CHIEF SCIENTIST

The Chief Scientist will provide SETA support to Tactical Networks at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD or Augusta, GA.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform electronics engineering processes, procedures, and best practices. 
• Provide engineering expertise to activities such as development, testing, evaluating, training and configuration management in support of an acquisition program.
• Provide engineering support on the transport and networking architecture focused on current and future tactical network capabilities.
• Support design reviews and perform thorough, in-depth technical evaluations and assessments of network performance and architectures, to include support of risk assessments and integration strategies.
•  Support Capability Set (CS) and Integrated Tactical Network (ITN) activities. 
• Provide technical support to evaluate and integrate new technologies to modernize communications.
• Effectively collaborate with organizations to include, but not limited to PEO C3T, other PMs and PdMs, ACM and other Army wide stakeholders and coordinate on interoperability considerations.
  Review and understand acquisition documentation (e.g. mission needs statements, operational needs statements, Initial Capabilities Documents (ICDs), Capability Development Documents (CDDs), Capability Production Documents (CPDs), technical specifications, etc.) for Army tactical communications electronics and translate those requirements to support the development of technical solutions that are standards-based and cost efficient. 
• Review Government performance work statements and contractor proposals for technical accuracy and to ensure requirements are met.
• Subject matter expert/experience in:
  Network engineering
  Designing and implementing LANs or VLANs
  Routing protocols, multicast, routing configurations, IPv4/IPv6 addressing, etc.
  Network protocol analysis using tools such as Sniffer or Wireshark
  VMware
• Subject matter expert/knowledge of:

Commercial communications equipment
Transport and network architectures
End-to-end network design and performance
Voice/data transmission and backbone networks
RF engineering
Tactical communications electronics

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 15 years of engineering experience (software/network, Satellite, RF engineering), to include at least 5 years PEO/PM level experience with Tactical Network
• PhD in Engineering, Software Engineering, Network engineering or similar

SECURITY CLEARANCE

• Active DoD Top Secret clearance required

TRAVEL

• Some travel may be required

Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.  Systek values diversity.