Systems Engineering Lead

SciTec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Firefly Aerospace, is a dynamic non-traditional defense contractor that delivers advanced technologies in support of U.S. National Security. For over forty-five years, we have supported Department of Defense customers by developing innovative remote sensing algorithms, tools, and techniques to deliver world-class data exploitation capabilities supporting missile defense; intelligence, surveillance, & reconnaissance; space domain awareness; and aircraft survivability missions. 

• →Coordination with the acquisition program office and operational end-users to elicit, detail, and document operational concepts and stakeholder needs for the operation of a MOSA architecture hosting high-performance data processing applications. 

• →Development and analysis of system requirements which address identified stakeholder needs. 

• →Support to SciTec development teams in the design of system architectures which meet established requirements and align with customer concepts of operations. 

• →Coordination with integration, verification, and test teams to support requirements verification and validation. 

• →Managing the documentation of operational concepts, stakeholder needs, system requirements, and system architectures using Model-Based Systems Engineering tools 

• →Staff mentoring and process improvement within the SciTec systems engineering team 

• →Additional duties as required and assigned 

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance 

• A Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline 

• At least 10 years of relevant work experience in software engineering, high-performance computing, or remote sensing data processing 

• Demonstrated work experience in executing IEEE 15288 systems engineering processes 

• Demonstrated familiarity with the use of Model Based Systems Engineering within a systems engineering organization 

• Demonstrated work experience as a technical team leader 

Candidates who have any of the following skills will be preferred 

• A current security clearance, ideally a current TOP SECRET clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information 

• Academic credentials or industry certification (e.g. INCOSE) in systems engineering. 

• Experience with the design or operation of data center environments 

• Experience with the design or operation of Kubernetes-based environments 

• Experience with the design or operation of Overhead Persistent Infrared sensor systems, ground segments, or exploitation tooling 

• Experience with system security architecture and NIST 800-53 / RMF compliance 

• Experience with conducting data-driven trade studies, including the development and use of simulation tools. 

• Direct familiarity with Model Based Systems Engineering tools and techniques. Familiarity with the Cameo suite of tools is particularly desired.