System Engineer 2

Adaptic•Annapolis Junction, MD

About The Position

Engineer the Bigger Picture: Join Us as a Systems Engineer! At Adaptic, Systems Engineers help connect mission needs, technical requirements, and system design to build solutions that perform where it matters. Supporting the DoD and Intelligence Community, you’ll work across teams and technologies to help guide complex systems throughout their lifecycle. We’re looking for an experienced Systems Engineer who can move comfortably between requirements, architecture, integration, testing, and mission priorities—while keeping technical teams aligned around a common vision.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a relevant technical field + 7 years of relevant experience; OR Master’s degree + 5 years of relevant experience; OR Doctoral degree + 3 years of relevant experience
Relevant technical fields may include Computer Science, Mathematics, or Physics
Relevant experience must involve engineering systems across their lifecycle, including areas such as conception, design and development, testing, production, deployment, operations, maintenance, support, and decommissioning.

Responsibilities

Developing and documenting CONOPS, operational/system requirements, and use cases
Translating operational needs into actionable technical requirements
Performing high-level system design
Defining system/component performance and interface requirements
Developing installation, integration, and acceptance test strategies and plans
Coordinating across customers, project teams, and partner organizations to ensure solutions satisfy requirements
Assessing existing processes and engineering work products to identify improvements
Supporting systems throughout design, development, testing, deployment, operations, maintenance, and support
Helping product teams establish and maintain a shared technical and architectural vision
Working across technical disciplines to resolve system-level challenges and keep solutions aligned with mission objectives