Early-Career Mission Systems Engineer - Space

Arcfield; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcfield is seeking a junior Systems / Mission Engineer in Chantilly, Virginia to support the development and integration of space-based sensing and mission capabilities for national security.

The role offers exposure to full system lifecycle activities and collaboration with government customers, with opportunities to learn rapidly and take on increasing responsibility in a dynamic defense environment.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/HS with related experience or internships.
• Strong written and verbal communication with customers/stakeholders.
• Able to adapt to evolving requirements and work with technical leads.

Responsibilities

• Become familiar with customer objectives, mission concepts, system documentation, requirements, and program processes.
• Support systems engineering and mission engineering activities under the direction of technical leads.
• Contribute to requirements development, decomposition, traceability, system architecture, and integration activities.
• Support analysis, modeling and simulation, mission planning, and system performance assessments.
• Work across space, ground, communications, sensing, and mission-processing elements of complex systems.
• Communicate technical findings, identify issues, and propose solutions.
• Learn new technologies and tools while progressively taking on greater responsibility.

Skills

Strong communication

Self-directed

Team collaboration

Education

BS in Engineering/technical field

MS in Engineering/technical field

High school + related experience

Tools

MATLAB

STK

MBSE tools

DOORS

Jira

Job description

Arcfield is seeking a junior Systems / Mission Engineer in Chantilly, Virginia to support the development and integration of space-based sensing and mission capabilities for national security.

The role offers exposure to full system lifecycle activities and collaboration with government customers, with opportunities to learn rapidly and take on increasing responsibility in a dynamic defense environment.