CPE SETA_Model Systems Engineer III

Job Title: Model Based Systems Engineer III

Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005

Salary Range: $ - $

Clearance: TS/SCI

Scope: Provide systems engineering services to all projects under the management of CPE IEW&S. The contractor shall utilize an integrated system solution through concurrent consideration of development, manufacturing, test and evaluation, verification, deployment, and operations.

• Experience with technologies for C2, ISR, Cyber, EW, sensor integration, etc.
• Acquisition management advice and recommendations based on a comprehensive understanding of all Adaptive Acquisition Framework Pathways (Urgent Capability Acquisition, Middle Tier Acquisition, Major Capability Acquisition, Software Acquisition, and Defense Business Systems), MIL HDBK 245 (Handbook for the preparation of SOW), and MIL HDBK 61A (Configuration Management).
• Coordination with CPE Headquarters staff (i.e., budget, systems engineering, logistics, and contracts planning) to identify, prepare, review, and track approval of program documentation.
• Prepare, review, and staff engineering and programmatic documents, such as:
  Systems Engineering Plan, Test and Evaluation Master Plan, Information Support Plan, Program Protection Plan, Materiel Release Package, and Cybersecurity Strategy.
• Participate in technical reviews, including events leading to the review, and events after the review, such as:
  Software Specification Review, System Requirements Review, System Functional Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, Production Readiness Review, Functional Configuration Audit, and Physical Configuration Audit. The contractor shall be familiar with the IEEE
  15288.2 (Technical Reviews), IEEE
  15288.1, and CPE IEW&S Policy for Technical Review.
• Participate in the weekly/bi-weekly integrated product teams and working groups by offering subject matter expertise.
• Consult with Army leadership on Lessons Learned, Executive Summaries, and CPE IEW&S policies and procedures. Provide subject matter expertise in Post-Award Conferences.
• Review all systems engineering documentation in preparation for Milestone Decision Reviews.
• Develop, analyze, and track programs’ Integrated Master Schedules and Risks.
• Evaluate and provide feedback pertaining to:
  • The system’s reliability and maintainability requirements IAW AR702-19 (Reliability and Maintainability).
  • The system’s hardware and software quality requirements IAW MILSTD
    810, MILSTD
    461, MILSTD
    464, AR70-1, AR70-38, and AR73-1.
  • The system’s cybersecurity requirements IAW NIST
    800-37 (Guide for Applying the RMF), NIST
    800-39 (Managing Information Security Risks), NIST
    800-53/-53A (Security and Privacy Controls), NIST
    800-60 (Guide for Mapping Types of Information and Information Systems to Security Categories), NIST
    800-137 (Information Security Continuous Monitoring), and CNSS Instruction
    1253 (Security Categorization and control Selection for National security Systems).
  • The system’s architecture needs, i.e., developing and representing architecture descriptions that ensure a common denominator for understanding, comparing, and integrating architecture across organizational boundaries IAW the DOD Architecture Framework (DODAF).

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• A minimum of eight (8) years’ related work experience.