Leidos is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to support the system engineering efforts of our NATO Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) Systems Engineering & Integration and Test (SEIT) Program based in The Hague, Netherlands. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the NATO BMD System Engineering team with requirements development efforts for the NATO BMD C2 systems. Activities include coordinating with developmental programs on implementation of system requirements, deriving system requirements from high level objectives, defining system level requirements, and coordinating with the architecture team as necessary. Additional activities may include supporting the test verification efforts, monitoring project schedules, interfacing with users, product developers, and other stakeholders.

The above activities involve generation of documentation in UK English, as well as communicating with programme office personnel, stakeholders, and National Representatives in conferences and meetings in UK English. Travel is expected to be about 20%. 

Qualifications:

• Candidate must have a Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering/technical discipline from an accredited college, and 15 years’ experience in systems engineering and integration; or a Masters and 12 years’ experience.
• Must have a current active NATO Secret level security clearance.
• High ability in speaking, writing, and understanding English is essential.  All on-site work will be conducted in English.  All personnel working on-site shall have a minimum required level of English language of SLP3333 as defined in NATO STANAG 6001.
• Demonstrates initiative and a strong work ethic, works well within an engineering team, mission oriented, and takes personal pride in work.
• Eagerness to collaborate with multinational stakeholders, system architects, engineers, and operational users
• Willingness to lead and serve as an independent contributor in the daily activities of small technical teams

Required Skills:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Systems Engineering, Integration and Implementation of NATO (or national) Command and Control, Communication and Information Systems
• Experience in System of Systems or Command and Control, Communication and Information Systems requirements management/specification processes
• Proficiency with COTS tools that support programme / project management processes such as IBM Rational DOORS, Sparx Enterprise Architect
• Experience with at least one of the following Systems Engineering and Architecture Frameworks: TOGAF, DoDAF, NAF, ITIL v3

Desired skills are as follows:

• Knowledge of communication requirements such as JREAP, Link-16, DIS, HLA
• Understanding of NATO (or national) air and missile defence operational aspects
• Experience in architecture development
• Knowledge of Static and Deployable communications networks
• Knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture and Web Services related standards
• Experience in an international environment

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