AEHF Communications Engineer

New Bedford, MA (On-site)

$156K/yr – $235K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own critical systems engineering ownership across trades, risk and requirements while translating analysis into government-ready actions.

  • Systems Engineering & Trade Studies: own end-to-end across requirements, design, integration, and verification to reduce risk and inform DoD decisions.
  • Uncertainty & Risk Management: articulate major uncertainties in architectures and communicate risks/opportunities to leadership and sponsors.
  • Requirements & Interface Management: support development, decomposition, and review of system requirements and oversee architecture change management.

Job Description

Own critical systems engineering ownership across trades, risk and requirements while translating analysis into government-ready actions.

  • Systems Engineering & Trade Studies: own end-to-end across requirements, design, integration, and verification to reduce risk and inform DoD decisions.
  • Uncertainty & Risk Management: articulate major uncertainties in architectures and communicate risks/opportunities to leadership and sponsors.
  • Requirements & Interface Management: support development, decomposition, and review of system requirements and oversee architecture change management.
  • Requirements Translation to Action: translate analysis results into actionable recommendations for US Government agencies.
  • Multidisciplinary Collaboration: lead working groups or studies across engineering domains interfacing with multiple stakeholders for timely recommendations.
  • Hands-on Prototyping & Testing: perform prototyping, integration, and testing activities as needed.

For the main focus areas beyond responsibilities, the job involves ensuring rigorous systems engineering across lifecycle stages and clear risk-informed decision support for program sponsors.

  • Requirements: typically 8+ years with appropriate degrees or equivalent; active Secret with ability to obtain TS/SCI; US citizen for security clearance; strong presentation and writing skills.
  • Trade Studies & Lifecycle: experience planning, executing, and presenting complex trade studies across development lifecycle and multiple disciplines.
  • Cross-Disciplinary Problem Solving: collaborate across software, hardware, mechanical, and reliability domains with cost and schedule awareness.
  • On-site Requirement: 5 days a week on-site.
  • Experience Leading Evaluations: leading evaluation and testing of complex systems.
  • Capabilities & Mission Analysis: trade analysis, information assurance, system integration; understand relationships between operational and technical architectures.
  • Security Clearances: preference for active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance.
  • Competitive Benefits: competitive benefits and professional development opportunities.