Hardware Engineer with Security Clearance

Job Description: Hardware Engineer • Provide Hardware Engineering support to all programs, current and future, in the PEO IWS 2.0 portfolio. • Perform data analysis and modeling in support of supportability engineering, creating deliverables such as dashboards, white papers, and visualizations. • Conduct research and analysis on maintainability, availability, supply support, and obsolescence, forecasting sustainment impacts and developing mitigation strategies. • Develop and review Reliability Block Diagrams (RBDs), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEAs), Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECAs), and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) analyses. • Develop and review Supportability models using software such as Windchill, Opus Suite, or similar applications. • Support Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Actions Systems (FRACAS), including data analysis using off-the-shelf software. • Support Failure Review Boards (FRBs), conducting root cause analyses and providing recommendations. • Review and analyze engineering analyses, studies, technical data, and feasibility studies. • Assist in technology insertions/refreshment, Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) trade studies, and resolving operational/reliability issues. • Contribute to the development of initial sustainment strategies. • Assess system availability models to ensure it accurately reflects and effectively support the target system's requirements.

Support verification of model's accuracy including documentation of model's underlying assumptions about system components, failure rates, restoration rates and critical dependencies between components. Familiarity with availability modeling and simulation techniques to include knowledge of Reliability Block Diagrams, Markov processes and simulation software for predicting performance under various conditions.

Required Skills and Experience: Required
A) High school degree, or a GED, and twenty (20) years of relevant Surface Radars, Electronic Warfare, EO/IR, Decoys and/or Laser hardware development, production and/or test experience, OR B) Bachelor's degree in engineering, scientific, or technical discipline and fifteen (15) years of relevant Surface Radars, Electronic Warfare, EO/IR, Decoys and/or Laser hardware development, production and/or test experience, OR C) Master's degree in engineering, scientific, or technical discipline and ten (10) years of relevant Surface Radars, Electronic Warfare, EO/IR, Decoys and/or Laser hardware development, production and/or test experience. Desired

• Demonstrated knowledge of Navy/DOD policy and guidance
• System/subsystem design
• Manufacturing processes, including specialized knowledge of RF components (radar/EW), electro-optic/IR focal planes (EO/IR), or High-powered Pulsed Laser sources and directors (Lasers)
• Product development and test
• Government test, inspection, and witness standards and execution of qualification testing and production acceptance
• Ship Integration requirements, standards, documentation, and processes
• Hardware ECPs, Field changes, ORDALT/SHIPALT processes, procedures, and shipyard/waterfront operations
• CDRL management and technical reviews
• Criteria and assessments of Waivers, Deviations, and Variances
• Must be U.S. citizen
• A secret security clearance

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. ORBIS offers an excellent benefits package and a competitive salary in a professional atmosphere.