Lead Systems Engineer IRES - SSFB

Position Title: Lead Systems Engineer

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Location: Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO

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Relocation Assistance: None available at this time

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Remote/Telework: NO - Not available for this position

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Clearance Type: DoD Secret 

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Shift: Day shift 

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Travel Required: Up to 10% of the time

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Description of Duties:

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The Lead Systems Engineer supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract. The candidate will:

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·       Establish, implement, and continuously refine the Systems Engineering program, aligning with organizational strategy and enterprise governance.

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·       Serve as the technical authority for SE practices and act as the primary SE interface with senior leadership, program managers, and enterprise governance boards.

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·       Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and process improvement across the SE team.

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·       Matrix manage a team of systems engineers assigned to multiple projects.

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·       Provide ongoing technical mentoring, performance feedback, and professional development to build team capability.

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·       Facilitate knowledge sharing, peer reviews, and skill-building workshops.

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·       Oversee SE support for projects, ensuring requirements, design, and verification activities are properly executed and traceable to operational needs.

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·       Work with project managers, engineers, CM analysts and stakeholders to integrate SE practices into design and delivery.

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·       Establish metrics and KPIs to evaluate SE program effectiveness and efficiency.

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·       Integrate SE practices with organizational quality management and configuration management frameworks.

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The successful candidate will:

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·       Have strong leadership skills with proven ability to mentor and develop engineers.

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·       Have strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence across organizational boundaries.

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Resumes, in month and year format, must be submitted with application in order to be considered for the position.  The selected candidate may be assigned as an employee for one of our teammate companies.