Barbaricum is seeking a seasoned Program Manager to lead execution under a high-impact Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) Task Order in support of the Power and Energy Systems Division (JXM) at NSWC Crane. This work supports the Information Analysis Center (IAC) Multiple Award Contract (MAC) and involves advancing next-gen battery technologies, system integration, and lifecycle sustainment across mission-critical platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Manage complex RDT&E efforts with multi-project oversight, delivering technical and scientific outputs in support of missile, shipboard, and aircraft energy systems.
• Manage multidisciplinary teams of SMEs, analysts, engineers.
• Lead coordination and communication across NSWC Crane stakeholders, Government sponsors, and subcontractors.
• Support development and refinement of Project Management Plans (PMPs), Monthly Status Reports (MSRs), and Final Technical Reports (FTRs).
• Ensure timely delivery of Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs) and compliance with Service Summary performance thresholds.
• Guide rapid prototyping efforts and ensure efficient acquisition and tracking of Other Direct Costs (ODCs), equipment, and subcontractor onboarding.
• Interface with Crane’s MIPR and financial management processes, ensuring smooth flow of funds and accurate burn tracking across multiple cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF) projects.
• Serves as the primary interface between the Government and the Contractor Team.

Qualifications:

• Active DoD Secret Clearance.
• Eligible for and experienced with handling COMSEC material and working in classified environments.
• Deep understanding of NSWC Crane’s mission, organizational structure, and business/contracting processes.
• Prior experience managing work at Crane, including firsthand knowledge of technical workflows, customer expectations, and Crane’s operational tempo.
• 7+ years of relevant experience in DoD R&D program management, including direct CPFF contract execution.
• Experience working under an IAC MAC or similar multi-award environment strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with MIPR processes, rapid subcontractor onboarding, and execution of high-value ODC purchases.
• Strong knowledge of DFARS, DoD acquisition standards, and deliverable compliance.
• Excellent written communication and stakeholder briefing skills.
• Lead for formulating, guiding, and directing the technical approach; and defining and negotiation with NSWC personnel for necessary resources.
• Experience planning and managing complex tasks—sometimes under tight budget and time constraints—across a geographically dispersed and remote/virtual workforce

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP Certification.
• Technical background in energy systems, power storage, or systems engineering.
• Experience supporting classified work including clearance management and secure facility access.
• Experience overseeing lab, warehouse and logistics operations.
• Experience with Scientific and Technical Information (STI) specific.

Barbaricum is seeking a Systems Administrator IV to support CBM+ initiatives through system administration, cloud infrastructure support, and data environment management.

The selected candidate will ensure system performance, availability, and compliance while supporting data-driven maintenance capabilities across CBM+ systems.

Responsibilities:

• Administer, maintain, and optimize enterprise systems and cloud environments.
• Support data architecture, analytics, and data transfer processes.
• Collaborate with developers and engineers to support system integration.
• Monitor system performance, security, and availability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve system, network, and data-related issues.
• Ensure compliance with DoD security and configuration standards.
• Manage system updates, patching, and configuration control.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in systems administration or related role.
• Experience with cloud networking and infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of system administration, networking, and cybersecurity principles.
• Experience supporting data environments and system integration.
• DoD 8570 Advanced certification (e.g., SecurityX, GCSA, CCSP) required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting CBM+ or predictive maintenance programs.
• Experience with data architecture, analytics, and data transfer solutions.
• Familiarity with software development and systems engineering practices.
• Experience supporting DoD or federal programs.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Security+, AWS, Azure).

We are seeking a Computer Engineer IV with strong UI/UX expertise to support Condition-Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+) initiatives. This role will focus on designing intuitive user interfaces, developing data-driven dashboards, and supporting system and data architecture to enable effective maintenance and operational decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop user interfaces and dashboards for CBM+ systems and data platforms
• Apply UI/UX best practices to ensure intuitive, user-centered design
• Support data science efforts through visualization and analytics tools
• Develop and maintain dashboards using tools such as Qlik
• Collaborate with data engineers, systems engineers, and developers to integrate data and system architectures
• Support system and data architecture design to enable scalable CBM+ solutions
• Ensure usability, performance, and accessibility of interfaces

Reqiured Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• Active DoD Secret Clearance
• DoD 8570 Advanced certification (e.g., SecurityX, GCSA, CCSP, or equivalent) must be obtained and maintained
• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in software engineering, UI/UX design, or related field
• Experience with dashboard development and data visualization tools (e.g., Qlik)
• Strong understanding of interface design, data science concepts, and system architecture
• Experience developing user-centered solutions in complex technical environments

Barbaricum is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator to support Systems Engineering for the Maneuver, Surveillance, & Engagement Division at NSWC Crane in Bedford, IN. This role focuses on Windows workstation provisioning, system image management, and automated operating system deployment within a secure DoD environment.

