Systems Engineer Senior Technical Specialist

Company: Perspecta
Location: Reston
Posted on: February 21, 2021

Job Description:

Business Group Highlights IntelligenceThe Intelligence group provides high-end systems engineering and integration products and services, data analytics and software development to national and military intelligence customers. Serving federal agencies and the Intelligence Community for more than 50 years, the Intelligence group helps our clients meet their mission needs by providing trusted advisors, leading-edge technologies, and innovative solutions. Responsibilities Perspecta provides high-end Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support to government clients.We are currently seeking a SeniorSystemsEngineer with a telecommunications background to providetechnical leadership and managementsupportfora program that delivers a broad range of engineering and scientific services to a national level customer.The Program provides cradle-to-grave engineering support for the definition, design, development, integration, verification, fielding, and eventual termination/disposal of the system and system components.Perspecta is looking for team memberswith the depth and breadth to answer complex technical questions, and the skills to manage the varied activities across the program. The candidatewill be responsible forproviding technical leadership and management ofintegration, test, and deployment systems in the RF and VSAT domain. The candidate will oversee the engineering activities of component development vendors, verify the capabilities and interfaces of their developed products, integrate the components into a system, support system test and deployment activities, and perform tier-2 support for fielded systems.Thecandidate will be the direct customer interface and will provide tasking and direction toteam members.Communicationis key to success in this position. Specific responsibilities include:

• Manage, plan, provide tasking for technical projects
• Communicate progress, status, briefings, and tasking to customers and team
• Participate in the design and definition of system functionality and component interfaces
• Work with contractor development teams on requirements definition, development, and testing
• Interact with customers on technical matters, often requiring coordinated activity across organization lines.
• Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, and charts.
• Develop test plans and procedures and oversee verification and validation.
• Create documentation and user manuals for deployment.
• Troubleshoot and analyze root cause of any system anomalies/discrepancies. Qualifications
  • Requires Bachelor's degree (in Computer Science, Math, Electrical Engineering or related field) or equivalent, and twelve to fifteen years of related experience, advanced degree a plus.
  • Requires 12 to 15 years with BS/BA or 10 to 13 years with MS/MA or 7 to 9 years with Ph.D.
  • Requires working knowledge of systems engineering principles and processes - SETA experience.
  • Requires applied knowledge of the systems development life cycle, including requirements analysis, documentation development, control gates, and system verification. About Perspecta What matters to our nation, is what matters to us. At Perspecta, everything we do, from conducting innovative research to cultivating strong relationships, supports one imperative: ensuring that your work succeeds. Our company was formed to bring a broad array of capabilities to all parts of the public sector-from investigative services and IT strategy to systems work and next-generation engineering. Our promise is simple: never stop solving our nation's most complex challenges. And with a workforce of approximately 14,000, more than 48 percent of which is cleared, we have been trusted to do just that, as a partner of choice across the entire sector. Perspecta is an AA/EEO Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. As a government contractor, Perspecta abides by the following provisionPay Transparency Nondiscrimination ProvisionThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of the other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c). - provided by Dice

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