Ground Architecture Senior Systems Engineer (AI/ML)

Location: Chantilly, Virginia, United States; flexible for occasional telework but must be local to the work location.

Projected annual compensation: $129,307.95–$310,725.06.

Company

hirify.global is a federal government contractor supporting Intelligence Community and Department of Defense mission systems.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership for systems engineering, mission engineering, enterprise architecture, and system-of-systems integration.
• Define and evolve mission, operational, functional, logical, physical, and technical architectures across complex mission portfolios.
• Establish MBSE approaches, modeling standards, and architecture products using Cameo, SysML, and UAF.
• Develop technical roadmaps, mission-thread analyses, capability assessments, investment recommendations, and architecture trade studies.
• Define integration strategies for AI/ML-enabled capabilities, including data architecture, interfaces, security, model validation, mission assurance, and sustainment.
• Lead modeling and simulation, technical baseline decisions, architecture reviews, customer briefings, documentation, and mentoring of systems engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field with 12–15 years of relevant experience; alternatively, a master’s degree with 10–13 years or a PhD with 10+ years.
• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI with Poly clearance.
• Technical leadership experience with complex mission systems, enterprise architectures, system-of-systems integration, or major acquisition programs.
• Extensive systems engineering experience across the full system development life cycle and engineering V-model.
• Expert-level experience developing and governing MBSE architecture products with Cameo Systems Modeler, SysML, and/or UAF.
• Experience with requirements development, architecture definition, interface management, technical baselines, trade studies, and risk assessments.
• Experience leading modeling and simulation with MATLAB, STK, AFSIM, or comparable tools.
• Experience defining, assessing, or integrating AI/ML-enabled capabilities in operational, intelligence, defense, or enterprise environments.
• Ability to communicate complex technical recommendations to senior government leaders, program managers, engineers, and mission stakeholders; lead multidisciplinary teams; and resolve integration and architecture challenges.
• Working knowledge of Agile/SAFe methodologies and Jira and Confluence.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or PhD in a related technical discipline.
• INCOSE ESEP, CSEP, OMG SysML, Cameo, or comparable certification.
• Experience supporting a Chief Architect office, senior government technical leadership organization, SETA, SEIT, or intelligence-community acquisition program.
• Experience establishing digital engineering strategies, architecture governance, or enterprise MBSE standards.
• Experience with cloud-based mission architectures, data platforms, AI/ML operations, model assurance, or secure AI deployment.
• Experience supporting space, intelligence, cyber, GEOINT, SIGINT, OPIR, radar, electro-optical, or other national-security missions.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular full-time position with occasional telework subject to local attendance requirements.
• Benefits may include health and life insurance, paid time off, holiday pay, short- and long-term disability, retirement and savings programs, learning and development, and wellness programs.
• Equal opportunity employment with federal-contractor employment standards.