Systems Engineer - Air Delivered Platforms

Location: 100% onsite at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.

Salary: $140,000–$160,000 annually.

Company

TechSource, a hirify.global company, provides engineering and scientific services for large-scale nuclear, national security, government, laboratory, and high-technology programs.

What you will do

• Support aircraft and weapon system engineering and integration for air-delivered nuclear weapon systems.
• Plan, coordinate, support, and analyze tests involving aircraft systems, weapon systems, and their integration.
• Analyze test results, system performance data, and engineering inputs to identify risks, gaps, technical issues, and corrective actions.
• Develop, review, and maintain system requirements specifications, interface control documentation, and engineering artifacts.
• Perform feasibility, trade, gap, and sensitivity analyses across performance, cost, schedule, and risk.
• Maintain requirements traceability and provide configuration management, technical reporting, briefings, and decision-support materials to government stakeholders.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain SCI.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, STEM, or a related technical field; equivalent education may be replaced by 18 or more years of work experience.
• At least 10 years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience with model-based systems engineering for complex technical programs.
• Experience with test planning, test execution support, test data review, or test analysis.
• Ability to evaluate technical information, identify integration issues, and communicate findings to technical and programmatic audiences.
• Strong working knowledge of requirements management, traceability, configuration management, and engineering documentation practices.
• Ability to work independently on complex assignments with limited daily direction.
• Ability to work 100% onsite at Kirtland Air Force Base and access classified government networks, including SIPRNET.

Nice to have

• Experience with aircraft systems, weapon systems, or aircraft-to-weapon integration in DoD, DOE, NNSA, or national laboratory programs.
• Familiarity with B61, W80, Long Range Standoff Weapon, Air-Launched Cruise Missile, bomber or fighter aircraft integration, or related air-delivered weapon system programs.
• Experience with model-based systems engineering, Systems Modeling Language, or other requirements and architecture tools.
• Experience preparing technical products for design reviews, qualification reviews, acceptance activities, or senior technical decision forums.

Culture & Benefits

• Work directly with government, laboratory, engineering, test, program management, and contractor stakeholders.
• Support programs involving national security, nuclear operations, safety, reliability, and mission performance.
• Employment is full-time and based onsite at Kirtland Air Force Base.
• Compensation is determined by skills, experience, qualifications, and location.