Systems Engineer - CAD Design & Knowledge Management

Fusion Innovation; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Fusion Innovation in Virginia specializes in mission-critical systems. The Systems Engineer – CAD Design and Knowledge Management will transform field data into deployment-ready drawings and build searchable knowledge repositories aligned with baselines.

The role emphasizes CAD drawing production, documentation control, and support for deployment readiness reviews, ensuring traceability, metadata tagging, and audit-ready configurations across distributed deployments.

Qualifications

• Experience producing CAD-based engineering drawings.
• Ability to convert field notes into as-built drawings.
• Experience maintaining document repositories.
• Knowledge of configuration baselines and program standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain CAD-based engineering drawings and layouts, including equipment rooms, rack elevations, cabling, power distribution, and required network diagrams.
• Prepare deployment-ready drawing packages with appropriate title blocks, revision histories, and adherence to program drafting standards.
• Convert site surveys and field notes into accurate as-built drawings using photographs, measurements, and field engineering feedback.
• Build and maintain structured repositories for drawings, build packages, installation guides, and troubleshooting references.
• Define and apply metadata and tagging standards so engineering documents are searchable, traceable, and linked to configuration baselines and approved changes.
• Support systems engineering for physical deployments, including space, power, cooling, and cabling considerations.
• Participate in technical reviews and deployment-readiness reviews.
• Maintain CAD templates and documentation-quality checklists that support consistent drafting standards, revision control, and audit-ready traceability across deployments.

Skills

CAD design

Documentation control

Knowledge management

Deployment engineering

Systems engineering

Metadata tagging

Site surveys

As-built drawings

Job description

FusionInnovation's recent growth has earned us a top spot in the Inc 5000 FastestGrowing Private Companies in America and in Washington Business Journal's BestPlaces to Work multiple years in a row. Our team members are passionate abouttheir work and are empowered to contribute their unique skills and perspectivesto our projects. Here at Fusion, we put people first. When you join us, youdon't just join a company, you join a family. If you are ready to be part of afun and engaging team where your innovative ideas are heard, supported, andmake ever lasting mission impacts for our Nation's most sensitive programs, youhave come to the right place.

Position Overview

The Systems Engineer – CAD Design and Knowledge Management will use CAD design, deployment engineering, and documentation-control expertise to produce and maintain accurate engineering drawings and site documentation for a complex, geographically distributed mission program. This role transforms field data into deployment-ready and as-built packages while establishing searchable, traceable knowledge repositories aligned with configuration baselines and program standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain CAD-based engineering drawings and layouts, including equipment rooms, rack elevations, cabling, power distribution, and required network diagrams.
• Prepare deployment-ready drawing packages with appropriate title blocks, revision histories, and adherence to program drafting standards.
• Convert site surveys and field notes into accurate as-built drawings using photographs, measurements, and field engineering feedback.
• Build and maintain structured repositories for drawings, build packages, installation guides, and troubleshooting references.
• Define and apply metadata and tagging standards so engineering documents are searchable, traceable, and linked to configuration baselines and approved changes.
• Support systems engineering for physical deployments, including space, power, cooling, and cabling considerations.
• Participate in technical reviews and deployment-readiness reviews.
Maintain CAD templates and documentation-quality checklists that support consistent drafting standards, revision control, and audit-ready traceability across deployments.