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Senior Systems Engineer (FMS)

Astrion
United States, Ohio, Dayton
Jun 18, 2025
Overview

Senior Systems Engineer (FMS)

Be the Difference

Astrion offers comprehensive services that boost preparedness, optimize performance, and ensure success across various domains, from Cyber to Digital, Mission and Systems, servicing our nation's Civilian, Defense and Space communities. We support customers with Centers of Excellence in Washington DC, Huntsville, AL and Burlington, MA with an additional 36 locations across the U.S.

is recruiting to fill a Senior Systems Engineer position supporting the Attack Systems Division, Foreign Military Sales (FMS), at Wright Patterson AFB, OH. WID is part of the ISR/SOF Directorate (AFLCMC/WI), who is responsible for equipping our warfighters to win the fight. The Directorate executes a $22 billion acquisition portfolio developing, producing, testing, modifying, fielding, and supporting Air Force ISR and SOF platforms, and related sub-systems.

Responsibilities

Duties include, but not limited to:

  • Possess the advanced knowledge, experience, and recognized ability to be considered highly skilled in Engineering Management Support. Must work independently and be able to apply procedures.
  • Translate FMS user requirements into system requirements. These requirements will be used by the weapon system contractor to design, develop, fabricate, test, and evaluate systems, subsystems, and equipment for deployment.
  • Assist in performing technical/mission analyses of operational requirements, assist in developing system concepts, and perform technological/trade-off study assessments of proposed designs.
  • Assist with the processes for drafting project documentation. This includes Statements of Objectives (SOOs), Statements of Work (SOWs), program plans, schedules, and presentations.
  • Assist in reviewing and analyzing technical proposals or modifications for cost, design feasibility, and system compatibility.
  • Provide rapid response engineering service and support as augmentation to organic resources. This includes in-depth problem identification, impact assessment, and development of corrective actions for critical supportability problems.
  • Assist in drafting regulatory and statutory documentation, including, but not limited to, the Systems Engineering Plan (SEP) and life cycle management plan.
  • Assist in reviewing Contractor documents and data and providing comments as well as assisting test teams in developing test requirements and reviewing test plans.
  • Assist in supporting and conducting engineering performance, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, cost-performance, life-cycle cost, producibility, maintainability, supportability, reliability, technical/schedule risk assessment, and scheduling trade-off studies.
  • Assist in supporting the evaluation of Integrated Master Plan (IMP), Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), and Systems Engineering Detail Schedule (SEDS) engineering cost estimates.
  • Assist in evaluating systems test plans (such as systems test plans/test and evaluation master plans) and participate in conducting system, subsystem, and component testing.
  • Provide systems/subsystems integration support for the acquisition, development, and verification of systems and equipment.
Qualifications

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Minimum Required Qualifications

Clearance: Secret

Education and Years of Experience:

  • Master's or Doctorate Degree in a related field and ten years of experience in the respective technical / professional discipline being performed, five years of which must be in the DoD AND an ABET accredited Bachelor's Degree in engineering
  • OR an ABET accredited Bachelor's Degree in engineering and 12 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, five of which must be in the DoD

Additional Information

Location: Wright Patt AFB, Ohio

Travel: 25%

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