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Company: SPA
Location: Alexandria, VA
Career Level: Associate
Industries: Manufacturing, Engineering, Aerospace

Description

Qualifications

Required:

  • Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or a related field
  • 5+ years of relevant work experience specifically in BioTech, Energy and Minerals, or Space industries
  • Strong statistical skills and experience with data analysis and visualization tools (such as R, Stata, MATLAB, or similar statistical software)
  • Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing
  • Active Secret clearance with eligibility for a TS/SCI clearance
  • Ability to travel up to 15% of the time
  • Able to work fully onsite based on client needs

Desired:

  • Previous OSD or major staff experience
  • Current TS clearance with SCI eligibility


Responsibilities

The Senior Systems Engineer & Technical Advisor will support the leadership of the Office of Strategic Capital (OSC), part of the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research & Engineering. OSC develops and implements strategies and partnerships to accelerate and scale private investment in critical supply chain technologies needed for national security. Established in December 2022 to attract and scale investment to national security priorities, OSC aims to use U.S. comparative advantages in capital markets and economic competition to ensure critical technology and their associated supply chains needed by the DoD are available and to accelerate the development and deployment of technology critical to current and future warfighting capabilities. The candidate will integrate technical findings, risks, and issues, and provide recommendations on topics covering biotechnology, energy, minerals, and/or space industries. Will support project management processes, including implementing systems engineering practices, data analytics, metrics development, and development of verbal and written reports. Apply ability to quickly learn unfamiliar areas, maintain focus in a rapidly paced environment with changing priorities, and work professionally with partners from diverse expert backgrounds. In addition, will support technical working groups, conduct meta-analysis of technology developments, understand technology roadmaps, foster relationships with stakeholders, and maintain awareness of state-of-the-art developments.


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