Senior Systems Engineer

LinQuest is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join our team in our office in Beavercreek, Ohio. An active SECRET clearance is required

Description:

This position will support an advanced research project for the Air Force Research Laboratory. The selected candidate will support the Air Force Research Lab in development of advanced aerial refueling technology.

The selected candidate will work to build plans and supervise development of model based systems engineering tools to support both hardware and software for advanced autonomous aerial refueling technology. We are looking for the self-driven, Systems Engineer to join the team to study and understand autonomous aerial refueling's primary objectives, architect and model that desired technology utilizing Digital Engineering Tools (specifically SysML and CAMEO). Work with government and other industry partners to test, evaluate, field, and sustain necessary programs and capabilities to build out leading edge technology. The right candidate will understand software development practices and how they apply to aircraft development programs in support of systems engineering products.

Responsibilities:

• Support complex technology studies

• Support system-level integration and validation

• Help define and analyze refueling missions and evaluating mission capabilities/performance for various scenarios and vignettes

• Support assessments of vendor systems engineering practices to support risk reduction

• Support end-to-end weapon system architecture analyses and simulate operational tasking and resource utilization

• Be proficient at framing conceptual challenges, developing and documenting methodologies to model, simulate, and analyze those challenges

• Communicate (both written and verbal) clear insights and observations based on complex technical data interpretation to senior-level leadership and external customers

• Collaborate with a range of organizations and customers to obtain necessary authoritative data, analytic techniques, and assumptions so that results from the above activities remain consistent with the general OSD analytic community

• Provide hands-on technical leadership and knowledge transfer as needed, to facilitate the successful adoption of technologies newly introduced into the AFSIM M&S suite

• Demonstrate technical ownership and accountability

• Solve complex problems

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• 10+ years of demonstrated Systems Engineering experience

• A SME-level understanding of systems engineering functions and how they may relate to air refueling operations at the tactical level or of operations such as exercises, plans, coordination, demonstrations

• Knowledge or experience of autonomous flight technology

• Hands-on technical drive and accountability

• Collaborates well with a diverse group of skill sets and backgrounds

• High motivation, creativity, and flexibility to work in a dynamic environment

• Excellent communicator

• An active SECRET clearance

Preferred Experience:

• Master's Degree in Engineering or comparable technical field with 14+ years of demonstrated experience

• Experience with systems engineering tools such as CAMEO or SysML

• Experience designing, developing, testing or operating autonomous aircraft

• Statistical techniques for approaching complex problems with large amounts of data

• Application of systems engineering techniques and supporting skills such as database query languages, design of experiment and response surface methodologies, scripting language programming, and development of appropriate models and simulations

• Understanding of joint operations environment, and/or aerial refueling tactics

• Experience with agile development processes

• TS/SCI Clearance

Why LinQuest?

20 years of excellence from concept to capability

LinQuest is a national security space leader that enable defense and intelligence missions through advanced digital solutions and the development, integration, and operation of mission control systems. As a recognized thought leader in Digital Engineering and Digital Transformation, LinQuest delivers the technical capability, innovation, agility and operational expertise to accelerate our Nation's competitive advantage in space. From concept to capability, LinQuest architects integrated end-to-end solutions, enabling Digital Dominance for a Digital Space Force

Benefits:

LinQuest offers comprehensive and competitive benefit offerings to our team members to include medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, company paid life insurance, and more! For additional information please visit: https://www.linquest.com/careers/our-benefits