Systems Engineer – Employment Engineer

Amentum; Dahlgren (VA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off and holidays

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Tax-saving options

Disability and life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Systems Engineer – Employment Engineer in Dahlgren, VA to support the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile–Nuclear (SLCM-N) program. The role covers development, integration, analysis, and testing of advanced weapon-system capabilities and technologies.

Responsibilities include evaluating design choices, analyzing targeting data, and supporting threat mitigation, survivability, and system performance. A Secret clearance and relevant experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline or equivalent testing expertise.
• Fives years of nuclear operations, command and control principles, or national-level programs.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate operational impact of new design choices on weapon system and subsystems.
• Assess impacts to USSTRATCOM, CCDRs, SWFs, operational fleet, and NC2 community.
• Analyze targeting data, mission-planning capabilities, and system performance.
• Support threat mitigation, survivability, and weapon effectiveness analyses.
• Participate in trade studies and design optimization balancing survivability, range, and lethality.
• Support requirements definition, scheduling, and traceability.
• Develop and maintain programmatic artifacts (LMDP, WISE).
• Collaborate with Lead/Product Owner to align engineering with priorities.

Education

BS in engineering or related field

5 years experience in lieu of degree

Tools

DOORS

Job description

Amentum is seeking a Systems Engineer – Employment Engineer to join our engineering team in Dahlgren, VA, supporting the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile–Nuclear (SLCM-N) Program. This position will support the development, integration, analysis, and testing of advanced weapon-system capabilities and technologies.

The Systems Engineer – Employment Engineer will support SLCM‑N Employment Engineering efforts focused on optimizing weapon‑system employment, analyzing targeting data and planning capabilities, translating USSTRATCOM/Combatant Command requirements into platform capabilities, and performing analysis, modeling, and simulation to support threat mitigation, survivability, and weapon‑system accuracy.

Systems Engineer – Employment Engineer Essential Responsibilities

• Apply detailed knowledge of the SLCM‑N Weapon System and subsystem interactions to evaluate the operational impact of new system design choices.
• Assess impacts to operational users, including USSTRATCOM, Combatant Commanders (CCDRs), Strategic Weapons Facilities (SWFs), the operational fleet, and the NC2 community.
• Perform analysis of targeting data, mission‑planning capabilities, system performance, and emerging threats.
• Support analysis, modeling, and simulation activities related to threat mitigation, survivability, weapon effectiveness, and platform performance.
• Participate in trade studies and design optimization activities to ensure physical airframe and software architectures appropriately balance survivability, range, and lethality.
• Support requirements definition, schedule alignment, and L0/L1 requirements tracing.
• Support development and maintenance of programmatic artifacts, including the Lifecycle Mission Data Plan (LMDP) and Weapons Integration and Systems Engineering (WISE) deliverables.
• Collaborate closely with the Lead/Product Owner and Technical Project Lead (TPL) to ensure engineering activities remain aligned with customer and program priorities.
• Support software requirements definition, engineering analysis, specification development, and other systems/software engineering activities.
• Perform other position‑related duties as assigned or requested.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor of Science (BS) degree from an accredited college or university in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline; or five (5) years of demonstrated and established knowledge and subject‑matter testing expertise in lieu of the degree.
• Five (5) years of experience supporting nuclear operations, nuclear command and control principles, strategic weapons, nuclear planning, and national‑level command and control programs.
• Five (5) years of software engineering experience supporting a real‑time, software‑intensive Weapon System, Command System, or Intelligence System, including software requirements definition activities.
• Three (3) years of specialized experience in areas including:
• Software engineering and requirements analysis.
• Design tradeoff studies.
• Structured requirements‑analysis methodologies for real‑time, software‑intensive weapon systems.
• Weapon‑system specification development using tools such as DOORS (Dynamic Object‑Oriented Requirements System).
• Software requirements definition, engineering analysis, and/or software specification development.
• Must be able to obtain/maintain a Secret security clearance. Note: U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a Secret clearance.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain RD/FRD access, as required for the position.

Preferred Qualifications

• Educational or professional background in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or Aerospace.
• Active TS/SCI clearance preferred.
• Five (5) years of experience supporting nuclear operations, nuclear command and control principles, strategic weapons, nuclear planning, and national‑level command and control programs.
• Tomahawk Weapons experience

Compensation Details

140000

The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good‑faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.

Benefits Overview

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Educational reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax‑saving options
• Disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance

Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara‑O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.

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