Systems Integration Engineer (Defense)

Location: Full-time, on-site in a SCIF environment at the Naval Support Facility in Arlington, Virginia, United States

Salary: USD $130,000–$150,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a 100% employee-owned federal contractor supporting complex mission systems.

What you will do

• Support system-of-systems architectures integrating hardware, software, sensors, and mission capabilities.
• Work with researchers, engineers, operators, stakeholders, and external partners to translate operational needs into traceable technical requirements.
• Develop requirements documentation, architecture products, interface control documents, and other systems engineering artifacts.
• Define and manage physical, electrical, logical, and data interfaces between internal components and external systems.
• Coordinate troubleshooting and resolution of technical and integration issues across engineering teams and partners.
• Develop integration strategies and test plans; support laboratory and field testing, operational demonstrations, test analysis, and corrective engineering actions.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI access and SAP eligibility.
• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5–7 years of related experience in systems engineering, systems integration, hardware/software integration and test, or mission-system development.
• Experience with requirements decomposition and traceability, interface management, and Interface Control Document development.
• Working knowledge of systems engineering lifecycle methods, integration planning, verification, validation, and test execution.
• Experience supporting laboratory and field-test environments.
• Ability to work full-time on-site in a SCIF environment in Arlington, Virginia.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• Experience integrating systems developed across multiple organizations, vendors, or external partners.
• Experience with system-of-systems engineering, mission-level integration, or operational test events.
• Experience in defense, aerospace, intelligence, robotics, autonomy, communications, sensing, cloud, networking, or distributed-system environments.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% employee-owned organization.
• Healthcare benefits for employees and dependents.
• Paid leave, retirement plans, and insurance programs.
• Education and training assistance.