Systems Engineer Sr - E3

Standard Job Description

As The Hardness Surveillance Lead and a survivability engineer, you will support Minuteman III (MMIII) Reentry System (RS) Reentry Vehicle (RV) sustainment under the Test and Assessment program. This will be accomplished by supporting the following areas:

• Managing and conduction annual testing of system components to support the Air Force 5-year testing plan used to better understand the overall health of the MMIII system.
• Conduct Both System-generated Electromagnetic Pulse (SGEMP) testing and Electronic Parts testing (EPARTs).
• Working cross-functionally with finance and subcontracts team to complete contracting efforts
• Perform testing analysis and providing analysis reports to the Air Force customer
• Applying electrical, electronics and nuclear physics theories to execute various tasks related to Survivability engineering field
• Performing technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems
• Ensuring the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints
• Ensuring that military space vehicle and missile designs, from the component level to the system level, will meet performance requirements during and after exposure to specified environments; these environments include natural space radiation and man-made radiation
• Conducting technical planning, specification requirements derivation, modeling and analysis, design, test planning and execution, documentation, requirements verification/validation to support overall system needs and act as technical consultant for management and customers

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors’ degree in Nuclear Engineering or Electrical Engineering
• Experience with performing radiation analysis (radiation transport, activation analysis, criticality analysis, health physics, or similar) through work experience or courses
• US Citizenship with minimum active SECRET Security Clearance
• Knowledge of test and lab environments
• Experience with data managing tools such ad MATLAB and/or Microsoft Excel
• Ability to assess cost, schedule, and time requirements to complete a project

• Familiarity with MCNP
• Familiarity with electronics and circuits

Desired Skills

• Previous work related to Air Force Nuclear Hardness

• Familiarity with radiation test facilities
• Knowledge of electromagnetic environment and theories

• Understanding of MCNP
• Understanding of electronics and circuits

• Understanding of nuclear environments and nuclear effects
• Understanding of electronic, electrical, electromechanical and electrooptical (EEEE) components
• Understanding of LTSpice, PSpice, or other circuit design and analysis software
• Advanced degree in a related subject area
• Enthusiastic learner, independent thinker, and team-player
• Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice