Senior Topside Engineer

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best! We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission. Objective. Responsive. Trusted.

SPA’s Sea Land Air (SLA) Division supports a diverse portfolio of national security government clients, including the Undersea Enterprise, the Navy Surface Community, the Navy MPTE Enterprise, the Army, DoD Agencies, DARPA, OSD, international clients including the Canadian Navy and Australian Defense Force.  Our primary objective is to provide timely, objective and analytic assessments that integrate the policy, operational, technical, programmatic and acquisition aspects of our clients’ challenges.

Leveraging both in-domain and cross-domain expertise to maximize our clients’ success, SLA Division acts as trusted agents to senior decision-makers and key leaders and excels at providing data driven analytic insights, systems engineering, strategies and plans that address current and emerging challenges to national security.

The Integrated Warfare Systems Group's (IWSG) focus is to provide engineering, technical and programmatic support to the Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems, Above Water Sensors and Lasers (PEO IWS 2.0) Directorate. Efforts include technical and engineering support; risk identification and characterization; analysis and assessment support; test and evaluation; integrated logistics support; web development and web administration; documentation support; and program and project management to support legacy systems, emerging technologies, and platforms being fielded by DoD.

We are seeking a dedicated senior-level Topside Engineer to provide critical Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) / Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) support for NAVSEA's Program Executive Office, Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) portfolio in Dahlgren, VA.

For this critical work, we are looking for a proactive senior engineer to provide expertise in development and management of system performance requirements; ship operations (including Safety, HM&E, Structural, Vulnerability, Physical Clearances, Navigation, Navigation Lights, Exhaust and Intakes, RADHAZ, Environmental, Shock and Vibration, Combat Systems, and System coverage); deck operations (including Replenishment at Sea, Line Handling, Ordnance, Small Boat Operations, Man Overboard, Damage Control); aviation signatures, and EMI/EMC.

You must have the ability to work from NSWC Dahlgren 4-5 days per week on average.   

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Bachelors degree in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline
• Eligible for a DoD Secret security clearance
• Minimum twelve (12) years of demonstrated and established knowledge base and subject matter expertise relevant to one or more of the following: Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or Naval Architecture
• Minimum seven (7) years of experience in Research, Development, Test, Engineering, or Integration related to shipboard systems