System Engineer II

VT Group (VTG); Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

VT Group (VTG) is seeking a System Engineer II in Chantilly, VA to translate mission needs into verifiable requirements and engineering products. You will lead requirements development, maintain end-to-end traceability, and coordinate across software, network, cyber, and cloud domains.

Responsibilities include contributing to technical reviews, developing system architecture artifacts, and supporting verification planning and test readiness.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI with Poly required.
• 5+ years of systems engineering experience.
• Experience with requirements management.
• Experience in a structured delivery environment (Agile, iterative, or traditional lifecycles).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, IT, or related field.
• MBSE/SysML/DoDAF familiarity; government programs experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead/support requirements development, decomposition, and management; maintain end-to-end traceability from mission needs through verification.
• Develop and maintain systems engineering artifacts (e.g., system specs, interface documentation, architecture views, technical baselines).
• Support integration planning and coordination across engineering disciplines (software, network, cyber, cloud, test).
• Contribute to technical reviews (SRR/PDR/CDR or equivalent); prepare materials and close actions.
• Support verification planning and test readiness activities; ensure requirements are measurable and testable.
• Identify technical risks/issues and propose mitigations; support configuration and change control processes.

Skills

TS/SCI with Poly

Systems engineering

Requirements management

MBSE SysML DoDAF

Govt program experience

Delivery lifecycles

Education

Bachelor's degree (Engineering/IT/Business)

Job description

Overview

VTG is looking for a System Engineer II in Chantilly, VA. This role performs systems engineering tasks with limited supervision, translating mission needs into system requirements and engineering products. Coordinates across stakeholders to maintain technical alignment, supports design trade studies, and ensures requirements are verifiable and traceable through implementation and test.

What will you do?

• Lead/support requirements development, decomposition, and management; maintain end-to-end traceability from mission needs through verification.


• Develop and maintain systems engineering artifacts (e.g., system specs, interface documentation, architecture views, technical baselines).


• Support integration planning and coordination across engineering disciplines (software, network, cyber, cloud, test).


• Contribute to technical reviews (SRR/PDR/CDR or equivalent), including preparing materials and closing review actions.


• Support verification planning and test readiness activities; ensure requirements are measurable and testable.


• Identify technical risks/issues and propose mitigations; support configuration and change control processes.

Do you have what it takes?

• TS/SCI with Poly Required


• 5-9+ years of relevant systems engineering experience.


• Demonstrated experience with requirements management and development of engineering documentation.


• Experience working in a structured delivery environment (Agile, iterative, or traditional engineering lifecycles).


• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, IT, Business, or related field


• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with MBSE/SysML and/or architecture frameworks (DoDAF), Familiarity with integration, verification, and configuration management practices, Prior support to U.S. Government programs (DoD/Federal/Civil).

Pay Range: VTG’s estimated starting pay range is $100,000 - $165,000 annually, which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.