Associate Systems Engineer

VTG is seeking an Associate Systems Engineer in Washington, DC to provide Engineering Support Services to Engineers and Subject Matter Experts in support of the Cooperative Engagement Capability Program under the Department of Navy.  This position is hybrid 3-4 days in Washington, DC.

• Design studies and evaluations associated with research, development, production and operations
• Review, comment, and provide technical advice to the CEC program office on technical documentation submissions from work performers, as needed.
• Provide the CEC program engineering and technical support and advisement regarding problem definition, analysis, requirement development and implementation for complex systems in the engineering discipline required to meet technical requirements.
• Provide assessments and recommendations on system development, improvements, optimization, or support efforts.
• Perform risk assessments and analysis employing modeling and simulation techniques.
• Support the identification, tracking, and resolution of systems engineering issues related to technical interfaces, technology insertion/design improvements, and other program initiatives.
• Prepare technical presentations, briefings, and papers to address program management issues in such venues as technical design reviews, technical review boards, and others.
• Collaborate, coordinate, and act as the CEC program office liaison, when required, with CEC program office stakeholders, to include PEO IWS 80, the Ship Self Defense System Integrated Combat Systems Program Office.
• Identify technical issues that need resolution in particular CEC areas of responsibility. Work with applicable Government team leads to facilitate resolution of technical issues. Facilitate timely decisions and review and adjudication of all design products and written correspondence.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation plans for identified cost, schedule, and technical issues.
• Support transition of research and developmental efforts into production, and management of technical activities.
• Provides recommendations for procedures or modifications to procedures to solve complex problems considering defense system capacity and limitations, operating time, and form of desired results.
• Support the preparation of detailed specifications from which research programs will be written.
• Conduct assessments and make recommendations for program design, testing, and documentation utilizing a full knowledge of all phases of research application, analysis, and programming and research analysis techniques.
• Support all configuration management planning. Describe provisions for configuration identification, change control, configuration status accounting, and configuration audits.
• Identify and maintain the original configuration of requirements documentation, design documentation, software, and related documentation.
• Manage configuration change control efforts. Supports the change process so that only approved and validated changes are incorporated into product documents and related software.
• Manage configuration status accounting efforts. Tracks all problems and changes in product documents and software. Reports changes and current configuration.
• Manage for configuration audit efforts.
• Supports audits to verify that requirements of all baselines have been met.

Required Skills:

• Must have Bachelor of Science in Engineering field and at least one year experience.
• Knowledge in Cooperative Engagement Capability.
• Experience with warfare systems in either PEO IWS or SEA05H .
• Experience with SSDS and/or other combat system integration (Aegis, LCS).

Pay Range: VTG’s estimated starting pay range is $70,000 - $95,000, which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.