Fire Control Systems Engineer (SLCM-N)

Location: Dahlgren, Virginia, United States; must be local to the work location, with occasional telework possible.

Salary: $90,148.50–$156,750.75 projected annual compensation.

Company

hirify.global is a federal government contractor supporting strategic defense and aerospace programs.

What you will do

• Support the Strategic Systems Programs office in developing Sea Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear fire control systems.
• Develop digital models across the systems engineering lifecycle and maintain requirements traceability.
• Define system requirements and create architectures covering hardware, software, networks, and interfaces.
• Evaluate technologies, integrate system components, and ensure communication and data flow.
• Conduct testing against specifications, identify bottlenecks, and improve system efficiency and reliability.
• Produce system documentation, provide technical assistance, troubleshoot issues, and implement corrective actions.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and an active or interim DoD SECRET clearance are required, with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance.
• BS with 5–7 years of experience, MS with 3–5 years, or PhD with 0–2 years.
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering and digital modeling across the systems engineering lifecycle.
• Ability to use use case, activity, state, block definition, package, parametric, internal block, state machine, sequence, and requirement diagrams, plus allocation tables, with requirements traceability.
• Experience gathering system requirements from stakeholders, designing system architecture, selecting technologies and components, and integrating system elements.
• Experience testing system functionality and performance, troubleshooting issues, resolving bottlenecks, and documenting corrective actions.
• Strong analytical thinking and ability to communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with Magic Draw, Cameo, Atlassian, and DOORS.
• Experience working with the Strategic Systems Programs office.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular full-time employment with occasional telework available for employees local to the work location.
• Benefits may include health insurance, life insurance, paid time off, holiday pay, short- and long-term disability, retirement and savings programs, learning and development opportunities, wellness programs, and optional benefit elections.
• Equal opportunity employment with federal contractor protections.