Junior Systems Engineer

Arcfield•Chantilly, VA

About The Position

Arcfield is seeking a motivated Junior Systems / Mission Engineer to support the development and integration of advanced space-based sensing and mission capabilities supporting the US Space Force and national security. This early-career role offers the opportunity to work on complex, mission-critical systems, where rapid learning, technical curiosity, and a results-oriented mindset are valued. The successful candidate will work alongside experienced systems and mission engineers, technical leads, and government customers to understand mission objectives, translate requirements into engineering activities, and support 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.

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: BS with 2–4 years, MS with 0–2 years, or HS with 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.

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.