Phalanx Griffon (PG) is the Air Force’s flagship airborne node connecting warfighters to decision‑quality data across the DAF BATTLE NETWORK. As Senior Systems Engineer, you will own the digital thread that turns brilliant ideas into flight‑ready capability for Major Release 2 (FY 25 – 27)—driving requirements, architecture, and model‑based systems engineering across hardware (Nomad), software (Smith), and operations (Watch).
Essential Job Functions:
Architect & Model the System‑of‑Systems
Requirements & Baseline Management
Integration Leadership
Verification & Validation Alignment
Risk, Metrics & Reviews
Mentorship & Culture
Required Skills:
Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.
B.S. in Systems, Electrical, Aerospace, Computer Engineering—or related field and 8 years of experience with systems engineering on DoD C4ISR, avionics, or open‑architecture programs, including requirements management, architecture, and integration.
Active TS/SCI clearance.
Proficiency with SysML modeling tools (CAMEO/MagicDraw, Rhapsody, or equivalent) and requirements databases (DOORS, Jama).
Demonstrated experience leading multi‑disciplinary design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) and managing technical baselines in a digital‑engineering environment.
Solid grasp of MIL‑STD avionics power, data links (Link‑16/22, TTNT, OMS/UCI), SATCOM, Type‑1 crypto, and RMF / IA compliance.
Desired Skills:
INCOSE CSEP / ESEP or DAU ENG/SAE Level III certification.
Prior work on ABMS, CJADC2, or other open‑architecture airborne networking efforts.
Familiarity with DevSecOps pipelines (Platform One / Iron Bank) and automated model validation (ModelCenter, Cameo Simulation Toolkit).
Experience briefing SES / GO audiences and shaping acquisition strategy documents (AS, SEP, SEMP, TEMP).
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