Sr Staff Engineer Systems

Description

The role sits in the company's Aeronautics Systems group and is based in San Diego, CA.

You will lead systems engineering and integration (SE&I) for a NATO final infrastructure program, with overall responsibility for SE&I execution. You report directly to the program's NATO Systems Engineering Lead and work closely with the program team and several engineering functions to make sure the system meets its performance requirements while the technical baseline is managed.

Clearance is required before start. The clearance type is Secret. Relocation assistance may be available. The role involves 25% travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of SE&I engineers and managers across IFC, R&V, Architecture, Integration, Specialty, Mission Engineering, and Integrated Functional Capability disciplines.
• Oversee SE&I execution of cost, schedule, and the technical baseline for the program.
• Coordinate closely with program management, customer counterparts, and subcontractors.
• Lead and oversee milestone reviews such as SRR, SFR, PDR, CDR, and FCA.
• Lead requirements definition, decomposition, allocation, and final verification across a complex system.
• Guide a multidisciplinary team in turning customer CONOPs, performance specifications, and use cases or OpsCon scenarios into sound, verifiable requirements at system and segment level.
• Manage risks and opportunities.
• Lead proposals and baseline planning for new work.
• Use Agile methods to support rapid capability insertion and shorten time to fielding, and put in place tools, technologies, and procedures that make integration more efficient.
• Tailor requirements and verification processes to the size, scope, and complexity of each program.
• Define and maintain standard R&V products and processes for use across all programs.
• Apply the IFC planning and certification process.
• Use the defect management, Defect Review Board (DRB), and Content Inclusion Review Board (CIRB) processes to keep the system's technical baseline under control.
• Make sure requirements below segment level are properly implemented in other integrated product teams.
• Present status clearly to internal executives and customers.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in a STEM field and at least 14 years of professional or military experience, or a master's degree in a STEM field and at least 12 years of relevant professional or military experience, or a PhD and at least 10 years of relevant professional or military experience.
• Experience leading milestone reviews such as SRR, PDR, CDR, and FCA.
• Experience managing technical baselines, including functional and allocated baselines.
• Experience with requirements verification and validation.
• Experience leading a team of 10 or more people in a technical environment.
• An active DoD Secret or higher clearance, with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or current enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
• Preferred: experience with NATO customers.
• Preferred: experience with NATO operations.
• Preferred: experience with NATO ground segment architecture.
• Preferred: experience with modern ground segment architecture and design.
• Preferred: experience with Functional Configuration Audits (FCA).
• Preferred: experience with Tasking, Collecting, Planning, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TCPED).
• Preferred: experience with DOORS, especially for requirements management and metrics generation.
• Preferred: experience with IFC planning and certification.
• Preferred: experience with interface control documents (ICDs).
• Preferred: experience writing proposals.
• Preferred: experience leading technical development under Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contracts.
• Preferred: experience generating use cases to SysML or UML standards, with an understanding of OV-1 through SV-4 diagrams and DoDAF architecture.
• Preferred: experience managing suppliers.
• Preferred: experience with Agile development.
• Preferred: an active DoD Top Secret clearance with current SCI access.

Conditions

Work is in San Diego, CA, with 25% travel.

Clearance is required for start, at Secret level.

Relocation assistance may be available.

The application period is estimated at 20 days from the posting date, but it may be shortened or extended based on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Salary range is $192,800.00 to $289,200.00. This is a general guideline; the offer depends on factors such as the scope and responsibilities of the role and the candidate's experience, education, skills, and current market conditions.

Benefits

• Depending on the position, you may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
• Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and let employees share in company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Health insurance, life and disability insurance, and a savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation or personal business.