Systems Engineer

Overview:

PEO-TIS is composed of a team of relentless acquisition professionals who consistently team with government and industry partners to rapidly develop and field state-of-the-art sensors, C2, and specialized communication systems that enable the Nation’s SOF Warfighters to win.

This is a full-time position located at MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), FL

Responsibilities:

• Evaluates and recommends programs and development plans, utilizing a professional knowledge of multi-discipline engineering.
• Works with organizational managers, budget personnel, and engineering authorities to develop and gain approval for proposed projects.
• Supports technical evaluation elements of market surveys conducted in conjunction with assigned projects and programs.
• Provides technical consultation involving applicable test engineering technology; determines test requirements and overall objectives; prepare test plans to meet the requirement of the project.
• Supports improvement and modernization, advanced strategic planning, marketing, and technical symposia; supports management of the organization's direct and reimbursable budget and verification of test program funds.
• Directs and coordinates engineering and maintenance programs and informs development of criteria for specialized critical system design.
• Plans, develops, and implements procedures for review of acquisition programs and military engineering programs; directs engineering sufficiency review of these programs until turnover.
• Provides decision support inputs for approval of plans, specification, cost estimates, design calculations, schedules, cost proposals, and engineering studies.
• Applies advanced tools to document and analyze the results of critical, complex activities, and tasks.
• Plans, executes, and documents surveillance of design, development, and production efforts on behalf of government counterparts, using performance indicators identified in applicable engineering surveillance processes.
• Provides significant, expert-level support to government counterparts regarding the adequacy and clarity of agency engineering and analysis processes based on daily application of the processes and agency reporting requirements.
• Completes advanced engineering demand tasks such as reviewing engineering change proposals, requests for waivers and deviations, and nonconforming materials.
• Supports contract modification and makes technical recommendations for change order approval.
• Provides expert level inputs for status briefings to leadership, outlining assigned programs, projects, problems, and recommended resolution.
• Analyzes trends in performance indicators to assist government counterparts with managing-Agency level performance indicators, recommending corrective action, establishing lessons learned, and influencing the improvement of processes.

Qualifications:

Minimum Experience:

Years of Experience: Minimum of 10 years experience in Systems Engineering supporting DoD acquisition activities

Additional Experience: 3 years of DoD experience in any of the following areas:

• - Military Communications
• Signals Intelligence
• Information Technology
• Working knowledge of the Defense Acquisition System as directed by DoD Instruction 5000.02, “OPERATION OF THE ADAPTIVE ACQUISITION FRAMEWORK"
• Strategic level of technical knowledge in Military Communications or Information Technology capabilities
• Skill in evaluating state-of-the-art scientific and environmental/engineering technologies and incorporating into the planning, design, operation, maintenance, repair, and upgrade of applicable systems
• Strong working Knowledge of MS Office Suite and project management/scheduling software applications such as MS Project

Travel: 25%