Systems Engineer - CLEARED

Piper Companies; Lanham (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

RSU stock options

Cigna Medical

Cigna Dental

Vision

Paid holidays

Sick Leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions in Lanham, MD seeks a Cleared Systems Engineer to join a growing aerospace and telecommunication company. This is an onsite, full-time role.

You will support system budgets, define and maintain requirements with traceability, and assist requirements allocation, verification, and validation throughout the program lifecycle. Must hold active TS/SCI clearance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of systems engineering experience in aerospace, defense, or space.
• Experience with requirements management tools (Jama, DOORS) and MBSE.
• Experience with system modeling and engineering analysis tools (MATLAB, Simulink, STK).
• Must be able to obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and maintenance of system budgets (power, data, performance).
• Define, analyze, document, and trace system and subsystem requirements.
• Support requirements allocation, verification planning, and validation across the program lifecycle.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

MBSE

System modeling tools

MATLAB/Simulink

TS/SCI clearance

Tools

Jama

DOORS

MBSE tools

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is looking for a CLEARED Systems Engineer to join a growing aerospace and telecommunication company. This is onsite in Lanham, MD and a full-time position.

Essential Duties of the Systems Engineer:

• Support the development and maintenance of system-level technical budgets, including power, data, performance, and other engineering metrics.
• Define, analyze, document, and maintain system and subsystem requirements with full traceability.
• Support requirements allocation, verification planning, and validation activities throughout the program lifecycle.

Qualifications of the Systems Engineer:

• 5+ years of systems engineering experience in aerospace, defense, or space.
• Requirements management and systems engineering tools (Jama, DOORS, etc).
• Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and system modeling tools.
• Engineering analysis and simulation tools (MATLAB, Simulink, STK, etc).
• Must be able to obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI clearance.

Compensation for the Systems Engineer:

• $120,000 - $200,000 (based on experience)
• Comprehensive benefit package; Unlimited PTO, Cigna Medical,Cigna Dental, Vision, RSU stock options, paid holidays, Sick Leave as required by law, paid holidays

This job opens for applications on 8/7/2026. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.