Are you passionate about supporting our Warfighters? So are we. Serco is an acronym for “Service Company,” and that is what we do, provide the best services to our DoD customers and fellow citizens every day. Serco is a place you can count on for growth, opportunity, and loyalty. Discover your place in our world. This is a Full Time position based in Alabama with travel to Georgia and remote work options supporting DoD, Federal Civilian, and commercial customers as required.

The Senior Systems Engineer SME will provide multi-disciplinary support to government system acquisition program management offices and will serve as an advisor to government personnel. They will lead working groups and develop engineering solutions to major acquisition program issues. The position will support multiple projects for a variety DoD acquisition program offices, work with senior government personnel on a regular basis, and will frequently be called on to provide briefings and lead large meetings. 

Wayne Borchers is our Director, Engineering & Logistics consultancy within Serco; he has many years of experience in all of the functional areas of the DoD Acquisition Framework. In his current role, he builds project teams that require the following expertise:  acquisition logisticians, systems engineers, cost analysts, test and evaluation SMEs, requirements management SMEs and enterprise architects. He is a retired Navy Aviation Maintenance officer.

In this role, you will provide:

• Multi-disciplinary support to government system acquisition program management offices and will serve as an advisor to government personnel.
• Lead working groups and develop engineering solutions to major acquisition program issues.
• Support multiple projects for a variety of DoD acquisition program offices, work with senior government personnel on a regular basis, and will frequently be called on to provide briefings and lead large meetings.
• Perform functional analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.

To be successful in this role you must have:

• Master’s Degree in Engineering / Computer Science or equivalent experience with 10+ years broad technical and managerial experience with DoD, including systems engineering analysis in support of major acquisition programs  
• An active DoD Secret Security Clearance is required.
• Ability to travel up to 20%
• Self-motivated, detail oriented, responsible team player able to work independently with minimal daily direction

Preferred skills:

• Active Top Secret clearance, SCI eligible
• Minimum 5 years’ experience with MBSE/Digital Engineering and ability to provide MBSE/SysML expertise and related support to the entire systems engineering team
• Prior Airworthiness Certification experience and familiarity with MIL-HDBK-516
• Experience working with Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) artifacts to include: operations views (OV), systems views (SV), capability views (CV), data views (DV) using systems modeling language (SysML)
• Develop and extend system models using existing requirements, interface documentation, and related design and systems engineering documents
• Prior Experience working with other DoD Stakeholders

If you're interested in joining the Serco team, submit your application today and discover your place in our world!

Serco Inc. (Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc. In North America, Serco’s 9,000+ employees strive to make an impact every day across 100+ sites in the areas of Defense, Citizen Services, and Transportation. We help our clients deliver vital services more efficiently while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers. Serco serves every branch of the U.S. military, numerous U.S. Federal civilian agencies, the Intelligence Community, the Canadian government, state, provincial and local governments, and commercial clients. While your place may look a little different depending on your role, we know you will find yours here. Wherever you work and whatever you do, we invite you to discover your place in our world. Serco is a place you can count on and where you can make an impact because every contribution matters.

To review Serco benefits please visit: https://www.serco.com/na/careers/benefits-of-choosing-serco. If you require an accommodation with the application process please email: careers@serco-na.com or call the HR Service Desk at 800-628-6458, option 1. Please note, due to EEOC/OFCCP compliance, Serco is unable to accept resumes by email.

Candidates may be asked to present proof of identify during the selection process. If requested, this will require presentation of a government-issued I.D. (with photo) with name and address that match the information entered on the application. Serco will not take possession of or retain/store the information provided as proof of identity. For more information on how Serco uses your information, please see our Applicant Privacy Policy and Notice.

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Serco is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.