System Engineer

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.

• 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.
• Will 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.
• Will research, gather and write formal requirements, translate those requirements into user stories and statements of work.
• Will provide schedule, requirements, configuration, and risk management support; and validation, verification, and test support.
• Will support Agile-based program management and implementation of a model-Base 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),…