Systems Engineer

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🕒 August 6

🦀 Maryland, Virginia – Remote

🦀 Maryland – Remote ⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $120k - $140k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⚙️ Systems Engineer

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JRAD

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2004

🏛️ Government

🎖️ Defense

🧬 Biotechnology

Government • Defense • Biotechnology

JRAD is Joint Research and Development, LLC, a government-focused science and technology contractor founded in 2004 and now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sayres and Associates. JRAD provides test and evaluation (T&E), science & technology support, and medical and health services — including chemical and biological defense, pandemic response, and biotechnology-related research — to government agencies and partners. The company holds ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2022 certifications and wins federal contracts (e. g. , Missile Defense Agency, GSA OASIS+) to deliver technical, analytical, and programmatic solutions.

📋 Description

• Support the Transportation Security Administration's Checkpoint Property Screening Systems group within Acquisition Program Management • Provide expert engineering and analysis support for baggage screening systems security equipment • Contribute to development of requirements artifacts, including CONOPS, ORD, FRD, SER, and RA • Translate user requirements, mission needs, and gaps into functional and system-level requirements • Develop operational requirements and write functional and technical requirements documents • Generate work breakdown structures using MS Project • Perform statistical evaluation using R, JMP, or Excel • Review test reports and analyze data • Summarize conclusions and perform risk assessments and configuration management decisions based on results • Support systems engineering, systems development, test and evaluation, and requirements development activities • Travel less than 10% as required by project demands

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required in mechanical, electrical, systems/software/computer engineering, or another related discipline • Must have an engineering degree • Minimum five years of experience in related systems engineering and requirements development • Knowledge and experience with DHS Acquisition Directive 102 or DoD 5000 preferred • Knowledge of systems engineering and systems development methodology, including the Acquisition Life Cycle Framework • Experience with DHS or DoD acquisitions and development of operational requirements • Experience writing CONOPS, ORD, and FRD documents • Minimum three years of experience with Test and Evaluation (T&E) of Federal acquisition systems (DHS or DoD) • Experience using R, JMP, or Excel for statistical evaluation • Experience reviewing test reports, analyzing data, summarizing conclusions, performing risk assessments, and making configuration management decisions • Knowledge of project management, including work breakdown structures using MS Project • Knowledge and experience with transportation security equipment, particularly baggage handling and screening devices, preferred • Experience with Cameo, MagicDraw, and/or Jira is a bonus • Must be able to pass DHS suitability screening or DHS financial responsibility standards • Must have or be eligible to receive a DHS Secret security clearance • Existing Secret Clearance is a plus • Less than 10% travel may be required

🏖️ Benefits

• Health Insurance • Dental Insurance • Vision Insurance • Life & Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance • Section 125 Flexible Spending Accounts for unreimbursed medical & dependent day care • Disability Insurance • 401K Plan • Tuition Reimbursement • More paid time off than the average company upon hire • Teleworking or fully remote option