Flight Systems Engineer - Missile Payload & Integration

jrc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Excellent benefits program

Growth opportunities

Job summary

JRC invites seasoned engineers to join a critical Missile System Integration team in the Washington, DC area. The role focuses on end-to-end payload integration, system interfaces, and verification across HWIL/SWIL environments, ensuring safety, mission success, and program integrity.

You will develop interfaces, manage ICDs and functional specs, and coordinate reviews with DoD stakeholders while supporting cost/schedule trade-offs and risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 7 years of defense-related systems engineering experience on missile or aerospace MDAPs.
• Experience with payload integration, flight system to payload interface definition, and HWIL/SWIL verification.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical contributor to LOC Missile System Integration Section Head.
• Lead and co-lead the development, issuance, and maintenance of the Flight System to Payload ICD and related specs.
• Plan and execute flight system to payload integration activities with clear handoffs between streams.
• Lead HWIL/SWIL verification procedures and analyze results for risk mitigation.
• Provide input to ERB, TRMB, and CCB as payload interface SME.
• Contribute payload interface content to SEP, TEMP, and Mission Assurance Plan.

Skills

Payload integration

HWIL/SWIL verification

Systems engineering

Top Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

ICDs

Functional specifications

Requirements traceability matrices

Job description

JRC invites seasoned engineers to join a critical Missile System Integration team in the Washington, DC area. The role focuses on end-to-end payload integration, system interfaces, and verification across HWIL/SWIL environments, ensuring safety, mission success, and program integrity.

You will develop interfaces, manage ICDs and functional specs, and coordinate reviews with DoD stakeholders while supporting cost/schedule trade-offs and risk mitigation.