Senior Systems Engineer (AN/SQQ-89 USW)

About the role

Amentum is recruiting a Senior Systems Engineer to act as Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) and Government Product Owner for a subsystem of the AN/SQQ-89 Undersea Warfare System (USW), serving the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division, H20. The position is on-site at Lockheed Martin in Manassas, Virginia.

Key responsibilities

• Support meetings, review and manage system requirements and features, update technical documentation and oversee the USW Weapons Control system architecture.
• Collaborate with Navy Warfare Centers, Technical Direction Agents (TDAs) and system integrator software developers.
• Manage the integrator product backlog, refine performance specifications and review integrator design artifacts.
• Coordinate with test teams on test event results and maintain traceability from Navy capabilities to subsystem requirements using dynamic databases.
• Evaluate the impact of requirement Change Proposals (CPs) and take part in Joint Requirement Working Group (JRWG) meetings on Performance Specifications (P-Specs).
• Review contractor design documents (Functional and Interface Design Documents) for architectural compliance and integration risks.
• Act as the primary TPOC for subsystem feature validation, support investigations of anomalies and test failures, and represent the customer at Bug Adjudication Board meetings.
• Brief program leadership on performance and technical risks and draft government correspondence on requirement deviations.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering, scientific or technical discipline, or four years of demonstrated knowledge and expertise in the SOW discipline, including qualification as a U.S. Naval operational expert in a combat systems rate at E7 or higher.
• Six years of engineering experience on a maritime major weapons control or C2 system program.
• Four years of concurrent experience with Navy surface ship undersea warfare weapons control or command and control systems.
• Three years of concurrent expertise in Engineering Change Proposals, Interface Change Requests, Interface Design Specifications, Weapon Specifications and similar documents.
• Demonstrated experience with weapon and combat system certification, including self-certification criteria for Aegis Warfare System elements.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with IBM DOORS for requirements management and Atlassian JIRA for Agile tracking.
• Experience within the Navy Warfare Center enterprise and with Navy Technical Authorities.

What we offer

• Salary range of $100K - $160K.
• Health, dental and vision insurance, paid time off and holidays.
• Retirement benefits including 401(k) matching, educational reimbursement, parental leave, employee stock purchase plan, tax-saving options, disability and life insurance, and pet insurance.