System Engineer 3

Adaptic•Annapolis Junction, MD

About The Position

Lead the Technical Vision: Join Us as a Senior Systems Engineer! At Adaptic, senior Systems Engineers help shape the technical direction behind complex mission systems. Supporting the DoD and Intelligence Community, you’ll work at the intersection of mission needs, system architecture, engineering teams, and technical execution—helping ensure solutions are designed with the full system lifecycle in mind. We’re looking for an experienced Systems Engineer who can bring technical depth, systems-level thinking, and a clear architectural vision to complex mission challenges.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a relevant technical field + 10 years of relevant experience; OR Master’s degree + 8 years of relevant experience; OR Doctoral degree + 6 years of relevant experience
Relevant technical fields may include Computer Science, Mathematics, or Physics
Relevant experience must involve engineering systems throughout their lifecycle, including conception, design and development, testing, production, deployment, operations, maintenance, support, and decommissioning.

Responsibilities

Defining and documenting CONOPS, operational/system requirements, and use cases
Leading or contributing to high-level system design
Establishing system/component performance and interface requirements
Developing installation, integration, and acceptance test plans
Translating complex customer and mission needs into clear technical direction
Coordinating across customers, project teams, and related organizations to ensure solutions satisfy requirements
Assessing organizational engineering processes and work products to ensure they effectively support strategic and tactical objectives
Guiding engineering activities throughout the system lifecycle
Helping resolve complex, cross-system technical and integration challenges
Defining and communicating a shared technical and architectural vision for solutions developed across product teams