Contract Management Specialist - Associate or Experienced
Boeing
Senior Systems Engineer – Certification
The Stahl Companies
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Virginia
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About the role
- Lead Combat System (CS) certification activities across advanced Navy platforms such as Ship Self Defense System (SSDS), Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), AEGIS Integrated Combat Systems, DDG-1000 Zumwalt class, Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD), and other CS elements.
- Develop and execute certification plans aligned with program milestones, ensuring compliance with Navy certification policies (NWSCP 9410.2B, PEOIWSINST 4730.1B, 4732.1A), the Navy Systems Engineering Technical Review Manual, and industry standards (IEEE 1012, IEEE 12207).
- Identify, collect, and assess Objective Quality Evidence (OQE) required for certification assessments, ensuring evidence quality and completeness.
- Plan, coordinate, and execute Mission Readiness Assessments (MRAs) and Combat System Certification Panels (CSCPs), including organizing wall-walks, conducting dry runs, and presenting technical evidence to panel members.
- Draft and finalize formal authorization and certification letters for Certification Officials and/or Authorities for fleet distribution and operational use.
- Apply engineering and certification policy expertise to define tailored certification approaches for emergent capabilities, experimental systems, and new technologies.
- Integrate Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) practices into certification processes from early planning through major reviews (SWIRs, IPRs, MRAs, CSCPs), enhancing traceability and digital collaboration.
- Utilize web-based tools to securely disseminate OQE and certification materials and maintain comprehensive records management.
- Interface with system engineers, developers, testers, and government sponsors to ensure certification requirements are met and systems are validated for fleet deployment.
- Support continuous process improvement in CS certification standards and mentor junior engineers in certification planning, execution, and compliance documentation.
Requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline, or four (4) years of a demonstrated and established knowledge base and subject matter expertise relevant to specific technical disciplines of the SOW.
- Ten (10) years of experience in Combat System Certification, with emphasis in one or more of: Ship Self Defense System (SSDS), Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) class, AEGIS Integrated Combat Systems, DDG-1000 Zumwalt class destroyer, Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD), and combat system element certifications.
- Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of current certification policies (NWSCP 9410.2B, PEOIWSINST 4730.1B, PEOIWSINST 4732.1A), Navy systems engineering policy (Technical Review Manual), and industry best practices (IEEE 1012, IEEE 12207).
- Demonstrated experience generating certification plans aligned with program milestones, identifying, collecting and assessing Objective Quality Evidence (OQE), and producing certification assessments.
- Experience planning, coordinating, and executing Mission Readiness Assessments (MRAs) and Combat System Certification Panels (CSCPs), including organizing wall-walks, conducting dry runs, and presenting technical evidence to panel members.
- Experience drafting authorization and certification letters for Certification Officials and/or Certification Authorities for fleet distribution and operational use.
- In-depth knowledge and experience tailoring engineering and certification policies for emergent efforts, experiments, and new development technologies.
- Experience utilizing Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) from certification planning through decision milestones (SWIRs, IPRs, MRAs, CSCPs) and disseminating OQE via web-based technology with complete records management.
- Experience maintaining comprehensive records management including Action Items, Statements of Findings (SOFs), meeting materials, and certification evidence archives.
- Top Secret clearance required.
