Systems Engineer (Analyst SME)

As a Systems Engineer (Analyst SME) at Visionist, you will be gathering customer requirements, organizing these for developers, performing target analysis, and providing critical feedback on tools developed. You will work closely with your team to ensure that all mission-critical processes are efficiently executed.

Candidates for the Systems Engineer (Analyst SME) position at Visionist should possess at least 20 years of experience in systems engineering, a robust background in target analysis, attribution, and practical experience organizing an order of battle corpus.

Visionist offers a competitive benefits package, including a retirement contribution of 15%, four weeks of paid time off, medical and dental benefits, flexible work hours, parental leave, merit increases, and an annual lifestyle bonus available to all employees.

A Systems Engineer (Analyst SME) at Visionist can greatly influence data processing platforms by providing insights from target analysis that guide the development of analytical tools and methodologies, directly impacting the effectiveness of decision-making processes in support of national security.

Working at Visionist as a Systems Engineer (Analyst SME) is unique due to our employee-owned structure, ensuring that every team member has a stake in the company's success, as well as our collaborative environment that fosters personal and professional growth.

To answer this, focus on specific projects or tasks where you've performed target analysis. Highlight your methodologies and the impact of your findings. Use metrics or outcomes to quantify your contributions.

Discuss your familiarity with analytical tools and methodologies in systems engineering. Emphasize the technologies you've worked with and how they've aided in your understanding and execution of target analysis.

Explain your process in detail—start with who you involve in the gathering phase, how you document the requirements, and how you ensure that the developers clearly understand these needs to minimize miscommunication.

Talk about your method for organizing information clearly and effectively. You could provide examples of standardization processes you've implemented in past roles and the benefits achieved as a result.

Discuss a specific instance where you provided constructive feedback on a tool, explaining what the tool was, what issues you identified, and how your feedback led to improvements.

Emphasize your time management skills by explaining your approach to prioritization, such as using a matrix to rank tasks by urgency and importance while ensuring project deadlines are met.

Identify current challenges such as evolving technologies or data management issues, and discuss your thoughts on how these challenges can be approached, demonstrating a forward-thinking mindset.

Share how you actively engage with the industry. Mention specific resources, such as professional associations, webinars, or relevant publications that you follow to remain informed.

Illustrate your ability to translate technical jargon into easily understood terms. You might provide an example of a past experience where you successfully communicated complex information to a non-technical audience.

Express your interest in Visionist’s mission and values, highlighting how they resonate with your own career goals. Discuss why you're drawn to their work culture and employee-owned model, and how you see yourself contributing to their success.