Ground Architecture Systems Engineer (AI/ML)

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

Projected compensation range: $97,390.39–$234,027.65 annually.

Company

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

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, architecture strategies, mission-thread analyses, capability assessments, and investment recommendations.
• Lead requirements traceability, architecture trade studies, integration, verification, validation, testing, and technical baseline decisions.
• Guide AI/ML capability integration, modeling and simulation, architecture reviews, senior customer briefings, technical documentation, and systems-engineering mentorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field with 8–10 years of relevant experience; alternatively, a master’s degree with 6–8 years or a PhD with 3–5 years.
• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with Poly.
• 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 using Cameo Systems Modeler, SysML, and/or UAF.
• Experience leading requirements development, architecture definition, interface management, technical baseline management, trade studies, and risk assessments.
• Experience leading modeling and simulation analyses using 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 concepts 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 or 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 processes, 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 high-consequence national-security missions.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular full-time employment with occasional telework subject to local-work-location requirements.
• Benefits may include health, life, disability, retirement and savings plans, paid time off, holiday pay, learning and development, wellness programs, and optional benefits.
• Work supports government and contractor stakeholders across complex, high-priority mission systems.