Job Description

TSA Systems Engineer 

The primary focus of this position is on broadly supporting, developing and formatting acquisition documentation for future transportation security passenger, baggage, and cargo screening technologies.

This involves iterative Requirements elicitation and evolution from operational requirements to functional and technical requirements and production of testable system requirements. As a Systems Engineer you will be responsible for implementing the DHS acquisition policy and framework: ACQUISITION DIRECTIVE (AD) 102 in support of the Transportation Security Administration s Office of Security Capabilities. DOD 5000 ACQUISITION EXPERIENCE IS DIRECTLY APPLICABLE AND VALUABLE.

Is preferably knowledgeable of TSA systems and familiar with the DoD or DHS acquisition process. 

The System Engineer will

• aid in developing the documentation for the entire life cycle of acquiring and implementing checked baggage screening, explosive detection, and check point scanning.

and

• Using new or existing technology the system engineer will develop the engineering process from inception to the end of its life cycle.

Requirements MUST HAVE U.S. CITIZENSHIP

• SECURITY CLEARANCE: Must have or be eligible to receive a DHS Secret security clearance. Existing Secret Clearance is a plus.

• DHS SUITABILITY: Must be able to pass DHS Suitability screening or DHS financial responsibility standards. This is simply another security screening.

• Must have a Bachelor’s in mechanical, electrical, or systems/software/computer engineering.

• Knowledge in systems engineering, systems development methodology, project management.

• Hands-on experience with DHS AD 102 requirements (or DOD 5000 EQUIVALENT)

• Knowledge of the Acquisition Life Cycle Framework for translating user requirements, mission needs and gaps into FUNCTIONAL AND SYSTEM LEVEL REQUIREMENTS.

• Development of Broad Agency Announcements (BAA), BAA evaluation, and conducting research on emerging technologies with Industry, Academia, National Labs, and other Federal Agencies.

• Requirements development, verification, validation - Experience / Ability to create a requirement verification matrix

• Ability to lead the development of operational requirements and writing functional and technical requirements documents such as CONOPS, ORD and FRD requirements

• Experience developing / writing solution demonstration plans, test plans, site selection, scenarios, test execution, and test reporting

• 5+ years of prior experience with hands-on requirements development

Desirable:

• Direct experience working with the DHS/ TSA acquisition process.
• Direct experience with the acquisition of complex Explosive Detection Systems [EDS], Advanced Technology (AT) and Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT)
• Requirements and Verification Database (MagicDraw / Cameo Systems Modeler)

Benefits Complete, comprehensive benefits package. We will respond with more details to qualified applicants.

Company Description

GST is an engineering firm and prime contractor for the Department of Homeland Security. Our core capabilities include systems engineering; R&D in the domains of physics, chemistry, biology, electronics, and software; Test and Evaluation (T&E), Human Factors (HF) engineering, Configuration Management (CM), and Integrated Logistic Support (ILS). GST is the prime contractor for (among others) the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Professional Engineering and Logistics Support Services (PELSS-2) contract, supporting the fields of baggage screening, passenger screening, surveillance, air cargo/ intermodal security and technology integration. Under this contract, we interface with Government and international entities, equipment manufacturers, airports, and personnel from all modes of transportation. We provide liaison to the R&D community, report on emergent technologies, perform trade off studies, develop system architectures, and produce standards, specifications and requirements. GST also supports the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL) at the W.J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City, NJ. Technical support ranges from lab management to research and development (R&D) on the detectable properties of explosives and other dangerous materials, new technology for explosive detection in passenger and cargo screening, testing and certification of explosive detection equipment.