Senior Advanced Systems Engineer (Mission Planning/Interface Control Documentation/Thread-Based Modeling)

Acara Solution and our client in Scottsdale, AZ have 4 contract-to-hire positions available

• Perform requirements analysis, definition, and management; functional and performance analysis; system design; trade studies; integration and test (verification/validation); and interface definition.
• Conduct technical planning, cost/risk analysis, and supportability/effectiveness evaluations for subsystems and system elements.
• Analyze customer requirements, derive system-level requirements, and allocate them to components and subsystems.
• Perform detailed technical analyses of subsystems and elements.
• Design and evaluate systems, networks, and information systems to ensure compliance with government security specifications.
• Support system security through accreditation/certification testing and documentation development for new and fielded systems.
• Participate in modeling and simulation activities.
• Research and analyze COTS components, vendor products, GFE/CFE, specifications, and manuals for feasibility assessments.
• Use standard engineering tools, processes, and procedures throughout the system development lifecycle.
• Contribute to the completion of major programs and projects by planning and executing assigned tasks.
• Define technical processes, system specifications, I/O parameters, and compatibility for hardware/software integration.
• Exercise sound judgment in selecting methods and techniques for problem-solving.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Systems Engineering or Science or Engineering or Mathematics.
• Minimum 8 years of experience with System design including Use Case and thread-based modeling for SW messaging systems.
• Minimum 8 years of experience with Satellite communications.
• Minimum 8 years of experience with Ground to Satellite communication
• Minimum 8 years of Ground operations experience
• Minimum 8 years of experience with designing, coding, or modeling satellite contact planning systems.
• Minimum 8 years of experience with Interface Control Document (ICD) authoring through the system design thru Integration phase of program

Preferred Skills:

• Agile experience
• Creative, innovative responsibilities requiring advanced decision-making skills
• Multi-level security domain expertise (and cross-domain)
• Quickly (with a more agile light-weight approach) decomposing requirements to a level that can avoid requirements bloat (and communicate/track impacts)
• People with agile program experience

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.