Staff Systems Engineer — DoD Cleared, Hybrid

Actalent; Tampa (FL); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Actalent in Tampa, FL, is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to support defense programs through architecture, requirements development, and technical leadership across the full lifecycle of large systems.

You will mentor teams, manage interfaces with customers and subcontractors, drive key reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR), and deliver artifacts such as ICDs, CDDs, and BOMs while ensuring rigorous configuration management in a hybrid on-site environment.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of systems engineering experience delivering complex solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience leading large-scale engineering efforts.
• Strong requirements management and system integration.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver solutions for complex systems and systems-of-systems.
• Lead systems engineering activities across the development lifecycle.
• Develop, trace, manage, and validate system requirements.
• Lead major engineering reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR).
• Generate and maintain ICDs, CDDs, BOMs.
• Serve as technical interface with customers and partners.
• Mentor engineering teams and provide technical leadership.
• Support configuration management and documentation control.
• Champion innovation and internal R&D efforts.

Skills

Active DoD Clearance

Requirements Management

Systems Integration

Technical Leadership

Customer-facing Skills

Lifecycle Management

Engineering Reviews

Team Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline

Master's Degree in Systems Engineering

Tools

MBSE

DoDAF

Job description

Actalent in Tampa, FL, is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to support defense programs through architecture, requirements development, and technical leadership across the full lifecycle of large systems.

You will mentor teams, manage interfaces with customers and subcontractors, drive key reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR), and deliver artifacts such as ICDs, CDDs, and BOMs while ensuring rigorous configuration management in a hybrid on-site environment.