Weapon Systems Engineer - Underwater Launch Expert Job Listing at SPA in Alexandria, VA (Job ID 2024-18518)

Description

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physical Science, or other STEM field.
• Active or prior DoD security clearance.
• 5+ years experience in Underwater Launch design and testing for Navy Missile systems.
• 10+ years experience in Systems Engineering and design activities within the DoD Acquisition System.
• Experience with data analytics (e.g. descriptive statistics, predictive modeling, data visualization), and this can include significant academic projects. 
• Knowledge/course work of mechnical engineering, CFD, control theory, and/or applied mathematics.
• Proven ability to prioritize and execute workload to meet requirements and deadlines and be comfortable working in a fast paced environment conducting analysis with uncertainties or incomplete data.
• Must be capable of breaking down complex issues into simplified problem statements and laying out objective approaches to identify and compare the merits of competing solutions.

Desired Qualifications

• Active DoD TOP SECRET security clearance.  
• Master's Degree in a related field.   
• Experience with weapon system acquisition programs.  
• Preference for experience working with PyCharm, git, BitBucket, Jira, and Confluence.
• Experience applying Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) to system design activities

Support the Navy SSP customer in a fast paced new Acquisition development program for the Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N) program.  The successful candidate will support the integration of a cruise missile air vehicle into the launch tube environment and lead the coordination and integration efforts for Underwater Launch across multiple Government and Contractor organizations.  This position will be responsible for coordinating Air Vehicle to Launcher interface specification designs including the mechanical, electrical, shock, hydrodynamic, temperature and pressure environments within the launch tube and throughout underwater launch. The coordination activities will include technical planning, scheduling, and execution of critical design, integration, testing, and verification activities throughout the development and integration processes.  The position will provide leadership and management support for multidisciplinary study teams and perform study planning, coordination of modeling and simulation tasks, evaluation of study results, evaluation of contractor detailed designs, data extraction and analysis, and briefing to senior program leadership.  Provide support for the development of system requirements, specifications, and architecture.  Support system integration activities for launcher, multiple all-up-round canister development, and other ship to air vehicle integration tasks.