Cleared Senior​/Principal JTA Systems Engineering Lead - W80-4​/W80-5 JTA Systems, Onsite

What Your Job Will Be Like

The W80-4/W80-5 JTA Systems Engineering Department has an immediate opening for an experienced Systems, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineer (or similar engineering field) to serve as the JTA Systems Engineering Lead (R&D S&E Systems Engineer). The successful candidate will work closely with the Dept manager, the JTA team, and broader program communities for the W80-4, including National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and DoD partners integral to the development and qualification JTA1 and JTA2 flight test assets for the W80-4 program.

Close interaction with key individuals across these organizations is required to ensure that sound systems engineering principles are applied to meet technical and programmatic requirements.

This position will provide the successful candidate with significant career growth opportunities.

• Leadership and engagement with the broad community within the W80-4 program to ensure sound systems engineering principles are applied to the development and qualification of JTA1 and JTA2 flight test assets.
• Conduct technical planning and reviews for W80-4 JTA designs, including development of derived requirements and systems engineering tools to accelerate the development and qualification of W80-4 JTA designs.
• Problem‑solving with multidisciplinary teams across the Nuclear Security Enterprise.

Systems, Mechanical, Electrical engineers within the Dept play a critical role in specifying and reviewing activities involving all aspects of the W80-4 JTA systems to establish flight test surveillance programs for the program. Critical thinking skills are applied to design JTA systems, and to integrate components developed in other Orgs into the JTA system designs. Specific responsibilities of the Dept include: design, development, and qualification of the JTA system to closely simulate weapon performance in a surveillance environment, development of JTA system and component requirements, design and assembly of several different test units during development stages of the program, production support activities for JTA components, and testing of development ground and flight test units leading up to final JTA qualification.

The position requires an ability to travel up to 25% to support the mission. Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite 100% of the time.

$117,500 - $235,700

* Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

• A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and five (5) years of directly relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development.
• Active US DOE Q level security clearance, or equivalent DOD Top Secret level security clearance.

• Graduate degree in Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Experience working with Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) laboratories and plants including Pantex, Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and Kansas City National Security Campus/New Mexico Operations (KCNSC/NMO).
• Experience working on engineering design, qualification, production, or related modeling/simulation projects.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
• Master's degree in Systems, Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering or related field.
• Demonstrated leadership on a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience with Nuclear Deterrence (ND) Product Realization and familiarity with processes within the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE).
• Experience with systems engineering development tools, techniques, and management.
• Coaching/mentoring skills; desire and ability to develop team members.
• Proven project management skills.

The W80-4/W80-5 JTA Systems Engineering Team partners with Groups 2330 and 8240/8260 on W80-4 and W80-5 program scope. The scope of the Dept is focused on the design and development of JTA systems to closely simulate weapon performance in future surveillance programs, which forms the basis for Annual Assessment of the nuclear weapon systems. Dept scope also includes significant contributions to WR qualification through system test data collected during JTA system tests.

This organization supports the Weapon Systems Engineering Centers, which are responsible for assuring the safety, reliability and security of US Nuclear weapons enabling the defense of our nation through nuclear strategic deterrent. The organization is comprised of a…