Title:

Senior R&D Systems Engineer

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Program Summary

KBR’s Digital Research, Engineering, Acquisition, and Materiel Management Team (DREAMM Team) provides comprehensive Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering, Model Based Systems Engineering, Modeling & Simulation, Data Analysis, DevSecOps, technical solution development, and training capabilities, serving our DoD customers. With a wide range of services and contract options, the DREAMM Team is dedicated to ensuring excellence in every aspect of our customer’s Digital Transformation journey, including strategy and implementation plan development, technical execution, and training and development courses. This commitment ensures smooth and manageable design, implementation, test and deployment of technical solutions, streamlined processes, and digital methods and approaches.

Job Summary

Are you ready to embark on a journey where your expertise meets meaningful impact? As the Senior R&D Systems Engineer you’ll dive into the various system level challenges and technical issues spanning autonomy, sensors, fusion, data analysis & management, communication systems, flight operations, and other capabilities related to ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Recognizance) missions. You’ll also help direct, oversee, and guide Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) efforts to establish and expand an authoritative source of truth for a rapidly developing set of requirements, architectures, and implementations of an autonomous ISR UCAV (Uncrewed Air Vehicle prototype. You’ll also help direct Mission Engineering and analysis efforts to understand operational needs, and architecture level tradeoffs that drive measures of effectiveness (MOEs) and performance (MOPs). Join our team at KBR supporting the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) and be at the forefront of military autonomous solution development and prototyping, contributing to our success story. You’ll collaborate closely with a diverse team, fostering innovation and excellence every step of the way. If you’re ready to make a difference and thrive in a dynamic environment, apply now and let’s shape the future together!

The successful candidate for this position possesses a deep and diverse background that includes autonomous flight systems, mission modeling & simulation, sensing technology, software/hardware product design, research & development, and artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions. This role will be part of a team supporting the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in a research and development effort to prototype and transition an autonomous ISR capability operating at the edge to detect, identify, track, maintain custody of and report on high value targets. Responsibilities include:

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Support AFRL Principal Investigator on R&D projects in the remote sensing and/or autonomy domain, in support of ISR missions.

• Oversee and help direct complex architecture and implementation MBSE modeling efforts to build an authoritative source of truth, support R&D prototyping efforts, and support transition to an Air Force Program of Record

• Oversee and help direct Mission Engineering analysis to help define operational needs and MOEs and MOPs to help characterize performance and inform system development

• Organize, and lead teams of diverse backgrounds and technical skills, fostering collaboration among systems engineers, software developers, and hardware designers.

• Serve as a subject matter expert (among a team of SMEs) and help drive the conception, development, and implementation of technical solutions to fulfill project objectives.

• Develop customer relationships and engage to understand emergent technical problems of importance.

• Experience working in a DoD security environment

• Experience working closely with engineering teams to evaluate, integrate, and deliver novel technologies

Basic Qualifications:

• Academic degree in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, or Computer Science, with accompanying years of relevant experience as indicated:

• Bachelor's + 15 years

• Master's + 11 years

• Ph.D. + 5 years

• Demonstrated background and relevant experience in the development of sensing technologies (systems, software)

• Demonstrable successful performance in technical leadership role(s)

• Participation in R&D business capture through solution development, customer engagement, and proposal content preparation

• Excellence in oral and written technical communication.

• Effective organizational skills with the ability to multi-task in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active Top Secret Security Clearance

• Experience on fast-paced innovation and development programs

• Experience supporting capabilities demonstration and flight experimentation events

• Expertise in AI and ML solutions

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

Inclusion and Diversity at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people, sustainability, and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a more inclusive and diverse company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment of real collaboration across cultures and locations. Our individual differences and perspectives bring enhanced value to our teams and help us develop solutions for the most challenging problems. We understand that by embracing those differences and working together, we are more innovative, more resilient.

INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY AT KBR

A t KBR, we are passionate about our people, sustainability, and our Zero Harm culture.

These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a more inclusive and diverse company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment of real collaboration across cultures and locations. Our individual differences and perspectives bring enhanced value to our teams and help us develop solutions for the most challenging problems. We understand that by embracing those differences and working together, we are more innovative, more resilient, and safer.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.