Systems Engineer

Systems Planning and Analysis Inc. (SPA) delivers highimpact technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best! We offer opportunity unique challenges and clearsighted commitment to the mission. SPA: Objective. Responsive. Trusted.

The Space and Intelligence Division provides engineering services and analytic support to the Air Force Space Force Combatant Commands the Intelligence Community and NASA. Our work includes systems engineering and integration test planning and execution cost estimating and analysis developing approaches and concepts to meet emerging high priority National Defense needs and assessing and developing cuttingedge technologies and capabilities to meet those needs.

The Intelligence Programs Group (IPG) part of SPAs the Space and Intelligence Division focuses on outstanding support to our nations most important Intelligence Community customers.

SPA has an immediate need for a highly qualified Systems Engineer.

Travel is not anticipated but would occur less than five percent of the time on an occasional and irregular basisand be limited to domestic locations only.

Systems Engineers assist in leading engineering teams in taking a multidiscipline approach to requirements engineering solutions engineering scheduling reliability resiliency services development integration test and evaluation maintainability and analysis. They work with technical experts to design systems that will seamlessly fit into Systems of Systems (SoSs) and Families of Systems (FoSs) architectures.

Duties include:

• Assists the Government in directing requirements engineering solutions engineering scheduling reliability resiliency services development integration test and evaluation maintainability and analysis across the National System of Geospatialintelligence (NSG) Allied System of Geospatialintelligence (ASG) and Federal Agencies.
• Assists with the planning analysis/traceability of user requirements architectures traceability procedures and problems to automate or improve existing systems and review cloud service capabilities workflow and scheduling limitations.
• Advises the Government on proposed changes to the solutions designs based on analysis of requirements and new technology.
• Assists the Government in the capture and translation of mission and customer requirements/needs into systems/capability requirements and solutions.
• Supports the analyses and allocation of requirements to systems architecture components and executing programs.
• Assists the Government in performing systems integration activities.
• Assist in leading Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs) Course of Actions (CoAs) Trade Studies and Engineering Assessments.
• Assists the Government in strategic technical planning project management performance engineering risk management and interface design.
• Provides expert advice to the Government in the areas of relating vision strategy plans needs requirements and process and capability developments.
• Operates at the level of integrating multiple Major Systems Acquisitions across organizational agency department and governmental/national boundaries.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the current NSG/ASG and NRO enterprises.

Required:

• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering physics mathematics operations research engineering management Computer Science Information Technology Management Information Systems or related STEM degree program
• Working experience in government or industry in relevant work areas including: DoD/IC Acquisition Process Requirements Process PPBES Process or system engineering of large complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture/Cloud environments
• Experience with and strong understanding of systems engineering lifecycle

Desired:

• Advanced degree in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering physics mathematics operations research engineering management Computer Science Information Technology Management Information Systems or related STEM degree program
• Working knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering processes tools and languages
• Software Development Framework certification
• INCOSE Expert System Engineering Professional (ESEP) certification
• Work experience in the field of geospatial intelligence
• Experience engineering solutions using structured and unstructured Big Data
• Experience engineering solutions using Automation Augmentation and Artificial Intelligence technologies
• Demonstrated expertise in photogrammetry remote sensing image science information sciences geographic information systems geomatics or related fields