SYSTEMS ENGINEER/ SYSTEMS ARCHITECT - Ignite Fueling Innovation

Ignite is an ISO 9001:2015 and CMMI Services Level 3 certified, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), headquartered in Huntsville, AL. By design, Ignite is a provider of professional services to customers in educational, federal, and commercial industries and in every action seeks to be the preeminent provider within this business space. Ignite upholds our values of competency, collaboration, innovation, reliability, and results through everything we do.

Job Description

IGNITE seeks exceptionally qualified individuals to serve as a Systems Engineeror Systems Architect to support a government client in technology assessments

A multi-disciplinary understanding of the development, interoperability, integration, and interactions of complex systems is critical for this position.

The Engineer/Architect will provide expertise in the assessment of adversarial threat systems based on open-source and classified data affecting the air and space domains.  The assessments are to feed models, simulations, and wargaming efforts. 

Locations:

• Primary location is Huntsville, AL, will consider exceptional candidates in Colorado Springs, CO
• Additional locations may include:  Some short trips will be required to interface with the government customer and other agency SMEs.

Duties:

• Utilize and develop horizon scanning tools to identify candidate emerging technologies and conceptual technologies that could impact warfighting in the space domain.
• Conduct technology assessments on emerging and conceptual technologies to include an assessment of technology maturation requirements. 
• Develop modeling and simulation requirements based on horizon scanning for threat systems modeling and simulation team. 
• Serve as primary technical interface between the horizon scanning team and the modeling and simulation team.
• Support cross-domain threat system studies and wargames critical to filling intelligence and information gaps and instrumental to the development of future space warfighting effects and their associated operational and strategic implications.
• Collaborate and integrate across a diverse team of operational, planning, intelligence and acquisitions organizations to achieve insightful analytic findings that aid decision-makers, force design planners, and space system development efforts.
• Work closely with mission partners across the DoD and Intelligence Community (IC).

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

Education, Experience, & Licensing Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM; Master’s Degree in a related field preferred;

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of experience developing or analyzing complex systems and/or systems of systems.

• Multi-disciplinary background to include two or more of the following:

• • Radar Systems
  • RF Systems
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Optical Systems
  • Communication Systems
  • Space Systems
  • Space and Near-Space ISR
  • Guidance, Navigation, and Control

• Demonstrated ability to effectively and professionally interact with team members and government customers via both verbal and written means.

• Ability to apply knowledge of analytic tools to develop models, visualize data, and perform a range of analyses (e.g., systems analysis, comparative analysis).

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Desired Skills:

• Advanced degree in STEM

• MBSE experience or formal education

• Python programming experience

• Space systems modeling & simulation experience

• Technology assessment and technical maturation planning experience

Security Clearance Required:  Top Secret with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information  

The pay range for this role is $115,000-$150,000 annually

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.

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