Systems Engineer SME

Position Summary

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) / Directorate of Science and Technology (ST) / Office of Space and Counterspace (SCS) and their mission partners have a need for scientific, engineering, and sustainment services to streamline the development, delivery, integration, and management of SCS’s portfolio of programs.

The purpose of this program is to support DIA’s overarching mission of providing timely space intelligence to the warfighter through the Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TCPED) cycle.

By leveraging a Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approach, this program will consolidate and integrate DIA’s technical collection capabilities to optimize data flow, eliminate service overlaps, evolve with leading-edge capabilities, and realize cost efficiencies to provide strategic informational advantages to the Government.

This position will provide technical and project leadership of a systems engineering team supporting current collection sites and defining the next generation of SCS systems.

This position supports Systems Engineering & Integration activities in a multidisciplinary and collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities :

• Apply Model Based System Engineering to support development of the program technical baselines
• Analyze system requirements that define the technical baseline and verification of the technical baseline
• Work with Government and contractor personnel to close gaps in flow of customer requirements down through the system and component levels
• Lead and supporting Government / Contractor Working Group meetings by creating briefings, leading discussion, and writing minutes to resolve risks, requirement gaps, and action items
• Review proposed changes to the technical baseline for impacts to capabilities and to cross-stakeholder integration concerns
• Facilitate review of program documents by providing comments, compiling other reviewer comments, and working with contractor to adjudicate the comments
• Serve as a subject matter expert to assess technical issues and to prepare briefings to Air Force management
• Support management of risks, issues, interdependencies, identifying schedule disconnects and conflicts, developing action plans for resolution, and assisting the Government in executing selected solutions

Required Skills and Experience :

• BS in engineering with specialization in Communications systems
• years’ demonstrated experience with space or aeronautical systems engineering & integration programs and projects
• years’ working in a collaborative team environment developing technical baseline / systems specification, verification or analysis using engineering applications and simulation models
• Proficient in using Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System (DOORS)
• Strong interpersonal skills, communication (oral and written), and presentation skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• Experience working with military or DoD civilian clients
• US Citizenship and Required DoD Top Secret clearance and a bility to obtain a DIA Special Compartmented Investigation (SCI)

Preferred Skills and Experience :

• Advanced degree in Engineering
• Systems engineering certifications, such as ESEP, CSEP, OCSMP
• Experience in technologies of Electro-Optics, Radar, Infrared, Magnetic, Nuclear, and small form factor sensors
• Experience with ground and airborne systems, such as terminals and networks

Compensation for California : Starting salary ranges from approximately $, to $,, depending on relevant experience and qualifications.

Why LinQuest?

LinQuest Corporation has a stellar -year track record of providing end-to-end system-of-systems (SoS) architecture definition, engineering design, integration and test, and operations expertise to enable full lifecycle development and deployment of pre-eminent Space, Air, Land, Sea, Ground, and Cyberspace game-changing capabilities across US DOD and IC Customers’ portfolios.

Unique combination of in-depth domain knowledge, lessons learned-honed best practices, and mission-specific applications of principles, tools, and techniques of Digital Engineering (DE), DE Ecosystem (DEE), and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) set LinQuest apart from the competition to consistently deliver stellar high-value results for our customers.

LinQuest’s corporate vision and values place the employee at the center of utmost customer satisfaction, strategic business growth, and tactical execution excellence.

Our employees’ creative and inspirational drive, sense of fulfillment of personal and professional growth, and tightknit camaraderie within and across lines of business are essential in gaining and maintaining exceptional LinQuest corporate-wide results of new business awards and renewed contracts.

Benefits :

LinQuest offers comprehensive and competitive benefit offerings to our team members to include medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, company paid life insurance, and more! For additional information please visit :