Acquisition Systems Engineer at ManTech

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ManTech is seeking a Systems Engineer to join our team supporting our growing Marine Corps programs in Quantico, VA.

The Senior Systems Engineer will support PM-ICO in research and development, acquisition, and sustainment of innovative tactical intelligence collection, processing, and dissemination equipment as well as ground electronic warfare (EW) systems. The Senior Systems Engineer will support PM-ICO in executing engineering tasks throughout all phases of the acquisition lifecycle.

This position requires an active DoD TS/SCI clearance.

General Responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise in research and development of state-of-the-art/state-of- the-market hardware and software solutions to satisfy existing, new, and emerging requirements.

• Acquisition support consisting of the development of technical requirements for Requests for Information and formal solicitations.

• Sustainment of existing program of record solutions.

• Assist with Rapid Technology Insertion opportunities into system end items for improvements and reduction in cost and/or performance enhancements.

• Provide subject matter expertise in acquisition engineering best practices.

• Interface with the Program Office to manage engineering tasking to enhance system performance and allow interoperability between Marine Corps and other DoD IC intelligence systems/capabilities.

• Analyze technical problems encountered with fielded or developmental systems; develop courses of action and present recommendations to leadership.

• Develop and/or modify plans, architectures, frameworks, policies, procedures, manuals, guides, or strategies documentation preparation, review of criteria, and preparation of briefing material.

• Perform and develop assessments, analyses, studies, reports, reviews, estimates, surveys, or investigations related to Science and Technology efforts.

Mandatory Requirements:

• Active TS/SCI clearance

• A minimum of Seven (7) years (with a Bachelors Degree) supporting acquisition programs in Systems Engineering. Additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree

• Strong technical background in information systems, networking, and tactical employment of information systems.

• Experience with the developing prototypes to address new or emerging needs/requirements.

• Proven ability to mature technical solutions into TRL level 9 capabilities.

• Experience with Systems Integration and Testing to verify required performance.

• Assessment of change proposals for technical merit.

• Experience with navigating and applying the DoD 5000.2, Acquisition framework.

• Three (3) years of experience is required with either Capability Maturity Model integration (CMMI), ISO 9000 or other similar processes and procedures.

• Experience in the Intelligence Community.

​Preferred Experience:

• Knowledge of DoD/USMC garrison and tactical environments.

• Prior military intelligence experience (enlisted or officer)

• Familiarity with system modeling tools and modeling languages, particularly the Cameo application and SysML.

Physical requirements:

Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%

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