Senior Systems Engineer (Space Systems)

Location: Chantilly, Virginia, United States; no remote/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

• Support systems engineering across requirements development, design, integration, verification, validation, and operations.
• Lead and support requirements decomposition, allocation, traceability, and development of system and subsystem requirements.
• Develop and maintain specifications, verification criteria, traceability matrices, technical baselines, and engineering review products.
• Review system specifications, design documents, interface control documents, architecture products, technical assessments, and integration plans.
• Analyze technical products to identify gaps, inconsistencies, ambiguities, dependencies, risks, and potential impacts on system performance or integration.
• Coordinate engineering activities, interfaces, dependencies, deliverables, risks, and issues across multidisciplinary teams and government stakeholders.

Requirements

• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• BS with 10–12, MS with 8–10, or PhD with 5–7 years of relevant experience; a degree in engineering, science, another relevant technical discipline, or equivalent technical experience is required.
• Experience in systems engineering, requirements engineering, system integration, or a closely related discipline.
• Experience with traditional systems engineering processes and the full systems engineering lifecycle, including requirements development, decomposition, allocation, traceability, design, integration, verification, and validation.
• Strong understanding of the systems engineering V-model and relationships between system requirements, subsystem design, integration, verification, and validation.
• Experience developing, reviewing, or maintaining requirements specifications, system design documents, interface documentation, engineering assessments, and verification products.
• Strong understanding of requirements traceability, interface management, technical baselines, and system-level dependencies.
• Strong analytical, written, verbal, briefing, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, exercise sound engineering judgment, and coordinate with technical leads, subject matter experts, and government stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting complex space systems, national security systems, mission systems, or large-scale systems engineering programs.
• Experience supporting SRRs, SFRs, PDRs, CDRs, TRRs, SVRs, and other lifecycle technical reviews.
• Familiarity with space systems, sensors/RF/radar, satellite communications, ground systems, mission processing, data systems, and mission operations.
• Familiarity with MBSE, SysML, requirements management, MagicDraw, DOORS, DOORS Next, Jira, or similar engineering tools.
• Experience identifying requirements gaps, technical risks, design inconsistencies, and integration challenges across complex systems and systems-of-systems environments.
• Ability to understand technical details across multiple engineering disciplines and translate them into system-level assessments and recommendations.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular full-time employment supporting a multidisciplinary mission engineering team.
• Benefits may include health insurance, life insurance, paid time off, holiday pay, short- and long-term disability, retirement and savings programs, learning and development, wellness programs, and optional benefits.
• Work is performed onsite in Chantilly, Virginia, with no remote or telework option.