Anti - tamper (AT) Engineering SME

Anti-Tamper (AT) Engineering SME

Abacus Technology is seeking an Anti-Tamper (AT) Engineering Subject Matter Expert to provide technical support for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson AFB. This is a full-time position.

Responsibilities:

• Provide engineering support for new and ongoing projects.
• Support the improvement of planned and existing USAF and joint service weapon systems manufacture, operations, re-manufacture, and de-militarization operations and oversight.
• Assist in translating user requirements into system requirements to support design, development, fabrication, testing, and evaluation of systems, subsystems, and equipment for deployment.
• Develop action plans and policies necessary to improve and retain world class weapon system capabilities.
• Perform technical/mission analyses of existing and potential operational requirements, assist in developing system concepts, and perform technological and trade-off study assessments of proposed designs.
• Develop and review the overall system design baseline (architecture and interoperability requirements).
• Assist with developmental planning support in the evaluation of military missions to be accomplished and related requirements documentation including defining the set of military missions to be performed.
• Review and analyze proposals, including regulatory and other policy driver changes or proposed modifications for design feasibility and system compatibility.
• Review specifications, including system, system segment, and equipment specifications, and interface control documents involved in programs.
• Support and conduct engineering performance, effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost performance, life cycle cost, producibility, maintainability, supportability, reliability, technical, and schedule risk assessment and scheduling trade-off studies.
• Support and conduct systems analyses to include, but not limited to, system design/design feasibility and state-of-the-art assessment.
• Support the development and evaluation of IMP, IMS, and Systems Engineering Detail Schedule engineering cost estimates.
• Evaluate systems test plans and Test and Evaluation Master Plans and participate in the conduct of system, subsystem, and component testing.
• Provide systems/subsystems integration support for the acquisition, development, and verification of systems and equipment.
• Support weapons systems life cycle including analysis of alternatives, creation of investment strategies, manufacturing, support, and end-of-life processes.
• Teach learning modules within Anti-Tamper (AT) courses to industry and government participants and assist in curriculum development.
• Lead the creation and maintenance of multiple Special Access Program (SAP) Security Classification Guides (SCGs).
• Support staffing and coordination with multiple DoD service and industry security, technical, financial, and contracting working groups to review and adjudicate SCG feedback comments and approval of the SCGs.
• Staff and publish SCGs to support the DoD AT community.

Qualifications:

• 20+ years experience in systems engineering including at least 10 years in a DoD and SAP environment.
• Master's degree in an engineering field.
• Extensive knowledge of and expertise in DoD, USAF, and common engineering and scientific principles, criteria, and procedures.
• Experience working on each stage of the system development life cycle from initiation through deployment/sustainment.
• Demonstrated proficiency with process modeling and developing workflow diagrams.
• Able to elicit and interpret requirements and translate to technical specifications/system design following best practices and design patterns.
• Able to communicate with management, technical staff, and end users in a clear and professional manner.