Who We Are

We are a full lifecycle development firm. We are a small, cross-functional team. Our certified consultants create tailored solutions to meet the needs of clients – no matter how big or small. We are a creative collective of big thinkers, idea generators, agile explorers, experience creators, challenge seekers, and problem solvers. We are trusted advisors and proven innovators in software development and systems engineering in the Federal and State government and commercial spaces. We pride ourselves on excellence, ensuring that we provide results that meet our clients’ mission’s needs. Our domain expertise spans government and commercial technical implementations, cloud architecture, information sharing policy, and counterterrorism.

We are Flexwind – Join us on our journey!

Where You Will Work

This position is located in Chantilly, VA.

What You Bring

Flexwind is looking for a full-time experienced Senior Systems Engineer to use a holistic approach to design, develop, evaluate, and modify end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their entire life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Generate quantifiable requirements based on customer requirements, system planning and design, and acquisition logistics.
• Ensure requirement compliance through formal verification methods for both client requirements as well as government standards.
• Translate high level product development strategies into system requirement specification and work with other engineering disciplines to develop lower-level detailed implementation requirements.
• Establish and coordinate development of standards, practices, and procedures as it relates to the overall product development.
• Design interfaces and bring system elements together so they work as a whole.
• Assess performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures.
• Participate in system conceptual design and documentation of the design concepts.
• Participate in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements through compliance verification and validation.
• Generate system level requirements verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures.
• Review test plans/procedures and ensure they meet the objectives of the contractual requirements and participate in the testing process to validate requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Must have a TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• 10-12 years with BS/BA in Systems Engineering, Information Systems or similar degree, or 8-10 years with MS/MA, or 5-7 years with Ph.D.
• Experience in technology portfolio generation and management.
• Strong systems engineering skills focused on requirements analysis and management.
• Ability to work across multiple technology areas (infrastructure, operating systems, communications systems, etc.).
• Ability to work across teams and development types (waterfall/agile).
• Ability to support customer governance processes, including board presentation and documentation preparation.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.

Desired Qualifications

• Customer domain experience.
• Experience with Radio Frequency (RF).
• Expertise in MS Project, MS Visio, and SharePoint.

Benefits

Our Benefits Package Puts YOU at the Forefront!

At Flexwind we feel that as part of our team, YOU should have the best care available; the best work/life balance; and the best opportunity for personal and professional growth.

Flexwind’s approach goes beyond a work-life balance.

We believe:

• In helping our employees reach both their professional and personal goals.
• That who you are informs your work and that your work can enrich your life.
• That when employees bring their whole selves to work, our company and our customers reap the benefits as well.

We offer a very competitive benefits package to include, but not limited to medical, dental, vision; LTD, STD and life insurance, as well as generous PTO, and Holidays, and professional and personal development.

Flexwind is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer of individuals with disabilities and veterans. We do not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin or disability status. We E-Verify all employees.