Senior Systems Engineer – DoD Platform & C2 Systems

Astrion; Dahlgren (VA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

Astrion is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead systems and mission engineering efforts for DoD platforms and weapons systems in Dahlgren, VA. The role focuses on developing requirements, top-level designs, and architectures for software-intensive systems supporting Navy and Joint warfighting capabilities.

The position requires extensive DoD program experience, leadership of engineering teams, and ability to navigate certification and security processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, or 10 years of relevant knowledge base and expertise.
• Ten years of professional systems engineering experience with a DoD major program.
• Five years of concurrent team leadership experience in systems and mission engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering and mission engineering for strategic, platform, weapon, C2, cyber, and/or fire control systems.
• Develop requirements, top-level designs, and system architectures for software-intensive systems.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve complex systems engineering issues for Navy and Joint warfighting capabilities.
• Support lifecycle system development and analysis for milestone decisions, CONOPS, and initial design development.
• Develop or review system integration documents for weapons systems, weapons control systems, and/or combat systems.
• Support certification processes and self-certification criteria for strategic/weapon systems.
• Support security systems engineering, including certification, accreditation, and RMF/DIACAP processes when assigned to Security Systems.
• Support cyberspace systems engineering involving requirements identification, architecture design, development, testing, and enterprise software integration.

Skills

Systems engineering

Mission engineering

Team leadership

DoD programs

Software-intensive systems

Big data

Machine learning

Cloud

Microservice architecture

Cyberspace systems

Education

Bachelor of Science in engineering

Job description

Astrion is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead systems and mission engineering efforts for DoD platforms and weapons systems in Dahlgren, VA. The role focuses on developing requirements, top-level designs, and architectures for software-intensive systems supporting Navy and Joint warfighting capabilities.

The position requires extensive DoD program experience, leadership of engineering teams, and ability to navigate certification and security processes.