Staff Engineer Systems

Description

This is a Deputy Chief Engineer role that also serves as SEIT lead, at level 5, based in San Diego, CA.

The company's work covers programs in both development and sustainment.

You will be a self-starter who has worked in an Integrated Product Team and who can coordinate with engineering, cybersecurity, program, and stakeholder groups to carry program work forward.

Responsibilities

• Spot cybersecurity risks across development and sustainment programs, and help design, build, integrate, test, and verify security solutions for the system.
• Work with stakeholders to draft technical and programmatic plans that address identified risks, and help get those improvements built into the system.
• Engage customer contacts and internal teams to strengthen the system's cybersecurity posture.
• Help manage vulnerabilities by reviewing, analyzing, ranking, and deciding how each finding is dispositioned.
• Help run cybersecurity scans and assessments using approved tools.
• Help build, review, and maintain cybersecurity compliance packages and their supporting evidence.
• Review and verify cybersecurity requirements as part of requirements management.
• Coordinate with systems engineering, software, integration and test, configuration management, and program teams so cybersecurity work runs across the full system lifecycle.
• Help prepare and present cybersecurity and systems engineering material for program reviews, working groups, and stakeholder meetings.
• Use systems thinking to assess how cybersecurity affects architecture, operational limits, and mission needs.
• Help improve processes so cybersecurity execution, traceability, planning, and closure are more disciplined.
• Support the SEIT Lead in planning, running, and closing out program reviews and milestones.
• Help collect and manage key systems engineering metrics and Technical Performance Measures.
• Coordinate continually with the SEIT Lead and Chief Engineer to protect the integrity and executability of the program technical baseline, including tracking technical debt and integrating system and product components across product teams.

Requirements

• A Bachelor of Science in a STEM field (science, technology, engineering, or math), with 12 years of experience alongside a BS, 10 years alongside a master's, or 8 years alongside a PhD.
• Experience in at least one systems engineering area, such as technical planning, system design and development, verification and validation, cost and risk, requirements management, formal program review support, requirements verification, model-based systems engineering, or system lifecycle execution.
• An active US Government Top Secret clearance, with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or current enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
• Ability to work 100% on-site, full-time, in San Diego, CA.
• Understanding of systems engineering and systems integration principles and processes.
• Proven success leading teams or organizations toward a shared goal.
• Hands-on experience in systems development, integration, and test.
• Familiarity with DOORS or Cameo.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with staff and management at every level.
• Preferred: experience in cybersecurity vulnerability management, cybersecurity scanning and assessment, cybersecurity compliance package development, or cybersecurity requirements verification.
• Preferred: experience working directly with Authorization to Operate documentation or related cybersecurity authorization packages.
• Preferred: experience working in an Integrated Product Team with engineering, cybersecurity, software, integration and test, configuration management, and program stakeholders.
• Preferred: experience with Agile processes.

Conditions

Full-time onsite work at the Spectrum Center, CA facility, with no remote, hybrid, or telework option.

Travel is 25% of the time, and travel up to 25% may be required to support program needs.

No relocation assistance is available.

A Top Secret clearance is required to start.

Primary level base salary range is $177,000.00 to $265,600.00, as a general guideline. Final offers depend on factors such as the scope of the role and the candidate's experience, education, skills, and current market conditions.

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

Benefits

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