Systems Engineer (Architecture & Solutioning)

Location: Chantilly, Virginia, United States; onsite only with no remote or telework allowed

Salary: $94,910.76–$165,031.40 annually. A header also lists $5,000.

Company

hirify.global provides engineering and mission capabilities supporting space-based sensing, the US Space Force, and national security.

What you will do

• Support systems and mission engineering across the lifecycle from concept development and requirements through development, integration, testing, deployment, and operations.
• Develop and refine system and mission architectures based on requirements, operational concepts, interfaces, technical capabilities, and mission objectives.
• Support end-to-end technical solutioning, including problem definition and assessment of candidate approaches.
• Analyze requirements, technical documentation, architecture products, dependencies, inconsistencies, and integration opportunities.
• Work across space, ground, communications, sensing, mission processing, data, and operations domains.
• Develop architecture views, technical assessments, solution concepts, briefings, roadmaps, and engineering products; present findings to technical leads and government stakeholders.

Requirements

• BS with 5–7 years of experience, MS with 3–5 years, or PhD with 0–2 years; a bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or another relevant technical discipline, or equivalent technical experience.
• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Experience in systems engineering, architecture, technical analysis, solution development, or related disciplines.
• Experience working across technical teams and communicating with government customers or stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, written, verbal, briefing, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to understand complex technical information, derive system-level conclusions from multiple sources, work independently, and coordinate with technical leads and other engineering disciplines.
• Ability to adapt engineering approaches as mission objectives, requirements, and technical understanding evolve.

Nice to have

• Experience with system or mission architectures, technical solutions, trade studies, roadmaps, or system-level assessments.
• Experience translating requirements and operational concepts into architectural or technical solutions.
• Experience with complex system-of-systems environments, distributed capabilities, system interfaces, integration, verification, technical baselines, or lifecycle engineering.
• Broad understanding of space systems, sensors, RF/radar, satellite communications, ground systems, mission processing, data systems, mission operations, modeling and simulation, or related national security capabilities.
• Experience participating in customer engagements and technical working groups.
• Ability to rapidly build sufficient understanding of unfamiliar technical domains to contribute to engineering decisions.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular full-time employment supporting a funded US Space Force SBST program.
• Benefits may include health and life insurance, paid time off, holiday pay, short- and long-term disability, retirement and savings programs, learning and development, wellness programs, and optional benefits.
• Equal opportunity employment with a federal government contractor.