Principal Nuclear Surety Engineer - Nuclear Surety Team Lead Engineer

Overview

Arcfield is a leading provider of full lifecycle, mission-focused systems engineering and integration capabilities to the U.S. government and its allies. The company has more than 60 years of proven experience providing advanced engineering and analysis, IT and C5ISR capabilities to support our nation’s most critical national security missions. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA and with 16 offices around the world, Arcfield employs approximately 1,200 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals who put our customers’ missions first, helping them solve their most complex challenges through innovations in modeling, simulation and analysis, digital transformation and C5ISR. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

Responsibilities

We are seeking a Principal Nuclear Surety Engineer to serve as a Nuclear Surety Team Lead to support nuclear scientific/engineering/surety efforts in and around Hill Air Force Base, UT. In this position, you will have the opportunity to work with a team responsible for deploying, maintaining, troubleshooting, and integrating system upgrades to support the AF customer and be a key member on the surety design team. This is a great position for a senior surety engineer to have a tremendous impact on our nation’s strategic deterrent and guide the next generation of surety professionals in all aspects of AF weapon system design and employment. Be a part of Arcfield’s rapidly growing candidate pool for openings anticipated in mid-summer 2024.

Responsibilities

What you will do…

• Participate in the DoD nuclear weapon lifecycle management as it pertains to development programs and the 6X process in relation to alterations, retrofit orders, life extension programs, and modifications for deployed and future systems. Your detailed knowledge of lifecycle management will be key to the design of follow-on systems and maintaining the current AF ICBM system through design and transition.
• Apply the DoD Systems Engineering lifecycle requirements with the ability to apply systems engineering processes to development programs, life extension programs and alterations. Have detailed knowledge of nuclear surety design criteria and the ability to apply systems engineering approach to ensure proper employment throughout all aspects of the Stockpile to Target Sequence (STS) and in compliance with the nuclear surety standards.
• Be knowledgeable in the application of nuclear safety and nuclear security techniques as it applies to AF ICBM current and future systems. Your application of nuclear surety will be key to ensuring these aspects are clearly identified in the designs within a model-based systems engineering environment.
• Have detailed knowledge and understanding of AFI 63-125, Nuclear Certification Program
• Have detailed knowledge and understanding of 91 Series AFIs and AFMANs
• Guide team-members, customers, end-users and partners with issue/problem resolutions, including writing of technical documentation and participation in technical meetings ensuring all aspects of nuclear surety design are properly vetted and documented.
• Conduct technical nuclear surety analyses, nuclear certification assessments, and risk and vulnerability analyses for deployed and future AF ICBM systems. Additionally, you will have the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to assist the AF in execution of the ICBM Nuclear Surety and certification program.
• Perform evaluations of the system design, operation of electrical, mechanical, nuclear command and control, software, and communications subsystems for deployed and future AF ICBM systems
• Support IPTs in the development of their designs to ensure compliance with nuclear surety standards; working closely with AF, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and national laboratories to ensure nuclear surety standards are met or exceeded in the Military Characteristics (MCs), STS, operational documentation for deployed and future systems
• Ensure system architecture meets nuclear surety requirements
• Conduct threat assessments to determine if proposed developer solutions to ICBM mission requirements create Nuclear Surety risks
• Support nuclear weapon Project Officer Groups (POG) and associated Safety Subcommittee (SSC) with nuclear surety assessments in collaboration with AF and NNSA ensuring evolving processes and procedures do not violate surety standards and remain safe
• Support Nuclear Surety Working Groups and present technical results of the analysis to internal and external customers
• Present technical material to the Nuclear Surety Working Group and other AF review boards
• Ensure Nuclear Safety Design Certification compliance including weapon system specifications, weapon system architecture, and compliance documents (AFIs and AFMANs) wit