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Systems Engineer I

Chantilly, VA

Top Secret/SCI CI Polygraph

$82,500 - $128,925

Noblis ESI is seeking a Systems Engineer I with a national space enterprise and ground systems engineering background to work with our clients in supporting the future ground architecture. The selected candidate will support our SETA contract on-site in Chantilly VA.

Job Responsibilities:

• Serve as program support to the government Program Manager (PM) with responsibility for technical knowledge of the assigned teams and programs/projects.
• Provide technical guidance and recommendations related to the integration of National Systems-based capabilities.
• Engage with the national and tactical communities to collaboratively design, document, validate, and deliver architectures, systems and innovative ground capabilities in support of the national space architecture.
• Research, gather and write formal requirements, translate those requirements into user stories and statements of work.
• Provide schedule, requirements, configuration, and risk management support; and validation, verification, and test support.
• Support Agile-based program management and implementation of a model-Based Systems Engineering approach.
• Lead IPT meetings and review process boards to include but not limited to ERBs, CCBs, SRRs, CDRs, PDRs, and PMRs.
• Support the PM in multiple areas which include systems and mission engineering; system integration; program management; acquisition support; analytic support; technical analysis; user requirement management/development; architecture; and customer outreach and support.
• Serve as technical expert in their assigned area.
• Other responsibilities include administrative and technical support to the Government leadership team, internal cross coordination, external mission partners and other DoD/IC customers.

• US Citizenship required.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree OR Master's degree and 0 years OR Associate and 3 years OR High School/GED Diploma and 6 years.
• Knowledge of Agile Project Management methodologies.
• Knowledge in Systems Engineering discipline with experience in traditional functions such as risk management, requirements management, configuration management, schedule management, or testing.
• Experience working space and ground programs from architecture-definition documentation (ADD/CONOPS) through requirements derivation and allocation, performance metric generation and assessment, test case development, and requirement closure tracing.
• Ability to facilitate commonality within the enterprise by defining, architecting, and integrating a multi-INT, multi-sensor, and multi-nodal processing capability.
• Ability to problem solve in a rapidly changing environment and interface with the customer daily.
• Track and respond to office tasking, build and present program briefings, and update project schedules and calendars.
• Background / knowledge in National space and ground systems.

• Degree in a BSTEM field.
• Familiarity with the IC and NRO enterprise architecture, DOD's space architecture, and translation of Statement of Capabilities and Enterprise Capability Document line items to CONOPs and architectures.
• Experience developing, editing, and updating system architecture and CONOPs documentation as the system mission model matures.
• Knowledge of Electro-optical, RADAR, SIGINT, Communications, Mission Management, and Mission processing systems supporting a space and ground architecture.
• Experience generating and codifying inter-segment and inter-system interface requirements for major space mission ground systems.
• Working knowledge of SAFe Agile or similar agile processes and JIRA and Confluence tools.
• Certified in one or more of the following: INCOSE (or DAWIA equivalent), OMG Systems Modeler, Agile, Project Management, MBSE.
• Experience with RDNG/DOORs requirements database management/repository, Rhapsody, SysML applications, Confluence, Jira, or JSMART.
• Understand how system requirements, design, analysis, verification and validation activities are enabled by MBSE across the digital thread (the engineering lifecycle).
• Be able to travel.

Noblis and our wholly owned subsidiaries, Noblis ESI and Noblis MSD, take on some of the nation's toughest challenges, delivering advanced solutions to our customers' most critical missions. We bring together leading scientific, engineering, and management expertise in a culture grounded in objectivity and collaboration, ensuring our work creates lasting impact across federal missions. We work with a broad range of government agencies in the defense, intelligence, and federal civilian sectors.

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