Senior Systems Engineer – Navy Combat Systems & EW

Lever, Inc.; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Agile Defense is seeking a Systems Engineer III with deep technical expertise in Navy Combat Systems and Electronic Warfare to lead complex engineering efforts from requirements analysis through full lifecycle execution.

The ideal candidate will review architectures, guide design decisions, and support high‑visibility testing events, requiring U.S. citizenship and a Secret clearance. Travel up to 20% CONUS/OCONUS may be required.

Qualifications

• Master's level degree in one of the following areas: Computer, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering; Computer Science; Information Systems Management; or Systems Engineering.
• Ten (10) years of professional experience in systems engineering with Combat Systems or Electronic Warfare Systems.
• Must be able to travel up to 20% CONUS & OCONUS.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and have an active Secret clearance at minimum.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrated experience providing requirements to Trouble Reports (TR) and/or Change Requests (CR) written against failed requirements.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing architectures, component functional allocation and flows, interfaces, system processing and performance for Combat Systems or Electronic Warfare Navy systems.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating design options and recommend solutions to identified Combat Systems or Electronic Warfare Navy systems problems.
• Demonstrated experience providing subject matter Combat Systems or Naval Electronic Warfare expertise to develop test plans, test specifications, test reports, and other planning documents.
• Demonstrated experience developing procedures to test functional-level and system-level requirements of the Combat System or Electronic Warfare Training software.
• Demonstrated experience managing DoD software projects from cradle to grave.
• Demonstrated knowledge of IEEE and other industry standards/best practices.
• Demonstrated experience in Combat System or Electronic Warfare design, core technologies and Combat System or Electronic Warfare training execution.
• Demonstrated experience with DosaD navy training systems and training tool development.

Skills

Navy Combat Systems

Electronic Warfare

Requirements analysis

Test planning

DoD projects

IEEE standards

System architecture review

Linux (Red Hat)

VMware

RTI DDS

RTI-S HLA

Navy training systems

Simulation training

Education

Master's degree in Computer, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering; Computer Science; Information Systems Management; or Systems Engineering

Tools

VMware

RHEV

RTI DDS

RTI-S HLA

Job description

Agile Defense is seeking a Systems Engineer III with deep technical expertise in Navy Combat Systems and Electronic Warfare to lead complex engineering efforts from requirements analysis through full lifecycle execution.

The ideal candidate will review architectures, guide design decisions, and support high‑visibility testing events, requiring U.S. citizenship and a Secret clearance. Travel up to 20% CONUS/OCONUS may be required.