Senior Digital Systems Engineer – LVC & DevSecOps

Nextgenfed; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

NextGen Federal Systems is seeking Systems Engineers with experience in modeling and simulation environments to drive design and integration of complex systems for DoD mission‑critical programs.

You will bridge architecture planning and development to ensure a seamless digital thread from concept through production, collaborating with colleagues to solve technical tasks and deploying cutting‑edge modeling tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering or similar.
• 5+ years leading projects employing Digital/Systems Engineering.
• Solid understanding of systems lifecycle processes.
• Ability to develop systems deliverables, to include requirements, CONOPs, APIs, IDD/ICDs, SDDs, test plans/procedures.
• Ability to work closely with software engineers to evolve the systems architecture.
• Ability to analyze problems with a flexible and creative approach, manage complex tasks and adapt to rapidly changing requirements.
• Ability to learn new technologies rapidly and implement in a dynamic environment.
• Verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, and customer-facing skills.
• Current DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop cutting‑edge software solutions for DoD mission‑critical programs.
• Enable automation and tie the Digital Thread across environments.
• Define, design, and deliver bounded tool adapters to connect tools, data and workflows.
• Work within an Agile Project Management framework and DevSecOps culture.
• Collaborate with stakeholders including customers, teammates and partners.
• Architect connected ecosystems (DevSecOps pipelines) for continuous, automated data exchange.
• Ensure requirements traceability across hardware, software, and test environments.
• Implement adapters and C2/LVC interfaces and integrate GOTS LVC tools.
• Integrate third-party tool adapters; including libraries, CLI apps, plug-ins.
• Support scenario creation, LVC orchestration and real-time monitoring of simulation.
• Experience working with visualization application software.

Skills

Project leadership

Systems lifecycle

Systems deliverables

Systems architecture

Problem solving

Learning agility

Communication skills

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering or similar

Tools

GOTS MS&A tools

LVC tools

MATLAB

ANSYS Minerva

AGI STK

ModelCenter

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

NextGen Federal Systems is seeking Systems Engineers with experience in modeling and simulation environments to drive design and integration of complex systems for DoD mission‑critical programs.

You will bridge architecture planning and development to ensure a seamless digital thread from concept through production, collaborating with colleagues to solve technical tasks and deploying cutting‑edge modeling tools.