The selected candidate will design, implement, and maintain enterprise workstation deployment solutions while ensuring compliance with DoD security standards. This position requires strong expertise in Windows deployment technologies, scripting, and system configuration management in a hybrid work environment (minimum three days onsite per week).

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain Windows workstation deployment and provisioning solutions using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and/or Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM).
• Develop and maintain automated task sequences to support standardized operating system deployments.
• Build, maintain, and capture Windows system images using Sysprep and WIM capture processes.
• Administer and maintain Group Policy Objects (GPOs) and system configuration baselines across enterprise environments.
• Monitor system configurations, including hardware and software baselines, to ensure operational reliability and compliance with security requirements.
• Utilize PowerShell scripting to automate system administration and deployment processes.
• Maintain Windows deployment infrastructure components including Windows ADK and WinPE.
• Develop and maintain system design documentation, deployment procedures, and configuration standards.
• Provide technical assistance and training to users on systems and software relevant to mission requirements.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity personnel and engineers to ensure systems meet DoD security and compliance requirements.

Required Qualifications:

• Active DoD Secret clearance required; Top Secret clearance preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of professional experience in systems administration supporting enterprise IT environments.
• Demonstrated experience with Windows OS deployment and provisioning using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and/or Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM).
• Experience developing and maintaining task sequences for automated workstation deployments.
• Experience with Sysprep utility and WIM image capture processes.
• Proficiency with PowerShell scripting for automation and systems management.
• Experience with Windows ADK and WinPE deployment environments.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD 8570 Advanced certification (e.g., SecurityX, GCSA, CCSP, or equivalent).
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and technical documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active DoD Top Secret clearance.
• Experience supporting DoD or Navy environments, particularly NSWC Crane.
• Familiarity with enterprise endpoint management and compliance frameworks.
• Prior experience working in hybrid or classified environments with strict security requirements.
• Active DoD 8570 Advanced certification (e.g., SecurityX, GCSA, CCSP, or equivalent).

Barbaricum supports NSWC Crane with advanced modeling, simulation, and mission analysis capabilities that inform DoD platform architecture, system integration, and test and evaluation activities. Our teams deliver physics-based analysis that complements MBSE efforts by transforming authoritative SysML-based system models into executable mission-level simulations and actionable analysis products across complex, multi-domain operational environments.

We are seeking an AFSIM Simulation Engineer to develop and execute mission-level and kill-chain simulations that consume MBSE-defined system architectures, interfaces, and mission threads to assess hardware-centric DoD platforms and integrated mission systems.

The Role

The AFSIM Simulation Engineer develops, executes, and analyzes physics-based mission simulations using the Advanced Framework for Simulation and Integration Modeling (AFSIM). This role supports mission effectiveness assessments, experimentation, and Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) events by implementing MBSE-derived SysML views—including requirements, functional threads, physical architectures, and interfaces—as AFSIM inputs to evaluate sensor-to-shooter kill chains and operational effects, including EMSO-relevant influences.

Responsibilities

• Develop, modify, and execute AFSIM models derived from MBSE SysML artifacts, including mission threads, functional flows, system architectures, and interface definitions

• Analyze blue vs. red kill chains, system interactions, and mission-level effects across integrated sensor, shooter, and command elements

• Translate MBSE handoff artifacts (requirements allocations, activity diagrams, block definitions, internal block diagrams) into executable AFSIM entities, behaviors, and interactions

• Integrate sensor, RF, EW, weapon, and platform models consistent with MBSE-defined system boundaries, interfaces, and architectural assumptions

• Support experimentation, test events, and LVC exercises focused on validating system architectures, mission threads, and kill-chain performance

• Conduct verification and validation of AFSIM models against MBSE-defined assumptions, constraints, and system definitions

• Perform statistical and analytical assessments of mission outcomes and kill-chain performance drivers, producing analysis products traceable to system design and architecture decisions

• Collaborate with MBSE, LVC, and other modeling and simulation teams to maintain digital thread continuity from SysML models through AFSIM simulations to analysis reports and T&E artifacts

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Operations Research, or related technical field

• Active DoD Secret (Top Secret/SCI preferred)

• 5+ years of modeling and simulation experience supporting system-level or mission-level analysis

• Hands-on experience developing and executing AFSIM models

• Strong understanding of mission-level analysis, system architectures, and kill-chain dynamics

• Ability to interpret and analyze large simulation datasets and trace results back to system requirements and architecture drivers

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting DoD platforms or hardware-centric mission systems within an MBSE-driven development environment

• Experience executing sensor-to-shooter or effects-based kill-chain analysis tied directly to system architecture trades

• Experience supporting DoD test, evaluation, or experimentation activities using MBSE-informed scenarios and architectures

• Programming experience in Python, C++, or MATLAB

Barbaricum provides advanced engineering and analytical support to Department of Defense customers across mission engineering, modeling and simulation, and system integration domains. Our teams support Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane in developing, integrating, and evaluating complex DoD platforms and mission systems operating across multiple domains.

