Systems Engineer (Expert-Level) Job ID :17/17/22

CEdge Inc; Town of Springfield (WI); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Benefits Package

10 Days PTO

6 Sick leaves

401K

Job summary

CEdge Inc. seeks an Expert Systems Engineer with a strong background in geospatial intelligence. The role supports NSG/ASG and federal agencies, leading multi-discipline requirements, solutions engineering, and integration efforts across major systems acquisitions.

Ideal candidates have advanced degrees or equivalent experience, TS/SCI clearance, and familiarity with cloud environments, big data, and automation technologies. US government collaboration is core to the position.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or 18+ years of experience in systems engineering.
• Experience with DoD/IC Acquisition Process or large complex System of Systems.
• Experience with lifecycle engineering and cloud environments.
• TS/SCI clearance adjudication or ability to obtain SCI and pass a poly.
• Proficiency in model-based systems engineering and related tools.
• Active professional licensure recommended.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams across multi-discipline requirements and solutions engineering.
• Plan, analyze and trace user requirements and architectures.
• Advise on changes to designs based on requirements and new tech.
• Translate mission needs into system requirements and solutions.
• Support system integration activities and AoAs/CoAs/Trade Studies.
• Engage in strategic technical planning and risk management.
• Provide expert guidance to government on vision, strategy, and processes.
• Coordinate senior, mid, and junior contractor engineers.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Model Based Systems Engineering

Cloud-based solutions

Big Data analytics

Automation & AI technologies

Geospatial intelligence

Education

Master’s degree in Systems Engineering

Doctorate in Systems Engineering

Licensure as a professional engineer

INCOSE ESEP certification

Tools

Software Development Framework certification

Job description

Springfield, United States | Posted on 10/28/2026

We provide multi-industry IT solutions across the US and India, including commercial enterprises and state and federal government. Collaborating with clients to determine their business needs, we combine years of knowledge & expertise to develop a strategy that drives results and promotes growth. Our team is dedicated to guiding your business to the forefront through an innovative suite of customized, IT solutions.

Job Description

CEdge has an opportunity for a Systems Engineer ( Expert Level ) , located in Springfield , VA . If you are ready to work alongside World Renowned Technology experts, and carry the skills below, this is the opportunity that will inevitably take your career to unbelievable levels!

***This position requires a TS/SCI Security Clearance***

Responsibilities

Expert Systems Engineers assist in leading engineering teams in taking a multi-discipline approach to requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG) and Federal Agencies to ensure timely and accurate GEOINT.

Duties include:

• Assists the Government in directing requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG) and Federal Agencies.
• Assists with the planning, analysis/traceability of user requirements, architectures traceability, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and review cloud service capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations.
• Advises the Government on proposed changes to the solutions designs based on analysis of requirements and new technology.
• Assists the Government in the capture and translation of mission and customer requirements/needs into systems/capability requirements and solutions.
• Supports the analyses and allocation of requirements to systems architecture components and executing programs.
• Assists the Government in performing systems integration activities.
• Assist in leading Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Course of Actions (CoAs), Trade Studies, and Engineering Assessments.
• Assists the Government in strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management and interface design.
• Provides expert advice to the Government in the areas of relating vision, strategy, plans, needs, requirements, and process and capability developments.
• Operates at the level of integrating multiple Major Systems Acquisitions across organizational, agency, department, and Governmental/national boundaries.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the current NSG/ASG and NRO enterprises.
• Oversees and coordinates the work of Senior-, Mid-, and Junior-level Contractor Systems Engineers.
• Exhibits transparency by sharing all salient facts relevant to the task at hand. Routinely provides honest and frank feedback to Government leads on the achievability of desired deliverables within proposed timeframes.
• Communicates unexpected setbacks quickly and proposes mitigation actions. Incorporates lessons learned in future planning.
• Arrives on time and prepared to actively participate in all meetings.

Required:

• Master’s degree in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program, or 18+ years of experience as a Systems Engineer.
• 18+ years of working experience in Government or industry in relevant work areas including: DoD/IC Acquisition Process, Requirements Process, PPBES Process or system engineering of large complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture/Cloud environments.
• Experience with and strong understanding of systems engineering lifecycle.
• TS/SCI clearance adjudication or ability to obtain SCI and pass a poly
• Doctorate in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program.
• Working knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools and languages.
• Software Development Framework certification.
• INCOSE Expert System Engineering Professional (ESEP) certification.
• Licensure as a professional engineer.
• Membership or leadership participation in any of the following professional organizations:
  • ACSM
  • ASCE
  • ASPRS
  • OGC
  • SAREM
  • USGIF
• Extensive work experience in the field of geospatial intelligence.
• Experience engineering solutions using Cloud-based technologies.
• Experience engineering solutions using structured and unstructured Big Data.
• Experience engineering solutions using Automation, Augmentation and Artificial Intelligence technologies.
• Demonstrated expertise in photogrammetry, remote sensing, image science, information sciences, geographic information systems, geomatics, or related fields.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Full Benefits Package
• 10 Days PTO
• 6 Sick leaves
• 401K

WHO ARE WE?

CEdge Inc is an innovative IT consulting firm, and a strategic business partner. We offer IT solutions to Federal and State government, as well as, Commercial Enterprises throughout the United States. Our main objective is to create an integrity-based culture that takes pride in working as a collaborative team that focuses on growth and is driven by the desire to provide purely ethical services for both our clients and teammates.