Primary Responsibilities:

Support the execution of advanced development research and development (R&D) programs. Work with customers to develop new capabilities, define gaps, derive requirements, and develop specifications, integrated roadmaps, and detailed schedules. Support and coordinate technical reviews, data analysis and reports, and monitor and report team and contract status/execution. Support the development of acquisition and technical documentation. Develop, execute, monitor and report status on several assigned project task efforts.

Tasks Performed:

Support the technical program management team as a systems engineer for team project technical execution, coordination, risk management and communication of concerns and issues with program management and technical leadership. Collaborate with members of the team to understand, identify, and describe the relationships, interdependencies, and interfaces between the weapon system and external architecture elements, as well as internally to the system. Coordinate between government and contractor project leads and engineers along with the operational subject matter experts, warfighters, and military leaders involved in program planning and execution.

Support and provide insight to determine the effectiveness of project execution and recommend modifications to task processes for future project activities or design reviews. Work with the Project management and Task Lead(s) to develop out year planning for future capabilities and provide input to roadmaps for analysis, risk reduction, development and integration of advanced capabilities.

Required Education/Experience:

• A Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, physics or related technical discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of related engineering experience
• Demonstrated system level thinking in the development and analysis of complex systems
• Systems engineering experience, including architectural analysis, of DoD systems or designs
• Excellent communications skills, including the ability to present and brief technical data to all levels of leadership within the organization and U.S. Government
• Ability to interact effectively with and lead diverse, multidisciplinary teams

Desired Education/Experience:

• Candidate should be proficient in all Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Candidate should have experience with Microsoft Project and similar resources scheduling tools.
• Candidate should have demonstrated good oral and written communication skills.
• Candidate should have experience coordinating operations across multiple organizational boundaries.
• Candidate should have experience working in a dynamic, schedule constrained, complex security environment.

Security Clearance Required: Final Top Secret Clearance

Estimated Travel: 10%

Location: On-site Arlington, VA or on-site Patuxent River, MD

CRL Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sexual orientation, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic data, or religion or other legally protected status.