Systems Engineer

ACT1 Federal; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

Life insurance

Disability (short-term)

Disability (long-term)

FSA

HSA

401K

PTO

Holidays

Military leave

Professional development

Job summary

ACT1 Federal is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to provide requirements analysis, architecture, interface, systems integration, verification, advanced-manufacturing, and strategic planning in support of defense industrial base and shipyard decisions.

The position requires an Active Top Secret clearance, 10+ years in systems engineering or related fields, and the ability to develop requirements matrices, conduct trade studies, prepare executive briefings, and present defensible

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline.
• 10+ years in systems engineering or related field.
• Experience developing and managing requirements and communicating findings.
• Experience integrating information from multiple disciplines into defensible recommendations.
• Advanced proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, Word.

Responsibilities

• Apply systems engineering to defense programs and emerging requirements.
• Develop requirements matrices, models, and traceability products.
• Integrate production, supplier, and infrastructure information.
• Prepare executive briefings, issue papers, and decision memoranda.
• Monitor progress and escalate matters needing government direction.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements analysis

Trade studies

Executive briefings

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Schedule (FT/PT): Full Time

Travel Required: N/A

Shift: Day

Remote Type: In-Office

Clearance required: Top Secret clearance required

***THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON CONTRACT AWARD***

Who is ACT1 Federal? ACT1 Federal LLC is a 100% employee-owned company. We’ve served the Department of War (DoW) for nearly thirty years. Our core missions include weapon systems engineering, logistics, space domain expertise, global defense and security, business and financial management for security assistance and major defense articles, as well as military training and arctic security. Join us!

Description: ACT1 Federal is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to provide requirements analysis, architecture, interface, systems integration, verification, advanced-manufacturing, and systems planning in support of industrial base and fifth shipyard decisions.

Responsibilities:

Systems Engineering and Requirements Analysis:

• Apply systems engineering principles to defense industrial base programs, initiatives, and emerging requirements involving production capacity, suppliers, shipyards, infrastructure, workforce, data, technology, and investment.
• Elicit, analyze, document, validate, and maintain mission, operational, functional, performance, interface, data, and implementation requirements.
• Decompose complex problems into manageable elements; identify dependencies, interfaces, constraints, assumptions, decision points, and measures of effectiveness.
• Develop requirements matrices, system and process models, interface descriptions, functional architectures, workflows, use cases, roadmaps, and traceability products.
• Evaluate whether proposed solutions, analytical methods, data sources, and implementation plans satisfy requirements and support intended mission outcomes.

Industrial Base Integration and Analysis:

• Integrate production, supplier, infrastructure, economic, financial, acquisition, workforce, and technology information into coherent baselines and analytical products.
• Support assessments of production constraints, supplier capacity, industrial resilience, shipyard alternatives, infrastructure needs, technology adoption, investment priorities, and recovery initiatives.
• Conduct alternatives analyses and trade studies addressing technical feasibility, operational utility, cost, schedule, risk, scalability, interoperability, and lifecycle considerations.
• Identify gaps, redundancies, conflicting assumptions, data limitations, and cross-directorate impacts that could affect implementation or senior-leader decisions.
• Develop performance measures and monitoring approaches that connect recommended actions to observable improvements in capacity, delivery, resilience, and execution.

Management Analysis and Decision Support:

• Analyze organizational structures, governance, processes, roles, responsibilities, and decision authorities affecting DASN DIB initiatives.
• Facilitate working sessions with Government, program, engineering, acquisition, financial, data, and industry stakeholders to clarify requirements and resolve integration issues.
• Prepare executive briefings, issue papers, decision memoranda, requirements packages, risk assessments, implementation plans, and responses to senior-leader questions.
• Maintain action, risk, issue, dependency, and decision tracking; monitor implementation progress and elevate matters requiring Government direction.
• Provide independent analysis while preserving Government responsibility for policy, requirements approval, funding, acquisition, source selection, and other inherently governmental decisions.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in systems engineering, engineering, industrial engineering, operations research, computer science, data science, mathematics, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years’ experience in systems engineering, management analysis, engineering analysis, program analysis, defense acquisition, industrial base analysis, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing requirements, performing functional or process analysis, evaluating alternatives, identifying interfaces and dependencies, and communicating technical findings.
• Experience integrating information from multiple technical and organizational disciplines into defensible recommendations for complex programs or initiatives.
• Working knowledge of systems engineering methods, requirements traceability, risk management, lifecycle analysis, process modeling, performance measurement, and implementation planning.
• Experience preparing and presenting analytical products to senior Government or industry leaders and facilitating multidisciplinary stakeholder discussions.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and collaboration tools; ability to develop clear models, diagrams, matrices, dashboards, and executive-level products.
• Active Top Secret Clearance required.
• ACT1 Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Company Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Company Paid Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 401K with employer match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Military Leave
• Education, Training & Professional Development
• Voluntary Accidental Injury/Critical Illness/Hospital Care
• Voluntary Pet Insurance, Legal Resources, and Identity Protection

Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a ACT1 Federal or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.