Services required under this SIN involve the expertise necessary to define and interpret high-level organizational engineering performance requirements such as projects, systems, missions, objectives, as well as the best methods for achieving them. Typical tasks include: Formulating the Mission, Determining Requirements, Conducting Special Studies and Analysis, Defining Program Goals and Objectives and Assessing Organizational Performance.

Example:
Formulating the Mission: An agency has a need for determining soil moisture levels using satellite remote sensing. Although the primary use for the data is intended for prediction of crop output, there may also be a tactical military use for the data. A feasibility study based on a series of mission concepts is required to determine the overall proposed approach and the minimum resolution to meet primary and secondary mission requirements.

Defining Program Goals: The next step involves defining the goals of the project. Based on the feasibility/conceptual design studies and a better understanding of overall mission requirements, your agency will now need to define mission requirements and develop an overall mission architecture. This overall mission architecture will translate into the goals you want accomplished. The products from this task will be an initial requirements document and a presentation package to be used in seeking approval to proceed with development of an acquisition package.

Inappropriate use of this SIN is providing professional engineering services not specifically related to strategic planning for technology programs/activities and its associated disciplines.

Services required under this SIN involve conducting abstract or conceptual studies and analyses, define requirements, develop primary plans and evaluate alternative technical approaches. Typical tasks include: Requirements Analysis, Cost Performance Trade-Off Analysis, Feasibility Analysis, Regulatory Compliance Support and Technological Conceptual Design.

Example:
Now that the mission requirements have been established and approval obtained to proceed with the project, a specific spacecraft, remote sensing payload, and ground system concept must be selected from a range of viable options. Your agency may perform the system definition study to develop the conceptual design with assistance from contractors, or may utilize contractors to develop even more detailed functional and performance requirements and interface requirements to be included in a competitive procurement package. You may also choose to use contractors to analyze the detailed system concepts proposed under a competitive procurement.

Inappropriate use of this SIN is providing professional engineering services not specifically related to concept development and requirements analysis and its associated disciplines.

Services required under this SIN involve the translation of the project concept into a preliminary and detailed design, perform risk identification / analysis / mitigation and integrate the various components into a working prototype. Typical task include: Computer Aided Design (CAD), Design Studies and Analysis, Detailed Specification Preparation, Configuration Management and Document Control, Prototype Fabrication, Assembly and Simulation and Modeling.

Example:
After the system concept has been finalized and approved to proceed with procurement or development has been obtained, our company may utilize the PES contract to perform a wide range of activities including but not limited to:

• Obtain preliminary and detailed design packages for a system, subsystem, or assembly.
• Perform multidisciplinary analysis and detailed trade studies involving mass, power, data rates, etc.
• Conduct risk identification and analysis, develop mitigation plans and track progress.
• Develop detailed models and simulations to determine optimal solar array sizing or assess the impact of moving parts on stability and pointing accuracy.
• Design and fabricate prototype components or assemblies to achieve performance or cost savings.
• Provide analysis and engineering oversight of prime contractors or suppliers.

Inappropriate use of this SIN is providing professional engineering services not specifically related to concept development and requirements analysis and its associated disciplines.

Services required under this SIN involve planning, budgetary, contract and program management execution functions required to produce, render operational and provide life cycle support to technology-based systems. Typical tasks include: Operating and Maintaining the Product, Overseeing Program/Project Management and Conducting Technology Transfer/Insertion.

Example:
An agency may need an unbiased third party for oversight or review, the development of procurement documents, and technical assessments of the following; received proposals; overall budget; performance measurement; scheduling; and program documentation support. Many of these activities may be included as elements of SINs 871-1 through 871-5, or may be specifically segregated under this SIN to provide clear avoidance of organizational conflict of interest.

Inappropriate use of this SIN is professional engineering services not specifically related to acquisition and life cycle management and associated disciplines.

• Aerospace and Electronic
  Systems
• Circuits and Systems
• Computer
  Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation
• Remote Sensing
• Information Theory
• Lasers & Electro-Optics
• Nuclear and Plasma Sciences
• Power Electronics
• Reliability
• Solid-State Circuits
• Vehicular Technology
• Signal Processing on Social Implications of Technology

• Antennas and Propagation
• Communication
• Consumer Electronics
• Education
• Engineering Management
• Industrial Electronics
• Intelligent Transportation
  Systems
• Magnetics
• Neural Networks Council
• Robotics & Automation
• Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
• Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics,
  and Frequency Control

• Broadcast Technology
• Components Packaging, &
  Manufacturing Technology
• Control Systems
• Electromagnetic
  Compatibility
  
• Industry Applications
  
• Instrumentation and
  Measurement
  
• Microwave Theory and
  Techniques
  
• Oceanic Engineering
  
• Professional Communication

Personnel categories for professional engineering services anticipated include, but are not limited to:

• Administrative Support I
• Administrative Support II
  
• Administrative Support III
  
• Sr. Consultant I
  
• Sr. Consultant II
  
• Sr. Consultant III
  
• Documentation Specialist
  
• Sr. Engineer I
  
• Sr. Cost Analyst I
  
• Systems Engineer I
  
• Engineer/Analyst I
  
• Engineer/Analyst II
  
• Engineer/Analyst III
  
• Technical Analyst I
  
• Technical Analyst II

• Sr. Application Engineer
  
• Information Specialist
  
• Logistics Engineer I
  
• Logistics Engineer II
  
• Logistics Engineer III
  
• Operations Research Specialist I
  
• Operations Research Specialist II
  
• Operations Research Specialist III
  
• Project Director I
  
• Project Director II
  
• Project Manager
  
• Sr. Cost Engineer (PM)
  
• Quality Control Specialist
  
• Statistician
  
• Writer