We are seeking a Senior MBSE Engineer to support NSWC Crane by developing and maintaining authoritative system and mission models that inform platform architecture, hardware integration, interoperability, and kill-chain execution across operational scenarios, in direct support of test and evaluation activities.

The Role

The Senior MBSE Engineer applies Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies to complex DoD platforms and hardware-centric mission systems composed of sensors, payloads, communications, processing elements, and supporting software. This role supports platform architecture development, System Engineering Technical Reviews (SETR), and digital thread traceability from mission needs through system verification and validation, with emphasis on enabling and assessing end-to-end kill-chain performance, including EMSO-relevant capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain MBSE products supporting DoD platform architecture definition, mission engineering, and kill-chain analysis in support of SETR activities

• Create and manage SysML/UML models capturing system requirements, functional behavior, physical architectures, hardware interfaces, and kill-chain functional threads

• Generate SETR artifacts including platform architecture views, functional threads, interface definitions, kill-chain mappings, and verification mappings

• Develop and manage MBSE meta-chain reporting templates supporting platform-level digital thread traceability, including kill-chain dependencies and performance drivers

• Perform data management (DM) and configuration management (CM) of MBSE artifacts across model repositories

• Integrate MBSE products with hardware-centric modeling, simulation, and analysis environments supporting kill-chain assessment

• Support platform and mission assessments within Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) and operational test environments

• Collaborate with hardware, software, integration, and test teams to ensure model fidelity, platform integration readiness, interoperability, and kill-chain coherence

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or STEM discipline from an ABET-accredited institution

• Active DoD Secret (Top Secret/SCI preferred)

• 7+ years of systems engineering experience supporting DoD platforms or hardware-intensive systems using MBSE

• Expert knowledge of MBSE methodologies applied to platform-level and hardware-centric system architectures, including mission and kill-chain analysis

• Proficiency with MBSE tools such as Cameo Systems Modeler, Rational Rhapsody, DOORS, and Teamwork Cloud

• Strong experience producing platform architecture and SETR artifacts

• Experience with system-level requirements traceability, verification planning, and mission thread development

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting DoD platforms, mission systems, or hardware-centric defense programs with a kill-chain or mission-thread focus

• Experience modeling physical architectures, hardware interfaces, and system integration boundaries impacting kill-chain performance

• Familiarity with integrating MBSE products with platform development, integration, and test activities supporting end-to-end mission execution

The Senior Program Manager (SPM) will lead program execution, financial management, contract compliance, and customer engagement for a major NSWC Crane contract supporting the MXM Division. The SPM ensures all technical, schedule, and cost objectives are met while maintaining strong relationships with government stakeholders and internal teams.

Responsibilities:

• Provide overall leadership, direction, and management of program activities aligned with NSWC Crane MXM Division mission objectives.
• Serve as the primary interface with government customers, contracting officers, and technical representatives.
• Oversee planning, execution, tracking, and reporting of all program tasks, milestones, and deliverables.
• Manage program budgets, staffing, procurement actions, and forecasts; ensure compliance with DoD financial and contractual requirements.
• Lead risk management, issue resolution, and continuous process improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams (engineering, logistics, finance, contracting, cybersecurity) to ensure seamless program execution.
• Prepare and deliver high-quality briefings, reports, and contract documentation.
• Ensure adherence to all applicable DoD policies, security standards, and QA processes.
• Mentor junior staff and support talent planning for program growth and sustainment.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Program Management, or related field
• 7+ years of program or project management experience supporting DoD programs; experience with NSWC Crane strongly preferred.
• Proven success leading multi-disciplinary technical programs of similar size and scope.
• Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, schedules, risks, and performance for complex programs.
• Strong understanding of DoD acquisition processes, FAR/DFARS, and contract types (CPFF, T&M, FFP).
• Exceptional communication skills, with experience briefing senior government leadership.
• Active DoD Secret clearance required; TS/SCI eligible preferred.
• PMP certification highly desirable.

Additional Desired Experience:

• Experience within model-based systems engineering (MBSE), electromagnetic spectrum operations (EMSO), weapons systems, electronic warfare, sensors, test & evaluation, or related MXM mission areas.
• Familiarity with NSWC Crane organizational structure, contracting processes, and program execution expectations.
• Prior experience leading subcontractors and managing multi-company teams.