Common Operating Picture (COP) C5ISR engineer at DCS Corporation

Provide technical services and project leadership for the successful integration and fielding of a common operating picture (COP) system and other C5ISR systems, working as part of a DoD vehicle platform project management (PM) team.

Essential Job Functions:

Provide technical and programmatic support to a project management office to oversee multi-disciplinary projects for tactical ground vehicles. 

Provide leadership, vision and direction to the development and fielding of a GCCS-J based Joint Common Operational Picture (JCOP) system.  Lead Integrated Product Team (IPT) for this effort.  Provide assistance to functional leads (logistics, fielding, test, training, cyber, etc) in the development and execution of efforts under their leadership which support the JCOP effort.  This position requires accepting and fulfilling a wide degree of implicit responsibility over the project, while understanding that ultimately the customer is the final decision maker.

Work with user community and user representatives to understand their needs and translate their needs into technical requirements.

Maintain effective communications, in both written and verbal format, with various team members and partners.

Assist program leads with coordinating with various functional areas within the program office (engineering, business management, test, logistics, configuration management, contracts, finance, cyber, and senior program leadership).

Interact and coordinate with other Program Management Organizations (PMOs), combat capabilities development commands (CCDCs), and other Government agencies on a regular basis.

Author program documents, including statements of work (SOWs), Memorandum of Agreements (MOAs) and similar documents.

Coordinate and oversee execution of various facets of project according to project documents, contracts, and agreements established with partner organizations, including other DoD organizations (CCDCs, test centers, etc) and with contractors.

Participate in design reviews and reviews of documentation (such as engineering change proposals (ECPs)) to ensure that the designs of systems and their integration into a vehicle platform meet the intent and requirements of the effort.

Directly interface with the customer on a daily basis. 

Other duties may be assigned to support client and contract deliverables.

Prepare and present briefings/presentations to program leadership. 

Provide input to various systems used by the customer program management office, such as the risk register system.

Participate in regular team and program-related meetings.

Contribute input to program documents, including briefings, acquisition documentation, reports, statements of work, cost analyses, information support plans (ISPs), etc.

This position is at a client site in Warren, Michigan and currently involves telework with the requirement to report to the client site at least once per week, and more often as required to support customer and program needs.  It is possible that the option for telework could be reduced or eliminated in the future, so candidates must be willing to perform this role 100% on-site if required.

Required Skills:

Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.

Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOD Secret clearance.

Bachelors degree with at least 8 years of experience relevant to this role.

Experience with DoD ground vehicle C5ISR systems and system architectures, including how the various systems interconnect with one another on a ground vehicle platform.

Knowledge of GCCS-J and other joint common operating picture and common tactical picture systems, such as Link 16, GCCS-M, CPCE, C2PC, TAK, Agile Client, Blue Force Tracker (BFT) and Joint Battle Command Platform (JBCP). 

We need someone who understands the geeky “internals” of how COP systems work, from an implementer standpoint.  We need someone who understands what is needed to get a system like GCCS-J implemented onto the network, and how to establish end-to-end communications between the end user of the system and the computer servers that house the COP data, as well as the message formats used to communicate data across the network (JSON, VMF, etc).

Must be able to develop a vision for how a project should be executed, make recommendations to the team and to the formal project leads, lead the team toward consensus on decisions, and ultimately submit to the customer’s direction on how to proceed even if it differs from your own recommendation.

Must be a self-starter who naturally takes initiative without being tasked or instructed.  Able to work autonomously but within a team context.

Performs a high quality of work with attention to detail.

Customer-service mentality and a willingness to accept taskings from the customer.

Motivated to successfully complete a mission in spite of difficulties and hurdles.

Willing and able to navigate bureaucracies and approval chains in order to gain necessary authorizations. 

Experience managing projects and tracking adherence to cost, schedule, and performance requirements.

Experience with technical requirements definition.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.  Must be able to convey technical information in a manner that is understandable to a non-technical audience.  Must have strong interpersonal abilities and be able to communicate with a high degree of tact, professionalism and respect.

Ability to travel to various DoD and contractor locations (less than 10% travel is expected).

Desired Skills:

Bachelor of Science degree in electrical or computer engineering.

Experience with HMS radio and its associated waveforms (SINCGARS, VULOS, MUOS, TSM), DoD GPS systems (DAGR, MAPS GEN II), commercial satcom systems, HF radio, and PEO C3T organization and associated systems.

Experience as a Joint Interface Control Officer (JICO), 25U, 25B, S6, or similar.

Experience with joint interoperability certification requirements and testing.

Familiarity with CJCSI 3151.01D, CJCSI 3151.02, CJCSI 3155.01B

Knowledge of DoD SIPR network infrastructure using commercial satcom services providers, such as SNOC and GAIT.

Familiarity with DoD Risk Management processes  

Familiar with the DoD acquisition process.

Familiar with Systems Engineering processes.

Experience as a Lead Systems Engineer (LSE), or familiar with the roles of an LSE.

Knowledge/experience in performing engineering analyses, technology assessments, trade-off analyses, business case analyses and value engineering.

Experience supporting a DoD program office.

Familiarity with engineering reviews (SRR, SFR, PDR, CDR, etc) and related exit and entry criteria.

Subsystem and System level integration and testing on DoD vehicle platforms.

Familiarity with DoD training and fielding activities and logistics support products.