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Systems Engineer

Hanscom Afb, MAOnsiteFull Time$130,000–$145,000 /yrPosted 1 month ago

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Required skills

  • Secret Clearance
  • US citizen
  • Systems Engineering
  • acquisition lifecycle
  • system requirements
  • engineering analyses
  • systems engineering processes
  • technical reviews
  • configuration management
  • tactical radar

Nice to have

  • Agile software development
  • SAFe Agile
  • CI/CD
  • DevSecOps
  • DevOps
  • Agile sprint planning

Role summary

Odyssey Systems seeks a Systems Engineer to support the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center-Ground Base Air Defense Sensor division (AFLCMC/ESG) at Hanscom AFB, MA. This full-time role involves conducting systems engineering activities across the acquisition lifecycle, including evaluating technical baselines, preparing documentation, performing system validation, and supporting risk management. The position requires experience with systems engineering processes, technical reviews, configuration management, Python, Linux, and Cameo. Preferred qualifications include experience with Agile environments and cloud-based systems. The role emphasizes collaboration between government and contractor teams, strategic thinking, and strong communication skills.

Position Summary

Odyssey Systems has an exciting opportunity for a Systems Engineer providing support to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center-Ground Base Air Defense Sensor division (AFLCMC/ESG).

The ESG Division manages efforts focused on developing, acquiring, fielding and sustaining programs that support worldwide communications, Battle Management, Command & Control, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C2ISR), Air/Ground Surveillance, Time Critical Targeting, Combat Identification, Radar Imagery, Integrated Air/Missile Defense, and Mobile/Fixed C2ISR Performance, Exploitation & Dissemination Facilities.

This is a full-time position located at Hanscom AFB, MA.

Responsibilities

Duties include, but not limited to: 

  • Conduct systems engineering and program reviews to evaluate alternative plans, technical baselines, design efforts, and system-level test results to ensure subsystem and system performance meets approved program specifications
  • Prepare technical documentation, management reports, and technical presentations supporting planning, implementation, and corrective actions
  • Perform system validation activities, including development of criteria and procedures, and analyze results of major engineering systems
  • Provide systems engineering support across acquisition, development, integration, sustainment, deployment/fielding, installation, and operations oversight activities
  • Provide engineering support to program and project risk management activities in compliance with Air Force Systems Engineering Assessment Model (SEAM) processes
  • Conduct engineering trade studies and technical analyses involving system performance, effectiveness, cost, lifecycle cost, reliability, maintainability, risk, and schedule
  • Support proposal evaluations, technical studies, audits, analyses, and engineering IPT activities to assess technical feasibility, compatibility, and cost effectiveness
  • Review and analyze Air Force requirements and acquisition documentation including SRDs, ICDs, CDDs, CPDs, CONOPs, AoAs, Technology Development Strategies, FCAs, and PCAs
  • Support implementation and maintenance of system requirements applications across branch systems python, Linux and Cameo
  • Support technical engineering reviews, meetings, and briefings with Government and Contractor personnel
  • Review and analyze system concepts, requirements baselines, and software integration activities in collaboration with Government and prime contractor teams
  • Apply advanced engineering theories, principles, concepts, standards, and methods to ensure work remains aligned with program objectives, schedules, costs, performance criteria, and existing policies
  • Understanding of cloud-based systems, including management and projection of cost and performance, preferred
  • Experience supporting Agile software development environments, including SAFe Agile, CI/CD, DevSecOps, DevOps, and Agile sprint planning methodologies, preferred
  • Demonstrated critical thinking skills

Qualifications

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Minimum Required Qualifications

Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain a Secret Level Clearance

  • Experience supporting systems engineering activities across the acquisition lifecycle.
  • Experience developing system requirements, technical documentation, and engineering analyses.
  • Knowledge of systems engineering processes, technical reviews, and configuration management principles.

Preferred Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a related field

Years of experience: 5+ years of experience with 3+ years of experience in the DoD

Technical Skills

  • Experience in engineering and technical resources with either USAF command or control reporting systems, tactical radar, shelter and radome systems, aircraft trainer pods, radios and communication systems, EW systems, or threat emitters depending on the specific branch needs.
  • Experience with python, Linux, and Cameo.

Interpersonal Skills

  • Partnership-oriented with the ability to foster collaboration between government and contractor teams.
  • Strategic thinker capable of translating operational needs into measurable and testable outcomes.
  • Strong communicator able to provide clear feedback and effectively brief senior leadership.
  • Mission-focused mindset with the ability to evaluate technical solutions from an operational user perspective.
  • Ability to operate independently while managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Additional Information

Location: Hanscom AFB, MA

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Company Overview

Odyssey is a world-class technical, engineering, and integration company serving the warfighting ecosystem with airborne integration, ISR, C2, and warfighter readiness capabilities. Odyssey meets the military’s operational needs by integrating layered defense systems from equipment, technology, and services to data, information, and business operations. We streamline defense acquisition and sustainment, engineering the technical battlefield with domain-specific proficiency to ensure lethality. Odyssey is dedicated to excellent contract execution, peak organizational performance, and fostering a workplace built on employee care.

Odyssey is proud to live out our core values of commitment, ambition, and respect in our work and communities through OdysseyCares, a philanthropic group focused on giving back through direct donations, an employer match program, and volunteering events.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Please Note:

Final compensation for this position will be determined by various factors such as the Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications.

This position is filled through continuous recruitment and will remain open until a sufficient pool of applications has been received.Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, Tricare supplement, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, employee assistance program, learning and development benefit, paid time off, and holidays.Odyssey Benefits

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