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Systems Engineer

Candidates must have an active DoD TS/SCI clearance, with the ability to pass a polygraph exam.

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IC-CAP is a federal government contractor, specializing in information technology and intelligence professionals. We are a trusted HUBZone and woman-owned business that strives for quality, openness, and efficiency in everything we do.

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Are you an experienced Systems Engineer passionate about the security and defense of the United States? Interested in working for a company driven to improve our country’s intelligence and defense capabilities through technology? Immediate openings for Systems Engineers!

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The Role:

  • 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 the development of standards, practices, and procedures as related to 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.

  • Develop/assess product quality requirements and specifications.

  • Define product format requirements for new products to meet integration and interoperability requirements of National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG).

  • Apply image science knowledge/experience to develop test plans and procedures to assess data quality and accuracy.

  • Identify data needs to adequately perform product assessments to meet test objectives.

  • Test software functionality and quality. Work with government and commercial vendors to resolve discrepancies.

  • Apply image science knowledge/experience to quantify the visual quality of imagery products and work with developers to troubleshoot causes of errors

  • Develop engineering-quality verification tools.

  • Quantify success criteria for readiness review transitions.

  • Communicate customer mission and results.
     

The Candidate:

  • 5-8 Years with BS/BA, or 3-6 Years with MS/MA, 0-3 Years with PhD.

  • Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in System Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Software Engineering or in a related Engineering

  • 5-10 years of system engineering experience

  • Experience in multiple remote sensing phenomenologies (for example EO/IR/SAR)

  • Knowledge of NSG tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination (TCPED) image chain

  • Experience with sensor imaging systems, products, and exploitation processes

  • Strong understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle to include independent testing and data verification, requirements, and development of concept of operations.

  • Strong written and oral communication skills, with emphasis on briefing to obtain decisions and solve technical issues and test plans/reports writing

  • Ability to work independently as well as part of a team

  • Willingness to learn, solve problems and perform in a dynamic work environment

  • Experience working in a DoD or IC operational environment.
     

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits offered:

  • Paid time off

  • Health insurance

  • Dental insurance

  • Other types of insurance

  • Retirement benefits or accounts

  • Education assistance or tuition reimbursement

    If this sounds like you or you know someone who would be a solid fit, let's talk! Send us your resume and a bit about yourself!

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