Position Description
Senior Surface Weapon Systems Engineer
Serco has a great opportunity for you to take a leadership role in supporting U.S. Navy Surface Missile system procurement for our ships and sailors. Join an integrated government-industry team in Arlington, Virginia to help manage the development, production, and ship integration of systems into existing and new surface ship classes. Use your expertise and collaborative skills to positively impact our national defense and make a difference in the world's greatest Navy.
Serco will provide technical support to its customer, a defense acquisition program management office, which is responsible for the development, acquisition, production, fielding, and lifetime support of surface ship missile and launcher systems. This senior-level position has aspects of defense acquisition management, systems engineering, software development, and other related skills.
In this role you will:
Assist the program office with technical oversight of the development of complex weapons systems including upgrade of system hardware and software.
Support weapons systems safety by coordinating the effort of the acquisition and technical team, collecting documentation, developing presentation material, attending safety reviews, and responding to safety-related actions.
Provide technical management of system production to verify contract compliance, monitor production schedules, review waiver and deviation requests, track configuration against inventory requirements, review consent to ship packages, and other production-related tasks.
Support system Test and Evaluation, coordinating with test program personnel and organizations. Verify system configuration in support of test objectives, review test scenarios against test objectives, review performance prediction results against established criteria, and review test results against mission objectives.
Support integration of systems on new and existing platforms. Provide technical review and coordination in developing system interfaces.
Provide in-service support to missile and launcher systems including overseeing configuration management and researching and reporting Fleet issues, coordinating with the In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA).
Perform additional duties as assigned.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role you will have:
An active Secret Security Clearance
A Bachelor's degree in an engineering or related technical discipline.
Eight to ten years' experience in managing weapons programs for the government or industry of progressively increasing size, value, and complexity.
Naval Missile Systems experience.
A thorough understanding of Naval systems, particularly combat systems, weapons, or C4ISR systems.
Systems engineering or other technical background to understand customer needs in a program office for a technical system, field activity, or lab.
Experience in Foreign Military Sales or international cooperative programs.
Additional desired experience and skills:
Requires a Bachelors degree; Masters degree preferred (in an engineering or related technical discipline).
Surface missile and launcher systems experience
If you are interested in using your skills to improve the capability of our Nation's ships and ship systems, and directly impacting our Nation's Sailors, submit your application today.
Company Overview
Serco Inc. (Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc. Serco serves every branch of the U.S. military, numerous U.S. Federal civilian agencies, the Intelligence Community, the Canadian government, state and local governments, and commercial clients. We help our clients deliver vital services more efficiently while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, Serco Americas has over 9,000 employees and is part of a $4 billion global business that helps transform government and public services around the world. At Serco, our employees are our most valuable asset - we listen, respect and support them throughout their career at Serco. We invite you to become part of our dynamic team. Serco is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying our workforce (Race/ Color/ Sex/ Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity/ Religion/ National Origin/ Disability/ Vets).
To review Serco benefits please visit: https://www.serco.com/na/careers/benefits-of-choosing-serco .
If you require an accommodation with the application process please email: careers@serco-na.com or call the HR Service Desk at 800-628-6458, option 1. Please note, due to EEOC/OFCCP compliance, Serco is unable to accept resumes by email.
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COVID-19 Regulations: Serco complies with all applicable COVID-19 requirements. This may require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, provide attestations regarding vaccination status and/or COVID-19 testing, or satisfy other conditions of employment that Serco deems appropriate, and employees may be required to show proof of vaccination and/or negative COVID-19 test results as a condition of employment (except in limited circumstances where an employee is legally entitled to an accommodation).
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ID 50538
Recruiting Location : Location US-VA-Arlington
Category Engineering
Position Type Full-Time
Security Clearance Secret
Telework No - Teleworking not available for this position
Campaign LPMETS
