Senior Systems Engineer - Technology Integration

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support the design, integration, evaluation, and transition of complex technical capabilities for government and mission-focused customers. This role will apply systems engineering expertise, technical leadership, and project execution experience to support system architecture, requirements development, interoperability, technical analysis, test planning, and operational integration.

Responsibilities

• Apply multidisciplinary engineering expertise to design, integrate, and evaluate complex technical systems.
• Support system architectures, technical concepts, interface definitions, and integration approaches across hardware, software, communications, sensors, networks, and data systems.
• Translate operational and technical needs into requirements, specifications, and implementation plans.
• Support design, build, integration, and documentation activities for assigned system elements and technical components.
• Select appropriate engineering and analytical methods for complex technical problems.
• Compile, evaluate, and interpret design, test, and performance data to support engineering decisions.
• Assess system constraints, performance considerations, risks, tradeoffs, and implementation options.
• Identify technical issues, analyze root causes, and develop practical, innovative solutions.
• Support requirements collection, decomposition, analysis, traceability, and validation.
• Develop engineering artifacts such as requirements matrices, interface documents, architecture views, trade studies, test plans, and technical assessments.
• Support prototype, pilot, experimentation, test, and evaluation planning and execution.
• Define technical success criteria, test objectives, data collection needs, and evaluation methods.
• Document findings, lessons learned, recommendations, and corrective actions to support refinement and transition.
• Lead technical projects or major project phases within schedule and budget constraints.
• Provide technical direction to engineers and support staff assigned to project work.
• Coverage for partners, gender-affirming care and health support, and family formation support.

Requirements

• Strong systems thinking, engineering judgment, and problem-solving ability.
• Comfort working through ambiguity, evolving requirements, and multidisciplinary technical challenges.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to balance technical depth and project execution.
• A collaborative, proactive approach to technical leadership, client engagement, and team support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, robotics, physical science, or a related technical field with 8+ years of related experience; master’s degree with 5+ years; PhD with 2+ years; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience applying systems engineering, integration engineering, test engineering, or related disciplines to complex systems or programs.
• Experience developing or supporting requirements, specifications, architectures, interfaces, integration plans, technical analyses, or test documentation.
• Experience compiling and interpreting technical, design, or test data to support engineering decisions.
• Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams, including engineering, test, operations, and program leadership.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical information to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required for meetings, site assessments, technical reviews, and key program activities.
• Active security clearance, or ability to obtain and maintain one, as required by the program.
• Ability to satisfy contract-specific security, access, compliance, and export-related requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience supporting complex technical systems, integration, or mission-focused development efforts.
• Experience supporting defense, national security, test and evaluation, experimentation, or operational integration programs.
• Experience with requirements traceability, systems architecture methods, interface control, configuration management, and technical governance.
• Familiarity with network architecture, communications systems, data architecture, interoperability, cross-domain integration, and cybersecurity principles.
• Experience supporting rapid prototyping, technology maturation, transition planning, live/virtual/constructive environments, mission integration, instrumentation, test infrastructure, or data visualization and analysis environments.
• Experience preparing technical proposal content or leading technical tasks within cost and schedule constraints.
• Master’s degree or PhD in a related technical field beyond the minimum qualification threshold.