 1/2

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Basic Compensation: $175000$190000

The offered rate will be based on the selected candidates knowledge skills abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

Additional Compensation:

KBR may offer bonuses commissions or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus relocation benefits short term incentives long term incentives or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match medical dental vision life insurance AD&D flexible spending account disability paid time off or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

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