Chief System Engineer, SME; TS​/SCI

Location: Arlington, VA (Pentagon)
Clearance Required: TS/SCI minimum (US Citizen)
Employment Type: Full-Time

Praescient Analytics is seeking a Chief System Engineer, SME to provide high-level technical and engineering support to the Office of the Undersecretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW&RE). This role is vital to the Prototyping and Experiments (P&E) mission, which identifies and develops forward-looking concepts to maintain U.S. technological superiority. You will lead the engineering efforts for major technology programs valued over $100M, ensuring that advanced war fighting capabilities are rapidly developed and fielded to meet Joint Warfighting Concepts (JWC).U.S.

Citizenship is Required.

• Executive Technical Leadership: Act as the Chief System Engineer (CSE) providing leadership and oversight for complex technology design, manufacturing, integration, and test programs.
• Engineering Analysis: Conduct scientific and engineering technical assessments of proposed prototypes and experimentations.
• PNT & C5
  
  ISRT Oversight: Apply technical methods focused on the control and protection of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) data in contested environments.
• Strategic Domain Expertise: Utilize foundational knowledge in Electromagnetics and Radio Frequencies (EM/RF) to evaluate sensor system performance and operational feasibility.
• Lifecycle &
  
  Risk Management:
  
  Execute activities supporting the DoD 5000 series acquisition lifecycle and establish formal risk management processes for technology development.
• Modernization Support: Oversee technical requirements and assessments for new and emerging capabilities to close strategic and tactical kill chains.
• Adversarial Assessment: Participate in red teaming activities to identify potential adversarial responses to capabilities under development.

• Experience:
  • Minimum 10 years of experience as a Chief System Engineer (or Deputy) for major technology programs/portfolios valued at over $100M.
  • Minimum 8 years of leadership experience on classified programs at the SCI level or higher.
  • Minimum 8 years of operational and technical experience in military tactics focused on PNT data and C5
    
    ISRT.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in the DoD 5000 series acquisition lifecycle and Agile Development processes.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience managing formal risk management processes for technology programs.
• Education:
  
  Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline related to PNT and/or C5
  
  ISRT.
• Clearance:
  Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance and be Special Access Program (SAP) eligible.

• Prior Military or Department of War (DoW) experience.
• Experience with systems that integrate and analyze data from multiple sources (C5
  
  ISRT) and countering those systems (C-C5
  
  ISRT).

• Real opportunity for career growth in an environment where your achievements will be celebrated
• Constant collaboration with numerous teams to ensure client success
• A team that respects and embraces your ideas and expertise
• Coworkers that are motivated by pursuing excellence, rather than the prospect of personal gain
• A workplace dedicated to supporting and bettering public safety and government agencies

• Competitive salary based on qualifications and experience
• Comprehensive, Company paid healthcare for you (We pay your premiums and deductibles)
• 401(k) with company match
• Travel & performance incentives
• 3 weeks paid time off (plus Federal Holidays)
• $5K annual training allowance
• $500 book allowance
• Tuition reimbursement program

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