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Leidos

Civil Engineer - Part Time

Washington, DC · Hybrid

$73.45K - $132.78K/yr

The Leidos National Airspace Systems Integration Support (NISC) Program is looking for a part-time ... It provides engineering, program management, and technical support for the Mobile Asset Sustainment ...

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To thrive as a Part Time Engineer, you need a solid background in engineering principles, problem-solving abilities, and a relevant degree or coursework in your specific discipline. Familiarity with industry-standard design software (such as AutoCAD or SolidWorks), data analysis tools, and sometimes certifications like EIT or FE are typically beneficial. Strong time management, communication, and teamwork skills help you efficiently balance project demands and collaborate effectively in limited working hours. These competencies ensure you can contribute meaningful results and maintain productivity within a flexible or reduced schedule.

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Part-time engineers often face challenges such as balancing multiple responsibilities, staying updated with project changes, and maintaining effective communication with full-time team members. To address these issues, it's important to establish clear expectations with supervisors, use collaborative tools for project tracking, and proactively schedule regular check-ins with the team. Adopting these practices can help part-time engineers stay engaged and ensure their contributions align with overall project goals.

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Part time engineering refers to engineering positions that require fewer working hours than a standard full-time job, typically offering flexible schedules. These roles may be ideal for students, parents, retirees, or those seeking additional work-life balance. Part-time engineers perform many of the same duties as full-time engineers, such as designing, analyzing, or maintaining systems, but on a reduced schedule. This arrangement can be found in various engineering fields, including civil, mechanical, electrical, and software engineering.

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Work EnvironmentDesign, analysis, project planningTesting, troubleshooting, equipment maintenance
Employer & Industry UsageEngineering firms, manufacturing, constructionManufacturing plants, labs, technical support roles

Part Time Engineering roles typically involve design, analysis, and project planning, requiring an engineering degree. In contrast, Part Time Engineering Technicians focus on testing, troubleshooting, and equipment maintenance, often requiring a technical diploma. Both roles are common in manufacturing, construction, and engineering industries, but they differ in responsibilities and required credentials.

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Senior Engineer (Part-Time)

VOR Technology

Fort George G Meade, MD

$115.90K - $159.10K/yr

Part-time

Posted 3 days ago

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Company Description

VOR Technology is a privately held, veteran owned small business that provides Cyber Intelligence Solutions to government, private industry and critical infrastructure. Our areas of expertise include Computer Network Defense (CND), Computer Network Exploitation (CNE) and Cyber Forensics. We aim to use our technical skill set in Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Information Assurance (IA) to support global Cyber operations and mission training.

Job Description

The Senior Engineer will be responsible for evaluating, testing, and documenting of NGMFA solutions.
This position is part-time and requires a strong background in Signals Intelligence (SIGINT).

Qualifications

*All Candidates must have a TS/SCI clearance with a Full Scope Polygraph

  • Five (5) years' engineering experience.
  • Three (3) years' experience in a leadership position providing technical supervision to other engineering personnel, solving varied technical/scientific problems; and generating and reviewing designs for technical accuracy.
  • Within the last 5 years, a minimum of 3 years:
    - Development, integration, testing, and/or installation experience to include generating system/component specifications, recommending solutions, and preparing and conducting test plans (stand-alone, DT&E, OAT&E)
    - Functionality and inter-processing of packet- and circuit-based HW & SW solutions to include configuring, changing, and optimizing solutions.
  • Bachelor's Degree (Engineering, Telecommunications, or related technical field)
  • Experience with front-end collection system requirements, development, analysis and fulfilment
  • Experience with SIGINT collection testing scenarios, procedures and integration methods
  • Ability to compare metrics or analyses of collection to understand system performance and provide optimizations recommendations for SIGINT systems
  • Experience with failure modes analysis and root cause determination of issues with SIGINT systems/applications


Experience in the following areas of specialization is required:

1. Signal Analysis: Experience with digital/optical telecommunications systems to include Bell, CEPT, or SDH/PDH digital communications signals and the payload data within these signal structures. Analysis experience with randomization, forward error correction and performing bit-level analysis of computer communications protocols.

2. Modern Tele-communications System and Networks: Optical Transport Network (OTN) Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Synchronous Optical Networks (SONET), SDH and PDH, LAN/WAN Networks, IP Networks, and ATM switches.

3. Telephony Switching System: Experience with normalization and mapping. Able to generate component/system specifications and identify solutions.

4. Communications Systems: Knowledge of internet communications. Experience with metadata, protocols, addressing, and routing of internet and computer systems.

5. Cellular/Personal Communications Systems: experience studying, designing, developing, exploiting, and/or testing components or systems that modulate or demodulate mobile cellular/personal communications systems. Experience with standards associated with 2G/3G/4G systems. Experience with the cellular communication processes including frequency reuse, cell splitting, self-location, paging, call initiation, hand-off, and roaming.

6. TDM/PCM Multiplexing / Modulation /Switching Systems: experience designing, developing, and/or testing components or systems that modulate, demodulate, multiplex and/or demultiplex conventional Bell, CEPT, or SDH/PDH/OTN digital communications signals.

7. Packet Switching System: switching systems and packet protocols most commonly used in today's international networks. Able to generate component/system specifications and identify solutions.

8. Systems Engineering: Experience designing and developing large-scale systems containing multiple subsystems and requiring integration with external systems. This experience shall focus on all aspects of acquisition, requirements definition, system design, development, and training. Experience in basic SIGINT technology as well as integrating, installing, configuring, changing, and optimizing HW & SW solutions into an overall system architecture.

9. Operating Systems: Identifying, communicating, and troubleshooting system problems caused either by the operating system or the operating system/application interaction on UNIX variant operating systems to include primarily LINUX and SOLARIS.

10. Advanced Protocols: Experience in Advanced Protocols to include Open Transport Network (OTN), Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON), Session Internet Protocol (SIP), and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS).

Additional Information

Education Requirement: Bachelor's Degree (Engineering, Telecommunications, or related technical field.)

Clearance Requirement: Active TS/SCI with Full Scope clearance
* US citizenship is required.


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