Systems Architecture Engineer (Space Systems)

Location: Chantilly, Virginia, United States; no remote or telework allowed.

Projected annual compensation: $135,035.83–$234,801.11.

Company

hirify.global is a federal government contractor supporting US Space Force and national security missions through advanced space-based sensing and mission capabilities.

What you will do

• Define, develop, and maintain high-level system architectures aligned with mission objectives, operational needs, and technical requirements.
• Establish architectural vision, design principles, technical direction, and technology roadmaps for current and future mission capabilities.
• Decompose complex systems into subsystems, components, layers, functional elements, interfaces, and dependencies.
• Lead and support integration across multiple systems and systems of systems to ensure interoperability and end-to-end mission functionality.
• Develop architecture views, functional and physical diagrams, interface definitions, technical baselines, and other architectural products.
• Provide technical leadership during reviews, architecture working groups, integration planning, and discussions with government customers and stakeholders.

Requirements

• 10–12 years of relevant experience with a bachelor's degree, 8–10 years with a master's degree, or 5–7 years with a PhD.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or another relevant technical discipline, or equivalent technical experience.
• Must possess and maintain a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Experience in systems engineering, systems architecture, system design, or a closely related technical discipline.
• Experience defining system-level architectures, decomposing systems into subsystems or functional layers, and establishing relationships, interfaces, and dependencies.
• Experience supporting or leading integration across multiple systems, technical domains, or engineering organizations.
• Strong understanding of the system lifecycle, including requirements development, architecture, design, integration, verification, deployment, and operations.
• Ability to communicate technical vision, architectural concepts, design decisions, and long-term technical direction; work independently; exercise sound engineering judgment; and provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with reference, functional, physical, and systems-of-systems architectures, system partitioning, functional decomposition, subsystem boundaries, interfaces, and architectural dependencies.
• Experience integrating complex distributed systems involving multiple technical domains, organizations, and stakeholders.
• Familiarity with space systems, sensors, RF/radar, satellite communications, ground systems, mission processing, data systems, and mission operations.
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering, architecture modeling, interface management, MagicDraw, SysML, DOORS, or similar tools.
• Experience maintaining architecture documentation, system diagrams, interface control documents, technical baselines, configuration guidelines, and architectural decision records.

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 benefit elections.
• Compensation may vary based on contract wage determination, experience, skills, education, certifications, labor category, and geographic location.