Lead Systems Engineer / Systems Engineer III

Trabus Technologies•San Diego, CA

24d•Onsite

About The Position

TRABUS is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead Systems Engineer to support the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC PAC) at government facilities in San Diego, California. The role supports software-intensive Navy C4I capabilities and is responsible for system-level engineering across requirements, architecture, integration, verification, validation, and technical baselines. The Lead Systems Engineer coordinates with software, cybersecurity, configuration management, test, and Government engineering stakeholders, while providing technical direction and mentoring to Systems Engineer I/II personnel and coordinating with the Lead Software Engineer / DevSecOps Lead. The position requires an active DoD Secret clearance and at least seven years of professional systems engineering experience consistent with the eCRAFT ESY3 baseline. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and have a final DoD-adjudicated Secret clearance. A bachelor's-level degree in an engineering discipline is required. The role is full-time, with compensation of $135,000–$155,000, and is based at government facilities in San Diego, CA.

Requirements

Active DoD Secret clearance.
At least 7 years of professional systems engineering experience consistent with the eCRAFT ESY3 baseline.
Demonstrated experience integrating software, web, network, operating-environment, and hardware products from specification through rollout and sustainment.
Demonstrated experience in requirements management, architecture/interface control, integration/test, verification/validation, and technical baseline management.
Bachelor's-level degree in an Engineering discipline.
U.S. citizenship and a final DoD-adjudicated Secret clearance.

Nice To Haves

Top Secret clearance with SCI Eligibility.
Direct NIWC Pacific/NAVWAR experience supporting Navy C4I systems.
Demonstrated experience with GCCS-M, MTC2, maritime C2, or comparable afloat/ashore software-intensive mission systems.
Experience in Agile/DevSecOps delivery environments and coordination across software, cybersecurity, test, and configuration-management functions.
INCOSE certification is desirable, but not required unless specified by the final RFP.

Responsibilities

Own system-level requirements, architecture, interfaces, technical baselines, integration, verification, and validation for software-intensive Navy C4I capabilities.
Coordinate software, cybersecurity, configuration management, test, and Government engineering stakeholders, and maintain end-to-end requirements traceability.
Lead technical and release-readiness reviews and resolve complex system integration, interface, and engineering issues.
Provide technical direction and mentoring to Systems Engineer I/II personnel.
Coordinate with the Lead Software Engineer / DevSecOps Lead.