Chief Systems Engineer

About the role

KBR's National Security Solutions team is seeking a Chief Systems Engineer to support a procurement providing Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) support to an IC/DoD government customer in the Washington DC metropolitan area. This is a contingent position based on contract award. The engineer helps lead engineering teams in a multi-discipline approach to requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis, so that timely and accurate GEOINT is delivered.

Key responsibilities

• Assist the Government in directing requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across the NSG, ASG and Federal Agencies.
• Help plan, analyze and trace user requirements, architecture traceability, procedures and problems, and review cloud service capabilities, workflows and scheduling limitations.
• Advise the Government on proposed changes to solution designs based on requirements analysis and new technology.
• Support the capture and translation of mission and customer needs into systems and capability requirements and solutions, and the allocation of requirements to architecture components and programs.
• Assist with systems integration, and lead AoAs, CoAs, trade studies and engineering assessments.
• Support strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management and interface design, and advise on vision, strategy, plans, needs, requirements, processes and capabilities.
• Assist in modernizing infrastructure and capabilities, and oversee and coordinate the work of senior, mid- and junior-level contractor systems engineers.

Required profile

• 18+ years of experience.
• Master's degree or higher in Systems Engineering or a related technical or scientific field (engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, computer science, information technology, MIS, etc.).
• Active TS/SCI with the ability to obtain a Poly; expert-level experience in DoD/IC acquisition, requirements, PPBES, or systems engineering of large complex systems of systems or SOA/cloud environments.
• Extensive experience within the DoD/IC.

Required skills

• Expert-level experience with the systems engineering lifecycle.
• Desired: MBSE experience, software development framework certification, INCOSE ESEP certification, geospatial intelligence experience, digital engineering ecosystems and digital twins, and knowledge of the current NSG/ASG and other IC enterprises.

Additional compensation may include sign-on bonus, relocation benefits, short- and long-term incentives or discretionary payments. KBR is an equal opportunity employer.