Apply expertise and knowledge to technical projects, finding innovative, cost-effective means to improve research, techniques, procedures, and/or products and technologies.          Provide research engineering, technical, and managerial direction for problem definition, analysis, requirement development and implementation for complex systems in the engineering discipline.    Responsibilites include developing, conducting and evaluating new approaches to meet technical requirements faster and more efficiently.  Make recommendations and advise on research development, improvements, optimization, or support efforts. Performs risk assessments and innovative use of new research concepts or improved techniques and procedures.  Perform  stakeholder analyses and recommendations for the design, employment, and assessment of a full spectrum of Information-Related Capability (IRC).