Systems Engineer Principal Job Listing at SAIC in Alexandria, VA (Job ID 2508894)

Description

Description

SAIC is hiring a Specialty Engineer Principal with experience in defense weapon systems to join our energized team in support of an exciting variety of programs.  SAIC supports the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) customers as they lead, cultivate, and develop innovative solutions to address common concerns of reliable and maintainable weapon systems (https://www.cto.mil/sea/spe/).  SAIC also provides technical expertise to improve the state-of-practice to pursue crosscutting issues across the acquisition community and within the systems engineering enterprise (https://www.saic.com/what-we-do/engineering-services).  As a mid-level member of the team, you will assist OUSD(R&E) advance the practice of Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) engineering focused on sustainment of reliable and maintainable weapon systems.  You will regularly work with the R&M community of practice and DoD senior executives. You will review OUSD(R&E) modernization priorities and related technologies, legislation, policies, procedures, practices, guidance, standards, handbooks, tools, DoD workforce skills and training, in coordination with OUSD(R&E) organizations, DoD Components, other federal agencies, and academic and industry partners. Highly qualified candidates will have additional experience with model-based systems engineering and/or software development (to include software reliability). 

This position is hybrid remote with on-site work located in Alexandria, VA. The candidate must reside in the National Capital Region (NCR). This position will require successful adjudication of the National Agency Check (NAC) to obtain a DoD common access card. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the government Director to prepare, coordinate, collaborate, and participate in sustainment initiatives.
• Provide subject matter expertise in the development and implementation of the R&M Body of Knowledge and related workforce training courses.
• Support annual R&M Symposium (RAMS) by preparing workshops, briefing and supporting the OUSD(R&E) participation in RAMS.
• Support instantiation of Model Based Systems Engineering and SysML into R&M Engineering activities.
• Conduct analysis of alternatives (AoA) to support the recommendation of approaches, tools, and technologies for development of new analytics, including data- and event-driven analytics supporting R&M engineering.
• Collaborate with various engineering teams to support requirements definition, integration, and deployment of newly developed capabilities.
• Prepare presentations and other materials to support project functions. Draft correspondence, reports, white papers, minutes, spreadsheets, communications products, briefs, and other documentation.

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Active Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of nine (9) years' experience; Master's degree with a minimum of seven (7) years' experience.
  Bachelor's degree in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline that is relevant to engineering.
• Minimum of ten (10) years' of specialty engineering experience focused in R&M engineering and able to identify and address DoD acquisition risks, issues or opportunities.
• Must be able to work both independently and with a multi-disciplinary team to execute work tasks in a rapidly changing, fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated experience in planning, briefing and coordinating senior-level technical reviews, panels, or similar meetings with diverse participants.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to convey complex ideas and theories to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with government, industry or academia in R&M Engineering discipline.
• Expertise in utilizing Microsoft Office tools and functionality effectively.
• Knowledge of DOD 5000 documentation guiding defense acquisition engineering processes.
  Experience supporting US Federal Government agencies and processes.
  Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering tools (i.e., SySML tools), OMG-Certified SysML Professional (OCSMP) is a plus.
  Experience with data analysis software (e.g., miniTab, R, SPSS)