Senior Systems Engineer (Aerospace)

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

Projected compensation: $110,204.91–$191,624.96 annually.

Company

hirify.global is a federal government contractor providing systems engineering, technical advisory, and systems integration services for Intelligence Community missions.

What you will do

• Design, develop, evaluate, and modify end-to-end systems throughout the systems engineering life cycle.
• Translate product strategies and customer needs into system requirements, specifications, standards, and procedures.
• Integrate hardware, software, and system interfaces across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Support government customers, development and operations contractors, and internal and external users.
• Plan and lead testing, verification, validation, customer acceptance, and transition of new capabilities into operations.
• Capture system baseline architecture and support the transition to a digital engineering ecosystem.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph required and must be maintained.
• 8–10 years of experience with a bachelor's degree, 6–8 years with a master's degree, or 3–5 years with a PhD; relevant systems development or acquisition experience may substitute.
• Technical bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of experience with space and ground communications systems and mid-level knowledge of RF communications theory.
• Ability to work effectively within an engineering team and demonstrated success working with government customers.

Nice to have

• Experience with commercial or government acquisition of satellite and ground-segment hardware and software.
• SETA experience supporting a Chantilly Intelligence Community customer and related readiness processes.
• Experience in systems engineering, integration, testing, verification, and validation of hardware and software systems.
• Familiarity with digital engineering for capturing system baseline architecture.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance options.
• Paid time off and holiday pay.
• Retirement and savings programs.
• Learning and development opportunities and wellness programs.