Ground Systems Research & Development Systems Engineer

What do you get when you bring together a team of bright individuals and place them into an environment where “work” means making a difference in the lives of people across the globe?

You get Sciolex Corporation, a fast-growing defense contractor focused on providing the U.S. Government a level of service that surpasses the epitome of excellence.  Our core services include systems engineering technical advice, technical support, and administrative assistance.  From our humble beginning as a small Service Disabled, Veteran Owned Small Business in Chantilly, VA, Sciolex Corporation is now the home for over 1,000 employees across the U.S.

Over the past 16 years, Sciolex Corporation has constructed an environment that celebrates diversity and encourages a positive work/life balance, all while supporting government missions that our employees are proud to be a part of.  When you work for Sciolex Corporation, you are working for a stable company that values you and is committed to ensuring you receive the utmost employee care.

The candidate will provide SETA support for the acquisition of intelligence community (IC) national intelligence ground R&D systems (hardware and software), cooperatively with the government, FFRDC, and other SETA contractors. In this role, you will actively support system-level architecture analysis and evaluation, and specific system acquisition processes.

• Technical review and assessment of concepts, systems, technologies, designs, architectures, interfaces, and operations of ground systems.
• Feasibility and applicability of relevant systems and technologies to future communication systems, ground systems, and operations concepts.
• Analysis of alternatives to optimize technical, cost, and schedule performance and improve knowledge and understanding of system, technology, and architecture tradeoffs.
• Technical and programmatic support through the entire project life cycle including concept development, system definition, acquisition planning, source selection, system design, development, integration and test.
• Software Development support, to include: planning, execution, monitoring of software development contracts.
• Briefings and reports including technical and programmatic assessments, results, conclusions, and recommendations. Brief USG staff and industry partners, as requested.
• Active member of enterprise R&D, learning, and innovation environment creating, gathering, and sharing knowledge to grow organizational competency and capability.

• Active TS/SCI Clearance with Poly
• Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience
• Knowledge of ground systems and Agile Software development methodologies
• Interest in developing knowledge in AI/ML concepts, and ability to investigate new technologies
• Proficient skills using Microsoft Office applications (i.e., Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Sharepoint)
• Critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills
• Interpersonal and communication skills for written reports, group discussion, and oral presentations