Systems Engineer B-2 01.6.07

Overview

At Credence, we support our clients’ mission-critical needs, powered by technology. We provide cutting-edge solutions, including AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities, to the largest defense and health federal organizations. Through partnership and trust, we increase mission success for warfighters and secure our nation for a better future.

We are privately held, are repeatedly recognized as a top place to work, and have been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 12 years. We practice servant leadership and believe that by focusing on the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success. 

Credence has an immediate opening for a B-2 Systems Engineer at the principal level to support the B-2 Division who is responsible for the modernization, test, production, fielding and sustainment of B-2 aircraft and related systems.  The B-2 is a high demand, low density fleet that is 20+ years old, is undergoing numerous concurrent acquisitions to solve obsolescence issues, and delivers critical aerial denial/anti-access and nuclear capabilities at Tinker AFB, OK. 

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the duties listed below:

• The B-2 Systems Engineer Principal shall support the institution of a collaborative process bridging warfighter (sponsor) identified capability needs (requirements) to planning for the acquisition of materiel solutions which satisfy the need.  This support shall include researching program information, providing systems engineering insight, conducting analyses, and briefing preparation.
• Support interfaces and processes with development planning, technology, intelligence, acquisition, sustainment, and user communities.
• Independently apply knowledge and experience to the scope of enterprise activities which spans requirements/acquisition and sustainment and includes understanding doctrine, assisting in identifying and defining requirements, developing horizontally integrated acquisition, sustainment, and investment strategies, integration of technologies, integration of intelligence, and development of sustainment strategies.  Capability requirements and option sets will be architecture-based to ensure the necessary interoperability and appropriate linkages to other capabilities.  The integrated option sets developed may cut across multiple platforms, programs, and phases as well as across multiple enterprises.
• Support development of strategies for crosscutting capability requirements.  The Contractor shall assist with initiating, writing, reviewing, developing and implementing documentation including but not limited to TEMPs, SEPs, RFPs, SOOs, test plans, LCMP, Pre-Milestone A and Pre-Milestone B documentation as appropriate.
• Provide technical support to Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (SETR), including but not limited to IBR, SRR, SFR, PDR, CDR, FCA, SVR, PCA and TRRs.  Support includes rigorous technical review of SETR deliverables, assessment of design maturity against satisfying SETR entrance/exit criteria, and technical recommendations to the program manager, lead engineer and chief engineer.
• Prepare Airworthiness Plans, Certification Basis, Compliance Reports, Military Flight Releases, and Military Type Certificates and brief Airworthiness documents through board reviews and to the Delegated Technical Authority/Technical Airworthiness Authority.
• Develop action plans to resolve Deficiency Reports (DRs) and brief action plans at review boards and at the MIPRB to the Chief Engineer.
• Develop action plans to resolve system safety risks, develop Safety Action Records (SARs), develop System Safety Risk Assessments (SSRAs) and brief action plans at review boards, System Safety Working Group (SSWG), System Safety Group (SSG) and to the Chief Engineer and System Program Manager.
• Develop Operational Safety, Suitability and Effectiveness (OSS&E) documents and brief OSS&E documents at review boards and to the Chief Engineer and System Program Manager.
• Prepare Permanent, T1, and T2 modification packages and brief through board reviews and up to the Chief Engineer and System Program Manager.
• Provide technical support to software reviews, including but not limited to Integrated Functional Capability (IFC) Readiness Assessments (IRAs), IFC TRRs, IFC Demos, and IFC Fielding Recommendations.
• Support the identification, assessment, and analysis of the future capability solution sets required to support capability requirements.  These activities will be critical subject areas during reviews including but not limited to program reviews and IBRs. 
• Assist in reviewing systems engineering initiatives brought about by policy changes to buying commercial items (such as acquisition of non-destructive inspection, commercial-