Project Engineer, Lead (Defense Systems)

Location: Dahlgren, Virginia, United States; onsite. Travel up to 25%.

Salary: $143,500–$215,500 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides engineering support for DoD and Navy programs, including cyber situational awareness, weapon systems, and enterprise systems.

What you will do

• Provide project engineering and technical leadership for a DoD enterprise or Navy program.
• Lead the identification, analysis, and resolution of complex systems engineering issues.
• Support systems engineering, design, and development for weapon, combat, and fire control systems.
• Coordinate engineering activities involving DoD cyber situational awareness and Navy surface and subsurface weapon systems.
• Integrate engineering work across logistics, test and evaluation, software engineering, full-stack software engineering, DevSecOps, and system integration.
• Communicate technical approaches, engineering risks, and solution status to Government and contractor stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, science, or a technical discipline, or 10 years of demonstrated relevant knowledge and subject matter expertise.
• At least 10 years of systems engineering, design, and development experience with weapon, combat, or fire control systems.
• At least 6 years of concurrent, direct experience providing project engineering and technical leadership for a DoD enterprise program or Navy program.
• Experience identifying, analyzing, and resolving complex systems engineering issues involving DoD cyber situational awareness, surface Navy weapon systems, and subsurface Navy weapon systems.
• Experience in at least one related discipline: Integrated Logistics Support, Test and Evaluation, software engineering, full-stack software engineering, DevSecOps pipeline support, Navy platform integration, operational weapon system integration, or DoD enterprise system integration.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD/Navy Secret clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience with Navy programs such as SLBM, Aegis, or Tomahawk.
• Experience integrating systems across multiple Navy surface and submarine platforms.
• Experience supporting operational weapon systems and DoD enterprise systems.
• Experience coordinating engineering decisions across software, cyber, logistics, test, and platform stakeholders.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role supporting DoD and Navy mission programs.
• Onsite work in Dahlgren, Virginia.
• Travel of up to 25%.