PRINCIPAL ARCHITECTURE ENGINEER

Job Title

PRINCIPAL ARCHITECTURE ENGINEER

Location

Huntsville, AL 35806 US (Primary)

Category

Engineering

Job Type

Full-Time

Career Level

Experienced (Non-Manager)

Education

Master's Degree

Security Clearance Required

Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance

Job Description

Ignite is an ISO 9001:2015 and CMMI Services Level 3 certified, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), headquartered in Huntsville, AL. By design, Ignite is a provider of professional services to customers in educational, federal, and commercial industries and in every action seeks to be the preeminent provider within this business space. Ignite upholds our values of competency, collaboration, innovation, reliability, and results through everything we do.

 

Ignite is currently seeking a driven, detail-oriented Principle Architecture Engineer to join our team in Huntsville, AL. In this role you will get to define and evaluate Missile Defense System (MDS) trade capability space envelope, architectural performance metrics, and other high-level performance metrics as applicable.

Job Requirements

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

 

· Provide technical expertise on missile defense activities to include adversary capabilities, systems engineering, and evaluation. Remain cognizant of intelligence updates of new threat systems that affect future missile defense architectures.

· Evaluate the adequacy of the current MDS to include ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defensive architecture to counter the threat and recommend courses of action for concept of operations, system improvements, and identify alternate strategies for affordable, cost effective and technically advanced systems.

· Evaluate and adapt analysis of Allied Missile Defense systems in defense of the Unified Command Theaters; assess how to incorporate those allied missile defense systems into U.S. missile defense systems to provide a more robust defense.

· Provide reach-back for consulting services for key MDS development expertise; facilitating efforts across internal/external stakeholders such as Services and Combatant Commanders providing strategic advice, guidance and direction.

· Support, evaluate, analyze and develop technical recommendations through exchanges with FFRDCs, UARCs, and OGAs to provide input on program process and technical improvement opportunities.

· Support Defense Architecture evolution strategy and development through assessment of interim and final results of Analysis of Alternatives and other analysis activities to include top-level requirements.

· Assist in the analysis, demonstrations, and tests to support early milestones and feasibility assessments and to collect data to verify that architecture analysis assumptions are credible.

 

Job Requirements and Qualifications:

 

Required Qualifications

· Master’s in a STEM field

· Minimum of 12 years working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD programs/projects

· Active Secret clearance

· Missile Defense experience

· Be able to successfully accomplish the duties by working with minimal guidance

Desired Qualifications

· Knowledge of hypersonic weapons and their capabilities and limitations

· Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) with emphasis on PowerPoint

· Working knowledge of MDS components, architectures and concepts

· Familiarity and past experience with MDA and/or other complex MDS Elements

· Experience in a military operational environment

· Preferred Navy veteran that held a position such as an Aegis Weapon System EDO or Joint Interface Control Officer, or alternatively an Army/Air Force veteran that understands MDS Elements such as THAAD/LTAMDS/Sentinel/ PATRIOT/GMD

 

Security Clearance Requirements:

Must have an active Secret Security Clearance

 

 

Education Requirements:

· Master’s Degree in STEM Discipline

 

 

Other Requirements:

Must be a US citizen and be able to hold an active Security Clearance at the Secret Level.

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.

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