Senior Systems Engineer

McBride Consulting has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer providing support to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/PEO Digital Directorate (AFLCMC/HB). The Air Force Program Execution Office for PEO Digital (AFPEO/HB) has the collective Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) mission responsibility to manage and execute the modernization development testing production fielding and sustainment of the PEO Digital portfolio which includes over 130 programs for the United States Air Force (USAF) and foreign allies. AFLCMC/PEO Digital Directorate is headquartered at Hanscom Air Force Base MA with geographically separated operating units CONUS and OCONUS.

This is a full-time position at Tinker AFB OK

The Integration and Production Section is responsible for managing contractual strategic and reporting aspects of the soon to be Major Capability Acquisition program. They will require deep knowledge of the acquisition process. We kicked off this morning the implementation of a fairly complex plan to get E-7s built and modified quickly using a variety of existing contracts options TRNs and new contracts of varying contract types.

Duties include but not limited to:

• Conduct comprehensive program portfolio reviews to evaluate and recommend alternative plans enhance systems engineering processes manage and sustain technical baselines and design/perform system-level tests to ensure subsystem and system performance aligns with approved specifications.
  
• Review and evaluate alternative plans systems engineering programs designs and test results to verify subsystem and system performance compliance with program specifications.
  
• Prepare technical documentation defining and recommending system/subsystem characteristics management reports and technical presentations for planning implementation and corrective actions applying engineering economy principles.
  
• Perform system validations including criteria and procedure development and analyze/evaluate major engineering system results.
  
• Provide engineering technical support and training for programs/initiatives including acquisition development integration sustainment evolution deployment fielding installation and operations oversight.
  
• Support risk management activities in alignment with Air Force Systems Engineering Assessment Model (AF SEAM) processes.
  
• Conduct formal trade studies considering engineering performance effectiveness cost-performance balance lifecycle cost reliability maintainability risk and schedule.
  
• Offer technical recommendations through reviews studies audits evaluations analyses procedural guidance and documentation supporting engineering Integrated Product Teams (IPTs).
  
• Analyze proposals to compare and quantify technical feasibility compatibility and cost-effectiveness of proposed systems and components.
  

Concepts and Requirements Analysis:

• Review and analyze key documents including Initial Capabilities Documents (ICDs) Capability Development Documents (CDDs) Capability Production Documents (CPDs) and Analyses of Alternatives (AoAs).
  
• Conduct assessments of military utility operational concepts (CONOPs) technology development strategies functional configuration audits (FCAs) physical configuration audits (PCAs) and technology standards profiles.
  
• Analyze system concepts and user requirements entered into system requirements baselines (functional allocated and product).
  

Engineering Process Support:

• Assist in material solution analysis technology development engineering manufacturing production deployment and operations support.
  
• Provide support for engineering technical processes including version/configuration control requirements analysis architecture design implementation integration verification validation and decision analysis.
  
• Perform risk configuration technical data and interface management as well as technical planning and assessments.
  

Technical Reviews and Documentation:

• Support planning and execution of technical reviews (e.g. System Requirements Review Technology Readiness Assessments) and develop associated documentation (e.g. Systems Engineering Plan Risk Management Plan).
  
• Develop systems engineering documentation ensuring understanding of systems-of-systems interactions configuration management technical data packages and acquisition/sustainment engineering processes.
  

Requirements

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Clearance: Must have an Active Top Secret Clearance

Minimum Required Qualifications:

Education: Bachelors degree in a professional engineering discipline from an ABET-accredited educational program and at least 12 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed 5 of which must be in the DoD

• Experienced in requirements development production and deployment and operation and support architectures development & implementation modeling & simulation including but not limited to Model Based Systems Engineering principles verification & validation technical data package development and sustainment and principles of configuration management
  
• Experience with network architectures embedded systems and application deployment across a variety of systems and hardware to include cloud deployment and virtualization
  
• Familiarity with DoD Acquisition processes including Technology Maturation Risk Reduction Engineering Manufacturing and Development Production and Deployment activities
  
• Familiarity with Electronic Warfare and/or Air Combat operations including live aircrew training/development of tactics techniques and procedures and Range Infrastructure architectures and systems are desired
  

Preferred experience:

• Masters degree in a professional engineering discipline from an ABET-accredited educational program along with at least 10 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed 5 of which must be in the DoD
  

Additional Information:

Location: Located at Tinker AFB OK

Benefits