System Resilience Engineer

Job Description

Requirements
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### Must have:

### - We require a bachelors degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, or a related technical discipline. - We require at least 3 years of systems engineering experience supporting the design, development, or evaluation of complex systems. - We require experience developing system concepts of operations, requirements and analysis, design and architecture, verification and validation, or comparable systems engineering work. - We require experience with systems engineering management plans and related artifacts such as test plans, MBSE or digital engineering implementation plans, or with defining systems engineering processes and technical performance measures. - We require familiarity with systems engineering, MBSE, and digital engineering tools such as Cameo Systems Modeler, DOORS, Jira, and Confluence. - We require strong verbal and written communication skills, along with solid critical-thinking ability. - We require the ability to work effectively with and lead multidisciplinary teams, including industry and government stakeholders. - We require periodic travel, including short trips to sponsor offices at the Washington Navy Yard, contractor locations, and occasional travel to other military bases nationwide. - We require an active Secret security clearance, the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance, eligibility for a government security clearance investigation, and U.S. citizenship. - Preferred: We value an advanced degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, or a related technical field. - Preferred: We value at least 5 years of systems engineering experience focused on complex systems across the lifecycle. - Preferred: We value demonstrated experience applying MBSE and digital engineering approaches to guide design, development, and evaluation activities. - Preferred: We value experience supporting complex systems or systems-of-systems efforts in early program phases. - Preferred: We value experience with Navy Strategic Systems programs and/or Air Force ICBM programs. - Preferred: We value an active Top Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities:
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- We provide systems engineering expertise to guide the design, development, and assessment of strategic weapon systems. - We participate in projects, studies, and technical working groups covering requirements development, analysis, concept and technology development, acquisition, test planning and execution, system evaluation, and risk assessment across the program lifecycle. - We apply systems engineering methods and analyses, including model-based systems engineering and digital engineering, to support strategic weapon system development. - We prepare formal briefings and reports to communicate technical recommendations and solutions to sponsors and stakeholders. - We clearly present proposed concepts, solutions, and analysis results to varied audiences.
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Company:
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We are the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), where we bring world-class expertise to our nations most critical defense, security, space, and science challenges. Our culture is collaborative, inclusive, and innovative, with a strong emphasis on growth, authenticity, and teamwork. We offer generous benefits, including robust education assistance, strong retirement contributions, work/life balance, and a comprehensive package with medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, paid time off, and training and development. Our campus is located in the Baltimore-Washington metro area, and applications are accepted on a rolling basis. The role sits within our System Realization and Resilience Group in the Force Projection Sector, supporting strategic systems, resilience, systems engineering, security, testing, digital engineering, nuclear command and control, and reliability engineering.
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