Torch Technologies
Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL with over 1200 employee-owners. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of Defense. As one of the nation’s top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: “Lighting the Pathway of Freedom”. And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!
Torch Technologies has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Systems Engineer providing support to the Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management Division (C3BM). Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management (C3BM) has been tasked with delivering an integrated Department of the Air Force (DAF) Battle Network providing resilient decision advantage and enabling the USAF, USSF, Joint, and Coalition Force to win against the pacing challenge. C3BM supports execution in many different focus areas. C3BM’s main efforts are Architecture and Systems Engineering (ASE), Operational Response Team (ORT), and multiple mission integration teams such as Air, Maritime and multiple acquisitions consisting of both the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) and Space. This is a full-time position that is located at Hanscom AFB, Bedford, MA but this role can also be worked remotely as long as the candidate is local to an Air Force installation and has access to SIPR/JWICS.
As a Principal Systems Engineer, your duties will include the following, but are not limited to:
Serves a Mission Integration Team (MIT) system of systems architecture design and development engineers.
Reviews current Department of Defense (DoD) architecture models and designs a migration path to a future state that enables seamless sensor-to-shooter connectivity.
Drives interconnectivity between represented PEOs and weapon systems.
Captures as is and to be states driven by MIT stressing engagement scenarios.
Engages the joint and coalition community to design and evaluate an architecture that will connect any sensor to any shooter irrespective of service or coalition.
Identifies, assesses, and matures innovative and affordable concepts meeting current and future AF needs through multi-domain expertise, analytics, and modeling, simulation & analysis tool development.
Document the requirements for the DBN
Help evaluate existing ICAM solutions within the various Programs that constitute the DAF Battle Network (DBN) against these requirements
Help identify one or two preferred Programs with the best fit ICAM solutions for needs of DBN.
Help identify any gaps against the requirements for these selected ICAM solutions.
Help the selected programs develop POA&M’s to close the gaps
Draft the ICAM Strategy document
Work with all the programs on the DBN to develop POA&Ms to migrate/converge their existing ICAM to the selected ICAM (i.e. execute the ICAM IPT strategy)
Candidate selected will be aligned to 1 of 5 Mission Integration Teams (MITs) duty stationed at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. The five mission areas are Air, Maritime, Land, homeland Air Defense, and Cross Cutting. Members of the MITs manage the DAF C3BM MIT Process for their respective MIT. The DAF C3BM MIT Process receives operational and functional requirements from the Operational Community and conducts a(an):
Operational Analysis to translate operational and functional requirements into technical requirements.
Architecture Definition to design the capability’s architecture while ensuring integration/interoperability with the broader DAF C3BM enterprise architecture.
Risk assessment of the capability, and if risk needs to be mitigated, the MIT works with the Science & Technology Community to address.
Execution management strategy providing the capability’s requirements to the Acquisition Community.
Test and Evaluation Strategy with the Acquisition Community to work with the Test and Evaluation Community for exercise and experimentation activities before delivery to the Operational Community.
Job Requirements
U.S. Citizenship
BA/BS Degree and 20+ years of experience with 12+ years of DoD related experience is required.
Must have and maintain an active Top Secret clearance.
Familiar with cloud-based systems, including management and projection of cost and performance
Familiar with agile methods and CI/CD, DevSecOps and DevOps principals
Comprehensive knowledge of principles, policies and practices of systems acquisition and program management, as defined in DoDI 5000.02 and 5000.75, as well as knowledge of roles and relationships within the DoD and the Air Force
Possess knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques for gathering, analyzing, and measuring the effectiveness, efficiency and productivity of acquisition programs
Possesses the ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing, providing quality acquisition and program documentation including but not limited to briefings, documents, and plans.
Must have and be able to maintain an active Top Secret level clearance and be SCI eligible.
Schedule: M-F; 8AM to 5PM
Work Location: Hanscom AFB, or Remote if the candidate is local to an Air Force installation and has access to SIPR/JWICS.
Travel: 10% travel is required.
Relocation Assistance Available: No
Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract: No
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Benefits:
Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment, a competitive salary, and an excellent, comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation, 401(k) match and safe-harbor contribution, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts, EAP, education assistance, paid time off, and holidays.
Applying to Torch Technologies:
Only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted. Employment at Torch Technologies is contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Torch Technologies, Inc. participates in E-Verify.
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