Back to jobs

Systems Engineer (Advanced Manufacturing and Compute)

Arlington, VA

Position Title: Systems Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing and Compute 

Location: Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia 

Category: Funded 

Schedule (FT/PT): Full Time 

Travel Required: May require occasional domestic travel 

Shift: Day 

Remote Type: In-Office 

Clearance required: Current Top Secret. Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) eligibility 

Salary: $170,000 - $200,000 

Who is ACT1 Federal? ACT1 Federal LLC is a 100% employee-owned company. We’ve served the Department of War (DoW) for nearly thirty years. Our core missions include weapon systems engineering, logistics, space domain expertise, global defense and security, business and financial management for security assistance and major defense articles, as well as military training and arctic security. Join us!  

Description: ACT1 Federal is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to provide senior-level technical analysis, systems-engineering, and investment-planning support to the Director for Advanced Manufacturing, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for the Defense Industrial Base (DASN (DIB)). The engineer supports Department of the Navy (DON) efforts to identify, assess, and advanced manufacturing and compute capabilities that expand the Navy’s capacity to build, sustain, and modernize the Fleet. 

This position requires a senior technical subject matter expert with demonstrated experience in complex production environments and advanced manufacturing systems. The engineer shall be capable of independently evaluating manufacturing technologies, industrial systems, production constraints, digital-engineering capabilities, and enabling compute infrastructure; translating technical findings into decision-ready products; and supporting Government consideration of industrial-base investments, capability roadmaps, and technology-transition priorities. 

Responsibilities: 

  • Research, assess, and analyze advanced-manufacturing technologies, industrial systems, production processes, and enabling compute infrastructure relevant to Department of the Navy industrial-base priorities. 
  • Evaluate how manufacturing capabilities may improve production throughput, quality, resilience, workforce effectiveness, cost, schedule, maintainability, and sustainment outcomes across the defense industrial base. 
  • Develop technical assessments, capability roadmaps, investment analyses, requirements-support documentation, technical memoranda, briefing materials, and recommendations for Government consideration. 
  • Analyze advanced-manufacturing applications and production technologies, including additive manufacturing, industrial automation, robotics, digital engineering, model-based systems engineering, production planning, digital twins, microelectronics, industrial data environments, supply-chain integration, and technology transition. 
  • Assess compute capabilities supporting modern production environments, including high-performance computing, cloud and edge-computing architectures, modeling and simulation, data management, cyber-resilient industrial-control environments, and factory-floor computing. 
  • Support technical analysis related to shipbuilding, shipyard modernization, depot maintenance, sustainment, naval production systems, defense manufacturing, and comparable complex industrial environments. 
  • Identify technical risks, constraints, dependencies, maturity considerations, integration challenges, and potential return-on-investment considerations associated with proposed manufacturing and compute initiatives. 
  • Prepare executive-level technical products that communicate complex engineering, production, technology, and investment issues to senior civilian, military, industry, and interagency stakeholders. 
  • Support development of approved advanced-manufacturing strategies, technology roadmaps, investment portfolios, implementation plans, and performance-assessment approaches. 
  • Coordinate technical drafts and supporting information with DASN (DIB) directorates, ASN (RD&A) offices, DON acquisition organizations, naval systems commands, Department of War stakeholders, industry representatives, and other organizations, as directed by the Government. 
  • Support occasional site visits, industry engagements, executive briefings, technical reviews, and time-sensitive taskers associated with advanced-manufacturing and compute initiatives. 

 

Requirements: 

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in systems engineering, engineering, industrial engineering, operations research, computer science, data science, mathematics, or a related discipline.  
  • At least 10 years of progressively responsible engineering experience in advanced manufacturing, industrial systems, defense production, naval shipbuilding, digital engineering, industrial automation, robotics, production planning, high-performance computing, microelectronics, technology transition, or comparable complex production environments. 
  • Demonstrated substantial technical experience in at least two of the following areas: 
  • Advanced manufacturing; 
  • Additive manufacturing; 
  • Industrial automation or robotics; 
  • Digital engineering or digital twins; 
  • Shipbuilding, shipyard modernization, naval production, or sustainment; 
  • Production planning or industrial systems; 
  • Modeling and simulation; 
  • High-performance, cloud, edge, or factory-floor computing; 
  • Microelectronics or industrial data environments; 
  • Defense technology transition. 
  • Demonstrated experience preparing technical assessments, capability roadmaps, investment analyses, requirements-support documentation, technical decision memoranda, or executive-level briefing materials for senior Government, military, industry, corporate, or program leadership. 
  • Demonstrated ability to assess complex engineering and production systems; identify technical risks, dependencies, and constraints; and communicate findings clearly to nontechnical decision-makers. 
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities and deliver accurate, high-quality written products under compressed timelines. 
  • The position may require support outside normal business hours to meet time-sensitive taskers, executive requirements, or major industrial-base initiatives. 
  • Current Top Secret. Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) eligibility required.  

Benefits: 

  • Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance 
  • ACT1 Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) 
  • Company Paid Life and AD&D Insurance 
  • Company Paid Short-Term Disability  
  • Voluntary Long-Term Disability 
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) 
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) 
  • 401K with employer match 
  • Paid Time Off  
  • Paid Holidays 
  • Parental Leave 
  • Military Leave  
  • Education, Training & Professional Development  
  • Voluntary Accidental Injury/Critical Illness/Hospital Care  
  • Voluntary Pet Insurance, Legal Resources, and Identity Protection 

  

Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely. 

   

  • If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a ACT1 Federal or client site facility.  
  • If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role. 

 All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.  

Apply for this job

*

indicates a required field

Resume/CV*

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Cover Letter

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey. Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file.

As set forth in ACT1 Federal’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

Select...
Select...
Race & Ethnicity Definitions

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categories is as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

Select...

Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability

Form CC-305
Page 1 of 1
OMB Control Number 1250-0005
Expires 07/31/2029

Why are you being asked to complete this form?

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.

Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp.

How do you know if you have a disability?

A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your “major life activities.” If you have or have ever had such a condition, you are a person with a disability. Disabilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally)
  • Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS
  • Blind or low vision
  • Cancer (past or present)
  • Cardiovascular or heart disease
  • Celiac disease
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
  • Diabetes
  • Disfigurement, for example, disfigurement caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders
  • Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
  • Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, irritable bowel syndrome
  • Intellectual or developmental disability
  • Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD
  • Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
  • Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports
  • Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Neurodivergence, for example, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities
  • Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
  • Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema
  • Short stature (dwarfism)
  • Traumatic brain injury
Select...

PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENT: According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.