Overview

Arcfield is a leading provider of full lifecycle, mission-focused systems engineering and integration capabilities to the U.S. government and its allies. The company has more than 60 years of proven experience providing advanced engineering and analysis, IT and C5ISR capabilities to support our nation s most critical national security missions. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA and with 16 offices around the world, Arcfield employs approximately 1,200 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals who put our customers missions first, helping them solve their most complex challenges through innovations in modeling, simulation and analysis, digital transformation and C5ISR. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

Responsibilities

This is a contingent hire position for the FALSTAFF proposal effort.

Career level with a complete understanding and wide application of technical principles, theories and concepts. Working under only general direction, provides technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. Independently determines and develops approach to solutions. Using a holistic approach, designs, develops, evaluates and modifies end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their entire life cycle. Generates quantifiable requirements based on customer description, system planning and design, and acquisition logistics. Ensures requirements comply with client requirements and government standards through formal verification methods. Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with other engineering disciplines to develop lower level detailed implementation requirements. Establishes and coordinates development of standards, practices, and procedures as related to the overall product development. Designs interfaces and brings system elements together so they work as a whole. Assesses performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures. Customer liaison and support for business development activities and to understand and shape requirements. Participates in system conceptual design and documentation of the design concepts. Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with multi-discipline engineering teams to develop lower level detailed requirements. Participates in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements through compliance verification and validation. Generates system level requirements verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures. Reviews test plans/procedures and ensures they meet the objectives of the contractual requirements and participates in the testing process to validate requirements.

Program Description

This program provides SETA (Systems Engineering Technical Advisor) & SE&I (Systems Engineering & Integration) services to an IC customer with a focus on assured space communications and supporting IT infrastructure. This is primarily broken into three major divisions including systems engineering, acquisition, and mission operations. Systems engineering support focuses on the end-to-end processes for managing programs, including Readiness, Configuration Management, integrated master schedule, systems analysis, future studies and innovations. Acquisition support is focused on helping government COTRs in all aspects of managing development contracts to deliver capabilities that meet requirements. Mission operations support includes a wide range of activities, focusing on the integration of new capabilities into operations and leading anomalies response teams when issues arise.

Specific Job Description

This is a contingent hire position for the FALSTAFF proposal effort. This systems engineering position supports the Engineering Division and is responsible for assisting the government in a wide range of engineering functions including working enterprise, systems and program architectures, developing technology roadmaps and leading projects for defining and integrating new capabilities. Individuals will become familiar with various systems architectures and eventually act as subject matter experts in advising the government clients on acquisition related decisions. Create and maintain architecture views. Assess architectures to drive efficiency by streamlining mission processing and increasing resiliency. Support technical analyses of capabilities, concepts, technologies and requirements by conducting technical trade studies and evaluations. The position may also assist the government in contract related work including the development of Statements of Work, proposal review and development contractor performance assessments.

Qualifications

Required:

• Relevant Experience: 5 to 7 years with BS or 3 to 5 years with MS or 2 to 3 years with a PhD
• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI with Poly.
• Experience with systems engineering processes and systems architecture development and analysis.
• The ability to work well within a team of engineers.
• Demonstrated success in working with government customers.

Desired:

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Computer Science.
• 3-5 years of experience with Commercial/Government acquisition of satellite/ground segment hardware/software
• 3-5 years of experience with systems engineering processes and systems architecture development and analysis.
• Prior experience leading technical projects involving multiple organizations, SE products development, schedule & risk management and customer coordination.
• Prior experience as a SETA with FALSTAFF IC customer work with requirements and other related systems engineering processes.
• Prior experience with RF based satellite communications.
• Prior experience with digital signal processing.

EEO Statement

EEO

Arcfield proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active-Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.