DoD Skillbridge - Systems Engineer

Ultra Intelligence & Communications•San Diego, CA

About The Position

Ultra Intelligence & Communications is seeking a Systems Engineer for its Mission Solutions business. This role is focused on accelerating the adoption and operational deployment of Ultra I&C products across Joint, Coalition, and Federal mission environments, with a specific emphasis on the Marine Corps, MARFORSYSCOM, and MAGTF C2 program office. This is not a traditional systems engineer role; it is a mission-focused integration position requiring hands-on deployment expertise, operational credibility, and the ability to translate technical capability into mission impact. The successful candidate will partner with various teams to understand customer needs, develop technical integration approaches, deliver technical briefings, support events, research the C2 market, lead field integration of products, troubleshoot issues, and serve as a technical point of contact. The role involves translating system performance and integration constraints into operational terms.

Requirements

Min. 8 years supporting DoW mission systems, C2, ISR, or tactical networking.
Experience integrating tactical data links, ISR systems, or gateway architectures either as an operator, analyst, JICO or tech.
Experience with DoW tactical and operational levels of war – have you been in real world/exercise scenarios in which DoW missions are conducted.
Experience with service level, joint or coalition data link networks.
Active Secret clearance (TS/SCI preferred).

Nice To Haves

Deep USMC operational background, experience with fielded USMC C2, ISR or gateway systems either as operator, analyst, leader or tech.
Hands-on Linux, virtualization, and container deployment experience.
Working knowledge of networking fundamentals (Layer 2/3, VLANs, firewall rules).
Experience operating in classified environments.
Combination skillset of understanding operations with at least an intermediate level of understanding the technology behind the systems.

Responsibilities

Partner with Business Development, Sales, Program Management and Solutions Architecture to understand customer needs.
Develop technical integration approaches, white papers, and CONOPS.
Deliver technical briefings to operational and executive stakeholders.
Support trade shows, industry days, and mission exercises.
Research the C2 market for competition, trends, partner opportunities and innovative solutions.
Lead field integration of Ultra products into MAOCs/AOCs/MOCs, ISR cells, Tactical edge environments, Sensor and CUAS ecosystems
Troubleshoot interoperability and performance issues in live environments.
Serve as the primary (or secondary) technical point of contact during exercises, demonstrations or technical discussions.
Translate system performance and integration constraints into operational terms.