Systems Engineer - Mission Software (Top Secret/SCI with CI Poly to start)

North Point Technology•Herndon, VA

About The Position

North Point Technology is looking to hire a Systems Engineer to support a cutting-edge geospatial intelligence data management program serving a major national security mission. This role requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph. The program delivers advanced geospatial analysis and production capabilities, supporting thousands of intelligence analysts and decision-makers across dozens of locations worldwide. As part of an Agile SCRUM development team, the selected candidate will serve as an embedded systems engineer contributing to next-generation mission software that is shaping the future of geospatial intelligence.

Requirements

Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph required to start
System modeling using Cameo (SysML/UML modeling tool)
Requirements definition and artifact creation using Jira and Confluence
Experience working within a Scrum/Agile development team
Functional analysis, requirements allocation, and interface definition
System architecture analysis and design

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of GEOINT analytic workflows
Familiarity with Cedalion or Orchestration Services applications
Experience on a software-focused systems engineering program
Conducting user outreach and requirements elicitation sessions
AI prompting techniques as applied to systems engineering tasks

Responsibilities

Perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, and requirements analysis across all phases of the software development lifecycle.
Support functional analysis, timeline analysis, trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition efforts to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
Develop and maintain system models, author and manage requirements artifacts, conduct user outreach, and collaborate with software architects to ensure the design of the software architecture properly addresses mission requirements.
Work directly within a Scrum team.