In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next!

When it comes to what you want in your career, if you can imagine it, you can do it at Parsons. Imagine a career working with exceptional people sharing a common quest. Imagine a workplace where you can be yourself. Where you can thrive. Where you can find your next, right now. We’ve got what you’re looking for.

Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Advanced System Engineer to join our team! In this role you will get to help define and evaluate Missile Defense System (MDS) Trade capability space envelope, architectural performance metrics, and other high-level performance metrics as applicable.

What You'll Be Doing:

Provide technical expertise on missile defense activities to include adversary capabilities, systems engineering, and evaluation. 

Remain cognizant of intelligence updates of new threat systems that affect future missile defense architectures.

Evaluate the adequacy of the current MDS to include ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defensive architecture to counter the threat and recommend courses of action for concept of operations, system improvements; and identify alternate strategies for affordable, cost effective and technically advanced systems.

Evaluate and adapt analysis of Allied Missile Defense systems and how in defense of the Unified Command Theaters, those allied missile defense systems can be incorporated into U.S. missile defense systems to provide a more robust defense.

Provide reach-back for consulting services for key MDS development expertise; facilitating efforts across internal/external stakeholders such as Services and Combatant Commanders providing strategic advice, guidance and direction.

Support, evaluate, analyze and develop technical recommendations through exchanges with FFRDCs, UARCs, and OGAs to provide input on program process and technical improvement opportunities.

Support Defense Architecture evolution strategy and development through assessment of interim and final results of Analysis of Alternatives and other analysis activities to include top-level requirements.

Assist in the analysis, demonstrations, and tests to support early milestones and feasibility assessments, and to collect data to verify that architecture analysis assumptions are credible.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

Master's degree in STEM field and 12+ years of relevant experience.

Active Secret clearance.

Missile Defense experience.

Be able to successfully accomplish the duties by working with minimal guidance.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

Knowledge of Hypersonic weapons and their capabilities and limitations.

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) with emphasis on PowerPoint

Experience working with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) or it’s members.

Military or Logistics support with THAAD or other FMS programs with allied nations.

Experience working Early Warning Systems.  

Have detailed knowledge of the MDS to include Command and Control networks, specifically C2BMC and LINK 16.

Joint Services experience or Combatant Command experience.

Space Systems experience.

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Secret

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

Our Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

Salary Range: 

$117,000.00 - $210,600.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!