Senior Systems Integrator, Counter-Uncrewed Systems (C-UxS)

Description

Job Summary
CenCore is seeking a Senior Systems Integrator, Counter-Uncrewed Systems (C-UxS), to support a government experimentation event through a 1099 independent contractor engagement. This senior, hands-on integrator will serve as the technical owner for a containerized, self-contained operations node that brings together commercial software, sensors, government-furnished sensor feeds, networks, data services, command-and-control systems, cyber considerations, and defeat capabilities into a cohesive sense-to-effect system of systems.

This role is ideal for a technically versatile professional who can translate mission needs into executable integration plans, solve complex interoperability challenges under schedule pressure, coordinate partner engineers and vendors, and represent CenCore as the technical counterpart to government communications, capability, and evaluation teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical owner for the integrated C-UxS operations node, including the master integration plan, interface control, network architecture, compute allocation, power allocation, and technical risk management.
• Translate operational challenges and mission requirements into mission threads, use cases, system requirements, interface requirements, acceptance criteria, and measurable deliverables.
• Integrate sensors, command-and-control systems, networks, data services, effectors, evidence and analysis software, and government-furnished sensor feeds into a single operational system of systems.
• Own and troubleshoot network architecture, encrypted transport overlays, government network connections, data pipes between node instances, protocols, timing, configurations, and interoperability issues.
• Develop and maintain system architectures, data-flow diagrams, interface-control documentation, configuration baselines, integration backlogs, action trackers, capability-gap logs, and technical risk registers.
• Coordinate and direct partner integration engineers, vendors, software developers, original equipment manufacturers, military operators, and government stakeholders during planning, integration, and live trial activities.
• Evaluate vendor capabilities, technical approaches, and integration readiness; identify areas of overlap, assign integration lanes, and hold partners accountable to defined interfaces.
• Run pre-event integration activities, including an integration sprint and hardware breadboard, to reduce risk before live event execution.
• Support authorized enabling actions such as spectrum requests, network and equipment requests, cybersecurity compliance, system hardening, identity management, data protection, and safety documentation.
• Plan and support laboratory, field, and live test events, including test objectives, scenarios, measures of performance and effectiveness, test cards, pass/fail criteria, setup, troubleshooting, data collection, and daily reporting.
• Analyze test results, identify root causes, recommend corrective actions, verify issue closure, gather operator feedback, and assess operational suitability, usability, and mission effectiveness.
• Prepare leadership briefings, executive summaries, technical recommendations, decision-support materials, and post-event technical documentation.