Cleared Senior​/Principal Systems Engineer - EMSAT, Onsite

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What Your Job Will Be Like:

The Explosive Component Operations, Science, and Technology department is seeking an E&O Systems Engineer to lead the EMSAT Manufacturing Operations Program. This individual will be responsible for developing, planning, analyzing, executing, and delivering solutions to meet customer needs (production and development) for all current stockpile systems and future modernization programs, ensuring a cutting‑edge nuclear weapons supply chain. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, integrating, communicating, and advising leaders on manufacturing schedules by monitoring, technical analysis, solution formulation, deconfliction, and situational awareness.

They will lead the integration of manufacturing resource planning infrastructure across several new proof‑of‑concept products, development, and production efforts such that the appropriate documentation is created and maintained over the full product lifecycle. This role focuses on the operational application of systems engineering principles to ensure that all technical areas are moving according to their predetermined schedule and in an integrated development process across all products, while documenting and tracking all component and system‑level performance requirements toward acceptance criteria for these products.

On any given day you may be called on to:

Employ a structured engineering approach that models the interactions between all components and ensures integration across production, development, and proof‑of‑concept builds for EMSAT, ensuring that system performance requirements and acceptance criteria are met

Develop the processes for integration of new proof‑of‑concept products into manufacturing resource planning tools, metric reporting, tier structures, and integrated systems planning

Document and track project risks and interface with stakeholders to develop mitigation and contingency plans, serving as the Risk and Opportunity Coordinator for 7457

Interface with customers, PRTs, and SNL PA to support the organization in effectively executing against their expectations for development, testing, and systems implementation

Partner and collaborate with the Enterprise Modeling & Analysis Consortium (EMAC) team to represent the 7457 team and identify future constraints at the NSE level.

Clearly understand the technical requirements as well as the engineering limitations of production and the manufacturing processes (e.g., basic technical product requirements, manufacturing process…