Re-Entry Systems Engineer

Job Overview

This job announcement will be accepting candidate submissions until 10 January 2025. To properly credit your work experience, please add day/month/year to your work experience entries. Resumes are requested.

The Nuclear Mission Branch, Space Vehicles Directorate, RVBNI seeks to hire a mid-level Technical Project Manager in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Prometheus is an AFRL-led partnership with government and commercial space industry for high-cadence, recoverable, reliable, and cost-effective orbital and hypersonic reentry experiments. Its multiple platforms offer exposure to Mach 25+ flight environments and payload recovery for TRL advancement and S&T maturation.

Duties for this position include, but are not limited to:

• Provide technical leadership in the implementation of systems engineering processes
• Lead system level technical requirements development, management, and control for the Prometheus effort
• Support the Prometheus effort in full lifecycle project systems engineering including development, execution, and systems analytic methods that support technology and re-entry platform maturation, test, and evaluation
• Serve as interface between RVBNI, stakeholders, contractors, end-users, suppliers, and test organizations
• Apply Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools and requirements management systems to capture critical program information and inform decisions during system development
• Support creation and maintenance of digital models for development and integration efforts on current and future programs
• Oversee configuration management efforts between Prometheus project teams, external government organizations, industry partners, and other stakeholders
• Participate in test planning to include MRTFB (Major Range and Test Facility Base) interface and associated processes
• Foster collaboration with DOD partners and stakeholders

Telework

Yes, this position is eligible for telework opportunities; as determined by agency policy
Remote Work (CONUS)

No, this position is not approved for remote work.
Eligible for a Referral Bonus?

No
Required Qualifications

• US Citizenship
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited course of study, in engineering, science or related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading systems engineering efforts of large, complex assembly, research, and/or development programs
• Significant knowledge of systems engineering practices including requirements development/management, design, failure and risk assessment, and verification/validation
• Knowledge of systems engineering tools and techniques, project work planning, scheduling, cost estimating, budget management, and project control
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to obtain and/or maintain a DOD TS/SCI clearance

Desired Qualifications

• 3-5 years leadership or personnel management in relevant large programs
• Experience leading systems engineering efforts associated with space programs or weapons programs
• Demonstrated ability to promote and maintain productive relationship across internal, external, and customer organizations
• Demonstrated ability to meet schedule and technical deliverables for multiple large, concurrent projects with a range of priorities

(Requisition No. 79901)

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