Duties include but are not limited to:
- Provide expert engineering oversight and guidance for systems integration and technical operations related to TARS.
- Review and analyze system requirements, technical specifications, and engineering documentation.
- Develop and maintain technical project schedules and support engineering milestone reviews.
- Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis for technical issues in coordination with field teams.
- Coordinate engineering support for logistics, sustainment, and modernization efforts.
- Support configuration management and verification of system design changes.
- Prepare engineering reports, data packages, and briefings for internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with applicable DHS/CBP, DoD, and industry engineering standards.
Required Education, Experience and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, systems engineering, or a closely related discipline.
- Master’s preferred
- Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
- A minimum of 15 years of experience in the following:
- Deep understanding of systems engineering and integration best practices.
- Experience with aerostat systems, radar, ISR platforms, or related defense technologies.
- Proficiency in engineering tools, technical documentation, and modeling/simulation
- Ability to analyze complex technical data and translate into actionable plans.
- Strong project management and coordination skills.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication abilities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and SharePoint.
- Positive adjudication from a CBP Background Investigation.
- Position requires some travel.
About NextGen:
NextGen Federal Systems is an innovative technology and professional services provider specializing in advanced software solutions and comprehensive mission and business support services. We work in close collaboration with our customers to truly understand their business and mission goals. Our approach is to design, build, implement, and manage solutions that measurably improve our client’s organizational performance. We have established and foster a corporate culture where we:
- Treat employees with fairness and respect regardless of their position, sexual identity, race, or tenure.
- Communicate the importance of our mission and our employees’ contributions to it, ensuring they understand how their job role contributes to the greater good.
- Openly promote and communicate our ideas for change and adaptability.
- Strive to achieve results as an organization.
- Hold employees accountable to their commitments and provide incentives that encourage positive and productive behaviors.
- Value the talents and contributions of our employees as the key factor for our success.
- Create an environment where people can engage at all levels.
- Encourage people to take risks and allow them to make mistakes.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
RefID: D01x
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, systems engineering, or closely related discipline
- Master's degree
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience
- Deep understanding of systems engineering and integration best practices
- Experience with aerostat systems, radar, or ISR platforms
- Proficiency in engineering tools, technical documentation, and modeling/simulation
- Ability to analyze complex technical data and translate into actionable plans
- Strong project management and coordination skills
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication abilities
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and SharePoint
- Positive adjudication from a CBP Background Investigation
- Willingness to travel as required by the position
What We Do
NextGen is an award-winning IT solutions and services provider. NextGen is a fast-growing company that employs agile and mature processes in areas of innovation, research and development, program management, systems engineering, and technology commercialization. Current customers include the Department of Defense, Federal Government, and commercial companies. NextGen utilizes a mixed model consisting of Services and Solution Development in support of customer goals. Our core areas of expertise include Software Development, Research and Development, Enterprise IT Systems Engineering, and Cyber Security & Data Management. NextGen obtained ISO 9001 certification and achieved CMMI-DEV and CMMI-SVC Level 3 appraisal. Recent and steady growth led to our recognition by INC 5000 as the 211th (2016), 440th (2017), 1096th (2018), 1703rd (2019), and 2437th (2020) fastest-growing company in the US and 19th fastest growing IT Services Company in the US. NextGen has offices near Aberdeen, MD; Ft. Meade, MD; Dayton, OH; O’Fallon, IL, and Morgantown, WV. We understand the paradigm shift of doing more with less; developing, operating, and supporting complex systems and missions while keeping pace with changing technologies; and providing high-quality working solutions to analysts and warfighters supporting the Federal Government. We aggressively manage internal costs to ensure competitive salaries for top talent while ensuring cost-effective delivery to our customers. As the demand for quality increases, NextGen is well-positioned to tackle the most intricate challenges facing the defense and intelligence communities today.
