Clearance: TS/SCI with Full‑Scope Polygraph (required to start) Additional Requirement: PRIVAC (must currently possess the required level OR be eligible via polygraph within the last 7 years) Experience: 7+ years Location: On‑site
We are seeking a Level 1 System Engineer (SE) to support the full lifecycle of systems engineering activities across complex, mission‑critical programs. This role requires strong analytical skills, the ability to translate requirements into actionable engineering artifacts, and the discipline to work within structured engineering processes and cross‑functional teams.
Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure production systems align with defined architectures (e.g., DoDAF, SOA).
Contribute to systems engineering documentation, including:
System Engineering Plans
Initial Capabilities Documents
Requirements Specifications
Interface Control Documents
Assist in developing system and functional requirements and allocating them to hardware, software, facility, and personnel components.
Coordinate resolution of action items from CCB meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews requiring cross‑discipline collaboration.
Participate in Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to design new capabilities based on operational and developmental considerations.
Allocate real‑time process budgets and error budgets to system and subsystem components.
Generate alternative system concepts, physical architectures, and design solutions.
Define verification methods, processes, and evaluation criteria for systems, subsystems, and work products.
Develop system design solutions that satisfy system requirements and functional analysis.
Review and provide input to program WBS, work packages, and the Integrated Master Plan (IMP).
Participate in interface definition, design, and configuration changes across the system lifecycle.
Derive stakeholder needs and implied functions from system requirements to ensure system effectiveness.
Derive lower‑level requirements from higher‑level allocations, ensuring completeness, correctness, uniqueness, clarity, feasibility, and verifiability.
Support establishment and approval of system/component definitions (requirements, designs, interfaces, test procedures).
Develop derived requirements for Information Assurance, including:
Confidentiality, Integrity, Non‑repudiation, Availability
IA mechanisms (Identification, Authentication, Access Control, Accountability)
Security technologies (Passwords, Cryptography, DAC, MAC, Hashing, Key Management)
Seven (7) years of experience as a System Engineer supporting programs of similar scope, type, and complexity.
Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or a related technical discipline.
Five (5) additional years of SE experience may be substituted for the degree.
Experience with communications protocols such as GSM, CDMA, 5G, HTS, and associated community tools.
Application development for IPv4/IPv6 packet‑switched networks (L2/L3), including VOIP protocols, VPN technologies, and encapsulation.
Experience with digital forensics tools such as Wireshark.
Deep understanding of the OSI model, layers 2–7.
Experience with protocol stacks for data transfer, including routing, encapsulation, tunneling, encryption, and legacy protocols (e.g., SONET).