{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"bfe430fc5a10f1e848dc0ffe","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/bfe430fc5a10f1e848dc0ffe","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/bfe430fc5a10f1e848dc0ffe","title":"Systems Engineer (Command, Control, and Networking)","description":"Job Description\n\nMust hold a secret clearance, have 10+ years of experience\r\nPosition:Software Engineering (Command, Control, and Networking)\r\nStatus:Full-Time\r\nHours:Standard business hours\r\nLocation:Washington, DC\r\nReports To:Engineering/Program Management\r\nSecurity Clearance:Final DoD-granted SECRET security clearance required\r\nHiring:Immediate\r\nABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:\r\nOur client is seeking aSenior Systems Engineer (Command, Control and Networking)to define and manage the architecture of next-generation spacecraft and ground support systems.\r\nThe Systems Architect will establish technical baselines, lead trade studies, manage system interfaces, and ensure complex subsystems integrate effectively to meet mission and environmental requirements. This position will also provide technical leadership through major design reviews, includingPDR and CDR .\r\nCOMPENSATION & BENEFITS:\r\nFull-Time employment opportunity\r\nCompetitive salary based on experience and qualifications\r\nComprehensive benefits package\r\nProfessional growth and advancement opportunities\r\nCollaborative engineering environment\r\nOpportunity to support advanced spacecraft and defense systems\r\nESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS and RESPONSIBILITIES:Fields a set of sensors for reentry events at sites around the globe\r\nCommands and controls those sensors: correct mode, pointed in the right direction for each event\r\nWorks across a mixed fleet of commodity and commercial radars plus novel NRL-designed and -built radar systems, several with loosely defined control interfaces\r\nInterfaces are non-embedded and an API over a network link is acceptable, so the profile is closer to test support software than to embedded software\r\nRequires familiarity with commanding instruments and networking disparate systems together, plus a systems architect skill set and a high degree of technical depth\r\nDevelops software for run-time external commanding, controlling, and configuring, and for run-time delivery of status, event logs, state of health, and telemetry\r\nDevelops safety-critical applications capable of detecting software and hardware faults and responding through isolation or recovery\r\nDevelops software control of systems leveraging real-time sensing and actuating interfaces, and application-specific boot code for baseline services and OS load\r\nProvides engineering support to the flight and ground system design and development team to assure system integrity, apply standards, exploit emerging technologies, and reuse software components across ground and space systems\r\nProvides specific input on hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, and use of COTS/GOTS in place of new development\r\nMitigates risk, controls cost and schedule variance, manages large-scale integrated software projects, and tests software components against design requirementsRequired Qualifications:Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field\r\nSignificant experience insystems engineering and system architecture\r\nExperience with complex aerospace, spacecraft, defense, or mission-critical systems\r\nExperience with system integration, technical baselines, and trade studies\r\nExperience supporting major design reviews, preferablyPDR and CDR\r\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills\r\nAbility to provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams\r\nExperience with system modeling or architecture tools preferred\r\nKnowledge of military, aerospace, or space-environment standards preferred\r\nAbility to work with sensitive and classified program information\r\nPHYSICAL DEMANDSStandard office environment utilizing computers and other office 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