Systems Engineer (Defense Technology)

Location: On-site at least 4 days per week, based in Arlington, VA; San Diego, CA; or Mount Laurel, NJ, United States

Salary: $90,000–$184,000 per year, with ranges of $90,000–$150,000 or $114,000–$184,000 depending on experience, skills, and education.

Company

hirify.global develops automation, digital engineering, software, and systems solutions for U.S. government defense and complex combat systems.

What you will do

• Develop test and data algorithms that reduce instrumentation and data streams into meaningful measures of system actions, behaviors, and outcomes.
• Evaluate customer and operational needs, define system performance requirements, and ensure compatibility across functional and program interfaces.
• Apply systems and software engineering principles to develop solutions for complex in-service and next-generation software systems.
• Plan, design, develop, integrate, and verify system-of-systems solutions throughout the lifecycle.
• Analyze and decompose requirements, review software designs, create test cases, procedures, and plans, and troubleshoot discrepancies.
• Communicate with customers and users to clarify needs and resolve cross-functional technical challenges.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, another STEM field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 3–5+ years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of systems engineering and software engineering practices, requirements analysis, system behavior, testing, integration, and the Systems Engineering V-Model.
• Ability to convert program requirements into viable technical solutions and communicate with customer subject-matter experts, designers, testers, and development teams.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an active Secret U.S. Security Clearance.
• Ability to work on-site at least four days per week in Arlington, San Diego, or Mount Laurel; approximately 10% travel is required.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of AESA or DBF radar, distributed kill chains, combat systems, and distributed data management.
• Experience with agentic AI workflows, SysML or UML, Agile development, and large complex or DoD software systems.
• Experience implementing algorithms in C++, Python, MATLAB, or other languages.
• Experience with data visualization, instrumentation, data reduction, software interfaces, and requirements management tools such as DOORS.

Culture & Benefits

• Entrepreneurial culture with collaborative office-based engineering teams.
• Competitive pay and benefits package, PTO, and paid holidays.
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and matching.
• Optional 9/80 schedule, with the second and fourth Friday off each month.
• Tuition assistance, professional development resources, commuter benefits, and regular technical and social events.