BCT-LLC is seeking a Senior-level System Engineer (SE). The ideal candidate must possess an active TS/SCI w/Poly. This position is located in Laurel, Maryland.

A career at BCT-LLC says you want to contribute and make a difference to something larger than yourself where success results from the dedication our team members have in building success for our customers and their mission.

If you are seeking a meaningful work experience along with a workplace culture that thrives on teamwork, we invite you to explore this career opportunity to join us.

This System Engineer level 3 analyzes user's ERP System of Systems requirements to include defining and refining agency level requirements, working to deduplicate requirements, and leading Integrated Product Teams to review and manage Requirements Traceability Matrix. Provides technical leadership for the integration of requirements, design, and technology. Incorporates new plans, designs, and systems into ongoing operations. Develops technical documentation. Develops system Architecture and system design documentation. Guides system development and implementation planning through assessment or preparation of system engineering management plans and system integration and test plans. Interacts with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and for associated problems, issues or conflicts. Ultimate responsibility for the technical integrity of work performed and deliverables associated with the Systems Engineering area of responsibility. Communicates with other program personnel, government overseers, and senior executives.

Role Description:

• Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the delivery of production systems that are compatible with the defined system architecture( s) -
• Assist with the development of system requirements, functional requirements, and allocation of the same to individual hardware, software, facility, and personnel components.
• Coordinate the resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews that require cross-discipline coordination.
• Participate in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities based upon evaluation of all necessary development and operational considerations.
• Develop system design solution that satisfies the system requirements and fulfills the functional analysis.
• Review and provide input to program and contract work breakdown structure (WBS), work packages and the integrated master plan (IMP).
• Derive lower-level requirements from higher-level allocated requirements that describe in detail the functions that a system component must fulfill, and ensure these requirements are complete, correct, unique, unambiguous, realizable, and verifiable.
• In conjunction with system stakeholders, plan the verification efforts of new and unproven designs early in the development life cycle to ensure compliance with established requirements.
• Establish a process to formally and proactively control and manage changes to requirements, consider impacts prior to commitment to change, gain stakeholder buy-in, eliminate ambiguity, ensure traceability to source requirements, and track and settle open actions.
• Manage and ensure the technical integrity of the system baseline over time, continually updating it as various changes are imposed on the system during the lifecycle from development through deployment and operations & maintenance.
• Provide technical direction for the development, engineering, interfacing, integration, and testing of specific components of complex hardware/software systems to include requirements elicitation, analysis and functional allocation, conducting systems requirements reviews, developing concepts of operation and interface standards, developing system architectures, and performing technical/non-technical assessment and management as well as end-to-end flow analysis.
• Develop scenarios (threads) and an Operational Concept that describes the interactions between the system, the user, and the environment, that satisfies operational, support, maintenance, and disposal needs.
• Conduct quantitative analysis in non-functional system performance areas like Reliability, Maintainability, Vulnerability, Survivability, Produceability, etc.).
• Conduct and/or approve end-to-end system trade analyses to optimize system operations over its life-cycle through the proper balance of non-functional system performance areas.
• Use validated models, simulations, and prototyping to mitigate risk and reduce cost of system development.
• Ensure effective, periodic review and control of the evolving configuration of a system, both hardware and software components and associated documentation, during the life of the system.
• Serve as a member of the CCB.
• Develop system design alternatives that consider life cycle cost, reuse, complexity, risk, system expansion, and growth.
• As a participant within an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) effort, recommend a preferred solution based on selection criteria adjusted for reasonableness and validity of assumptions, technology limitations, environmental impact, and life-cycle costs.
• Provide technical direction for the development, engineering, interfacing, integration, and testing of all components of complex hardware/software systems to include requirements elicitation, analysis and functional allocation, conducting systems requirements reviews, developing concepts of operation and interface standards, developing system architectures, and performing technical/non-technical assessment and management as well as end-to-end flow analysis.
• Improve standard integration strategies based upon rationale for previous decisions that resulted in improved integration performance.

Qualification requirements include:

• Twenty (20) years experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required.
• Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

What we Offer

BCT-LLC offers a highly competitive benefit package to include:

• 401(k) Plan with Matching Contributions
• Independent 401(k) and Investment Advisory Services
• BCT-Funded Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health/Dental/Vision Coverage
• Life/AD&D Insurance Coverage paid 100% by BCT
• Disability Coverage paid 100% by BCT
• Employee Referral Program
• Tuition/Training Reimbursement
• Gym or Fitness Membership Reimbursement ($70 per month)
• Reimbursement for pet adoptions through 501c3 nonprofits, $300 per calendar year
• STEM Scholarship. BCT provides a $500 scholarship opportunity offered annually for one employee or intern or the child of an employee enrolled in an undergraduate program concentrating on a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) discipline. BCT leadership will announce an annual call for essays to compete for this scholarship.
• Jacquelyn Tate Memorial Scholarship Opportunity. BCT provides a $1,000 scholarship annually for one employee or child enrolled in an undergraduate program in memory of our founding President, Jacquelyn Tate. BCT leadership communicates an annual call for essays to compete for this scholarship with an award date of August 12 each year.

Who is BCT?

BCT, LLC is a woman-owned small business founded in 2006. Since then, BCT has worked tirelessly to construct a foundation laser-focused on its core values of Humility, Respect, Integrity, Loyalty, Kindness, Gratitude, Innovation, and Initiative. In mobilizing these values, BCT has delivered exceptional service to its valued customers and seeks to maintain that reputation at each step. Headquartered in Annapolis Junction, MD, they serve customers throughout the DMV and beyond. With a combined 70 years of experience directly supporting the missions of National Security, BCT’s leadership knows their business better than most. Employees find themselves highly supported by a dedicated and available home-office team and leadership whose focus is their employees' success and happiness. In short, BCT does a small business like none other - check out the difference!

BCT LLC is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All facets of employment, including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based solely on merit & business need. Candidates and Employees will never be subject to discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, age, genetic information, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.