Senior Systems Engineer - TS/SCI Clearance (DoD/Defense)

Cornerstone Defense LLC; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(K) plan with company match

Tuition and training assistance

Paid vacation/leave

Fitness reimbursement

Job summary

Cornerstone Defense LLC is seeking a Systems Engineer to support activities in Dulles, VA or State College, PA. This role requires an active TS/SCI clearance and offers a compensation range of $150,000–$175,000.

You will collaborate with Agile teams to define system requirements, verify through acceptance criteria, and ensure successful integration and testing of software and system capabilities. The ideal candidate has a STEM bachelor’s degree and at least five years of relevant experience,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM and 5 years of relevant experience.
• Experience defining system requirements for Agile software development and test teams, ensuring verification through acceptance criteria.
• Engineering experience within the full systems and/or software engineering lifecycles.
• Experience in system requirement creation and decomposition of capabilities into features with acceptance criteria using agile development tools like JIRA, CONFLUENCE, and JAMA.

Responsibilities

• The senior systems engineer will execute multiple aspects of the systems engineering discipline, to include support of software development and test, requirements traceability into software functions, system performance analysis, and system integration and test activities to ensure system requirements achieve validation.
• The system engineer will interact with the agile development teams regarding technical considerations, risks, and issue closure associated with the system capabilities and features.
• The candidate must also possess the ability to multi-task, adapt to rapidly changing circumstances, effectively network, and communicate to the appropriate levels of the organization and support schedules and delivery milestones.

Skills

Agile methods

DevSecOps

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

JAMA

Job description

Cornerstone Defense LLC is seeking a Systems Engineer to support activities in Dulles, VA or State College, PA. This role requires an active TS/SCI clearance and offers a compensation range of $150,000–$175,000.

You will collaborate with Agile teams to define system requirements, verify through acceptance criteria, and ensure successful integration and testing of software and system capabilities. The ideal candidate has a STEM bachelor’s degree and at least five years of relevant experience,