Senior SIGINT Systems Engineer

The Senior SIGINT Systems Engineer is a member of a high performing team supporting the customer Chief Engineer by providing expert advice and performing activities and tasks necessary to define and implement an innovative future SIGINT space architecture in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. The Senior SIGINT Systems Engineer supports the development of overhead SIGINT architectures and integration of new capabilities, including requirements definition, CONOPS development, systems engineering and integration, and system of systems end-to-end verification, validation, and test to meet compelling national security needs. Provides expert advice and manages systems engineering processes and implementation for SIGINT-developed collection systems, including space vehicle and associated ground command and control elements.

Job Description: 
• Manage and develop requirements from higher level Enterprise governing documents to the Segment level 
• Support transition of specification management activities into an appropriately scoped and purposed MBSE framework
• Understand MBSE model development in support of systems engineering objectives and program milestones
• Identify and assess segment-level impacts of new capabilities, including across specification, internal and external interfaces, and facilitate integration into the current program baseline
• Support development of SIGINT-level architectures and integration of new capabilities
• Support customer in CONOP development 
• Coordinate with other acquisition offices to ensure “end to end” acquisitions that reflect sound systems engineering practices.
• Support customer design review, providing technical insight to evaluate developer design
• Manage external interface definition and coordination of changes with external stakeholders and developer
• Review acquisition documentation required for a competitive source selection to ensure compliance with system-level requirements
• Support processes to track and report progress on enterprise level actions.
• Review artifacts and briefings in support of critical oversight reviews to include NRO Acquisition Board (NAB), Acquisition Strategy Councils (ASC), Contract Review Panels (CRP), and Quarterly Program Reviews (QPR).
• Provide technical insight to evaluations of developer proposals
• Review complex technical design documentation and provide formal and informal feedback to the COTR and other customer personnel.
• Liaise with mission analysis and technical requirements teams to ensure completeness across the acquisition.
• Develop and coordinate strategic, executive communications, and decision briefings in support of customer priorities, acquisitions, and missions
• Support evaluation of developer proposals
• Support customer design reviews, providing technical insight to evaluate developer design effectiveness and maturity
• Support the customer Chief Architect and Chief of Outreach as required
• Other duties as assigned

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