Flight-to-Ship Missile Integration Engineer

JRC Careers; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Employee benefits

Impactful DoD programs

Collaborative environment

Professional growth

Job summary

JRC Careers is seeking a Missile Integration Engineer to lead flight-to-shipboard interface work for Virginia Class submarine platforms. You will collaborate with platform, flight vehicle, and test teams to mature interfaces and develop flight-vehicle simulators for HWIL/SWIL testing, ensuring credible mission plans are executable.

The role emphasizes cross-functional coordination, rigorous interface design, and MBSE practices across government and contractor partners, with responsibilities

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Systems) or related field.
• 7+ years of defense-related systems engineering experience on missile or aerospace MDAPs.
• 2+ years of experience with Naval shipboard systems or mission planning.
• Active DoD Secret clearance with eligibility for Top Secret/SCI.
• DAWIA Advanced Certification in Engineering or Program Management.
• Experience with Virginia Class Submarines, Tomahawk Weapons System, or Tomahawk Mission Planning.
• Sea-Launch platform experience (SSN/SSBN/SSGN).
• Strong communication skills for conveying complex topics to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical contributor reporting to the LOC Missile System Integration Section Head on flight-vehicle interface design.
• Support system integration across fight vehicle, control, fire control, and launch subsystems.
• Oversee development of flight vehicle simulators and high-fidelity test sets.
• Lead liaison between flight vehicle and shipboard branches.
• Support MBSE, digital thread/twin management, and configuration control.

Skills

Defense systems engineering

Missile programs

Naval shipboard systems

MBSE

System integration

Communication skills

Flight/shipping interface

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree in engineering

DAWIA Advanced Certification

Job description

JRC Careers is seeking a Missile Integration Engineer to lead flight-to-shipboard interface work for Virginia Class submarine platforms. You will collaborate with platform, flight vehicle, and test teams to mature interfaces and develop flight-vehicle simulators for HWIL/SWIL testing, ensuring credible mission plans are executable.

The role emphasizes cross-functional coordination, rigorous interface design, and MBSE practices across government and contractor partners, with responsibilities