What are the responsibilities and job description for the GEOINT Systems Integration & Testing Engineer IV - Security Clearance Required position at Arcfield?
Overview
Arcfield was purpose-built to protect the nation and its allies through innovations in digital transformation, space mission engineering and launch assurance, miniaturized sensors and satellites, advanced modeling and simulation, cybersecurity, and conventional and hypersonic missile support. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA with 16 global offices, Arcfield employs more than 1,500 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals with more than 60 years of collective proven experience supporting missions in cyber and space defense, space exploration, hypersonic and nuclear deterrence and warfighter readiness. Visit arcfield.com for more details.
Responsibilities
Project Description :
The Verification, Validation and Transition (VV&T) team is responsible for technical support of the planning and execution of enterprise and system-level verification, validation and transition activities for national assets, associated ground segments and services, and information processing systems within the enterprise. The team supports the recommended closure of enterprise and system requirements; independent verification, validation and test in support of delivered system capabilities and mission closure, overseeing readiness events in support of enterprise, system and acquisition-level test milestones; leading and supporting project planning; assessing schedule and risk; generating and presenting engineering briefings; and interfacing with numerous customers. This position requires an understanding of the intelligence community and customer domain, along with a strong focus on core systems engineering processes in support of end-to-end mission and services closure.
Responsibilities :
This position requires an individual to be able to support of the customers’ Verification, Validation, and Transition (VV&T) program within the Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) domain. The candidate is required to have a strong GEOINT test engineering background and significant space and ground domain knowledge in customer mission technical capabilities and performance. The candidate may have daily interaction with the customer, including supporting contractors and will need to follow customer standards and processes as the program matures through the life cycle. Candidate will interact with multiple Acquisition Offices (AOs) and facilitate risk and action closure with Acquisition Offices and users, and support technical consultation, meeting coordination, and support to recommendation briefings.
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to :
- Evaluation of architecture, requirements, risks and opportunities, and processes for VV&T impacts
- Definition of VV&T activities and associated VV&T products (e.g., strategies, plans, Requests for Change (RFC), procedures, checklists, RVTMs, briefings, etc.) for new and modified mission and service capabilities
- Lead or support the execution of VV&T activities (e.g. Test events, Transitions, Milestone Readiness Events)
- Prepare reports describing the results, risk assessment, discrepancy reporting and lessons learned of those VV&T activities
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EEO Statement
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