Systems Engineer - SLCM-N Employment & Mission Planning

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Disability and life insurance

Job summary

Amentum seeks a Systems Engineer – Employment Engineer to join the Dahlgren, VA team supporting the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile–Nuclear (SLCM-N) program. The role focuses on development, integration, analysis, and testing of advanced weapon-system capabilities, with emphasis on employment engineering and threat mitigation.

The candidate will perform analysis, targeting data assessment, and model-based studies, while ensuring compliance with security and program requirements, including

Qualifications

• BS in engineering or technical field, or 5 years of equivalent experience.
• 5 years in nuclear operations and national-level command knowledge.
• 5 years in software engineering for real-time, software-intensive weapon/system.
• 3 years in software requirements analysis, design trade studies, and DOORS tooling.

Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge of SLCM-N to evaluate design choices and operational impact.
• Assess impacts to USSTRATCOM, CCDRs, SWFs, operational fleet, and NC2.
• Analyze targeting data, mission planning, system performance, and threats.
• Support modeling, simulation, and threat mitigation for survivability and effectiveness.
• Contribute to trade studies and balance survivability, range, and lethality.
• Trace L0/L1 requirements and help maintain program artifacts (LMDP, WISE).
• Collaborate with Lead/Product Owner to align engineering with priorities.
• Support software requirements definition and systems engineering activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements analysis

Analysis & modeling

USSTRATCOM/national command

Security clearance readiness

Education

B.S. in engineering/technical field

Tools

DOORS

Job description

Amentum seeks a Systems Engineer – Employment Engineer to join the Dahlgren, VA team supporting the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile–Nuclear (SLCM-N) program. The role focuses on development, integration, analysis, and testing of advanced weapon-system capabilities, with emphasis on employment engineering and threat mitigation.

The candidate will perform analysis, targeting data assessment, and model-based studies, while ensuring compliance with security and program requirements, including