Advanced System Engineer
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Job Title: Advanced System Engineer
Location: Huntsville AL (Hybrid)
Canvas is looking for a talented Advanced System Engineer to join our team! In this role you will get to help define and evaluate Missile Defense System (MDS) Trade capability space envelope architectural performance metrics and other highlevel performance metrics as applicable.
Duties:
- Provide technical expertise on missile defense activities to include adversary capabilities systems engineering and evaluation.
- Remain cognizant of intelligence updates of new threat systems that affect future missile defense architectures.
- Evaluate the adequacy of the current MDS to include ballistic hypersonic and cruise missile defensive architecture to counter the threat and recommend courses of action for concept of operations system improvements; and identify alternate strategies for affordable cost effective and technically advanced systems.
- Evaluate and adapt analysis of Allied Missile Defense systems and how in defense of the Unified Command Theaters those allied missile defense systems can be incorporated into U.S. missile defense systems to provide a more robust defense.
- Provide reachback for consulting services for key MDS development expertise facilitating efforts across internal/external stakeholders such as Services and Combatant Commanders providing strategic advice guidance and direction.
- Support evaluate analyze and develop technical recommendations through exchanges with FFRDCs UARCs and OGAs to provide input on program process and technical improvement opportunities.
- Support Defense Architecture evolution strategy and development through assessment of interim and final results of Analysis of Alternatives and other analysis activities to include toplevel requirements.
- Assist in the analysis demonstrations and tests to support early milestones and feasibility assessments and to collect data to verify that architecture analysis assumptions are credible.
Requirements:
- Masters degree in STEM field
- 12 years working on missile defenserelated or other complex large DoD program/project.
- Self Starter with enthusiasm and capacity to learn in a fastpaced environment
- Good verbal and written skills
- Ability to lead teams and collaborate with others
Desired Qualifications
- Masters in STEM field
- Knowledge of Hypersonic weapons and their capabilities and limitations.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word Excel & PowerPoint) with emphasis on PowerPoint
- Experience working with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) or its members.
- Military or Logistics support with THAAD or other FMS programs with allied nations.
- Experience working Early Warning Systems.
- Have detailed knowledge of the MDS to include Command and Control networks specifically C2BMC and LINK 16.
- Joint Services experience or Combatant Command experience.
- Space Systems experience.
Security Clearance: Active DoD Secret Clearance
About Us
Founded in 2007 Canvas connects a passion for going beyond the expected with the knowledge and expertise to deliver what our clients need now and in the future. Canvas has been recognized as a Great Place to Work Certified Fortune Best Small Workplace Fortune Best Workplace for Millennials 2022 Best Place for Working Parents 2022 & 2023 HIRE Vets Gold Medallion Awardee 2021 & 2022 Best Places to Work Awardee 2019 Government Contracting Technology Business of the Year and WomanOwned Small Business of the Year 2018 by the Huntsville/Madison Chamber of Commerce.
Benefits of Working with Canvas
To reflect our company culture Canvas offers an exciting array of benefits that makes up our employees total rewards package. Those benefits may include:
- Competitive Wages*
- Medical Rx Dental & Vision Insurance
- Generous companyfunded Basic Life Insurance
- Companyfunded ShortTerm & LongTerm Disability
- 11 Paid Federal Holidays
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Dependent Care and Medical Flexible Spending Accounts
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match and 100 immediate vesting
- Tuition Reimbursement for ongoing training continuing education or advanced degree programs
- Robust Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
- Spot Awards for exemplary individual performance
- Discretionary performancebased bonuses
- And many more!
*Final compensation for this position is determined by a variety of factors such as a candidates relevant work experience skills certifications and geographic location.
Canvas is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Canvas is an equal opportunity employer and a VEVRAA federal contractor who affords equal employment opportunity to protected veterans and people with disabilities.
Canvas has equal employment opportunities that are based upon a candidates qualifications and capabilities to perform the essential functions of a particular job and are free from discrimination based on race color religion national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity age disability protected veteran status genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement please visit our Careers page. U.S. citizenship is required for most positions.
Canvas is committed to expanding access to employment for people with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and your disability prevents you from applying please advise what reasonable accommodation Canvas can provide to assist you in applying for one of our open positions. You may contact us by sending an email to .
Reasonable accommodations are considered on a casebycase basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation for applying for a specific posted position will be responded to. Requests will be kept confidential and shared strictly on a needtoknow basis. Please be aware scammers may try to impersonate our company by reaching out regarding job opportunities. We will never ask you for bank account information checks or other sensitive information as part of our hiring process. If youre unsure please email with questions.
For further information on Canvas including more information on employee benefits and our company culture visit our website.
If an offer of employment is extended applicant must have the ability to pass a background check. Offer of Employment is contingent upon the results.
Employment Type
Full-Time
