Junior SBST Systems / Mission Engineer

Arcfield•Chantilly, VA

19h

About The Position

Arcfield is seeking a motivated early-career Systems / Mission Engineer to support the development and integration of advanced space-based sensing and mission capabilities supporting national security and Joint US Forces. The engineer will work alongside experienced systems and mission engineers, technical leads, and government customers to understand mission objectives, translate requirements into engineering activities, and support the integration of complex systems and capabilities. The role spans the system lifecycle, including requirements, architecture, modeling and simulation, analysis, integration and test, communications, sensors, ground systems, and mission operations. The successful candidate will learn new technologies, tools, and mission systems while progressively taking on greater responsibility.

Requirements

Technical degree or relevant experience, including internships or early-career professional experience.
Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Self-directed, motivated, and willing to take initiative in an environment where requirements and priorities can evolve.
Ability to work effectively with technical leads, teammates, customers, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Basic qualification experience levels: BS 2–4 years, MS 0–2 years, or HS 8–10 years.

Nice To Haves

Experience or interest in systems engineering and mission engineering.
Knowledge of space systems, sensors, RF/radar, and satellite communications.
Familiarity with ground systems and mission processing.
Experience or interest in modeling and simulation, data analysis, and integration and test.
Familiarity with MATLAB, STK, MBSE tools, DOORS, Jira, or similar engineering tools is highly desirable.
Curiosity, willingness to learn, comfort with ambiguity, and eagerness to turn engineering into mission results.

Responsibilities

Become familiar with customer objectives, mission concepts, system documentation, requirements, and program processes.
Support systems engineering and mission engineering activities under the direction of technical leads.
Contribute to requirements development, decomposition, traceability, system architecture, and/or integration activities.
Support analysis, modeling and simulation, mission planning, and/or system performance assessments.
Work across space, ground, communications, sensing, and mission-processing elements of complex systems.
Communicate technical findings, identify issues, and proactively propose solutions.
Learn new technologies, tools, and mission systems quickly while progressively taking on greater responsibility.