Mission Systems Architect & Solution Engineer (TS/SCI)

Arcfield; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcfield is seeking a Systems Engineer to support the development and integration of advanced space-based sensing and mission capabilities for US Space Force and national security. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems, understanding how diverse capabilities work together, and developing practical systems from evolving requirements.

The successful candidate will work on a multidisciplinary mission engineering team, translating mission objectives into

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Must possess and maintain a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Experience in systems engineering, architecture, technical analysis, or related disciplines.
• Experience working across technical teams and communicating with government customers or stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, written, verbal, briefing, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to translate requirements into system-level architectures and adapt as objectives evolve.
• Ability to work independently while coordinating with technical leads and other disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Support systems and mission engineering activities across the full system lifecycle from concept to operations.
• Develop and refine system and mission architectures based on requirements and objectives.
• Support end-to-end technical solutioning from problem definition through evaluation of approaches.
• Analyze requirements, documents, and interfaces to identify dependencies and opportunities for integration.
• Collaborate across space, ground, communications, sensing, processing, data, and operations domains.
• Maintain architecture views, assessments, roadmaps, briefings, and other engineering products.
• Support requirements decomposition and allocation translating mission objectives into capabilities.
• Identify system-level interfaces and dependencies across teams and organizations.
• Participate in design discussions and reviews with government customers and stakeholders.
• Present findings and recommendations to technical leads and government stakeholders.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Systems engineering

Architecture experience

Stakeholder communication

Education

BS in engineering or science

MS in engineering or science

PhD in a relevant field (optional)

Job description

Arcfield is seeking a Systems Engineer to support the development and integration of advanced space-based sensing and mission capabilities for US Space Force and national security. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems, understanding how diverse capabilities work together, and developing practical systems from evolving requirements.

The successful candidate will work on a multidisciplinary mission engineering team, translating mission objectives into