Junior Level Test Systems Engineer
About The Position
Junior-level Systems Engineers support multidisciplinary systems engineering across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG), and Federal Agencies to help ensure timely and accurate GEOINT. The role supports Government and mid-level engineers in analyzing mission and customer needs, developing and evaluating technical solutions, allocating requirements across system architectures, and integrating and executing systems and capabilities. The engineer contributes to technical planning, requirements analysis, systems integration, performance engineering, risk management, and related activities across the system life cycle. The position is fully onsite in Springfield, Virginia. The stated target salary range is $80,000–$128,000. Depending on the position, employees may also be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering or a related technical or scientific field, or equivalent junior-level experience as a Systems Engineer; four additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Junior-level working systems engineering experience in government or industry.
- TS/SCI clearance adjudication, or the ability to obtain SCI and successfully pass a polygraph.
Nice To Haves
- Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) concepts, practices, and languages.
- Working knowledge of software development frameworks.
- Working knowledge of the geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) mission domain.
Responsibilities
- Assist with requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability, and analysis across the NSG, ASG, and Federal Agencies.
- Support planning and analysis, including user and architecture requirements traceability, procedures, and problem analysis to automate or improve existing systems.
- Support reviews of cloud service capabilities, workflows, and scheduling limitations.
- Help capture and translate mission and customer needs into system and capability requirements and solutions.
- Support analysis and allocation of requirements to system architecture components and executing programs.
- Assist in developing solution designs based on requirements analysis and emerging technologies.
- Assist with Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Courses of Action (CoAs), trade studies, and engineering assessments.
- Support evaluation of technical approaches, system capabilities, and potential solutions.
- Assist the Government with systems integration activities and support integration and coordination of system components, capabilities, and interfaces.
- Contribute to systems engineering activities for the development and implementation of new and existing capabilities.
- Support test and evaluation activities as part of broader systems engineering efforts.
- Assist the Government with strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management, and interface design.
- Help identify technical risks, system limitations, and opportunities for improvement.
- Contribute to engineering activities and technical assessments supporting mission and program objectives.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Health savings account
- Short- and long-term disability
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Parental leave
- 401(k)
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation
- Company-paid holidays
- Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
