Job Description
Description
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?
LinQuest Corporation has a stellar 40-year track record of providing end-to-end system-of-systems (SoS) architecture definition, engineering design, integration and test, and operations expertise to enable full lifecycle development and deployment of pre-eminent Space, Air, Land, Sea, Ground, and Cyberspace game-changing capabilities across US DOD and IC Customers' portfolios. Unique combination of in-depth domain knowledge, lessons learned-honed best practices, and mission-specific applications of principles, tools, and techniques of Digital Engineering (DE), DE Ecosystem (DEE), and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) set LinQuest apart from the competition to consistently deliver stellar high-value results for our customers. LinQuest's corporate vision and values place the employee at the center of utmost customer satisfaction, strategic business growth, and tactical execution excellence. Our employees' creative and inspirational drive, sense of fulfillment of personal and professional growth, and tightknit camaraderie within and across lines of business are essential in gaining and maintaining exceptional LinQuest corporate-wide results of new business awards and renewed contracts.
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:
Qualifications
Education
Bachelors (required)
Licenses & Certifications
Secret (required)
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