Systems Engineer (Technical Integration & Analysis)

Arcfield•Chantilly, VA

About The Position

Arcfield is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to support the development and integration of advanced space-based sensing and mission capabilities for the US Space Force and national security. The role spans multiple technical disciplines and includes leading assigned engineering activities and integrating complex technical information into clear, actionable engineering products and recommendations. The Systems Engineer will work closely with senior mission and systems engineering leadership, government customers, and multidisciplinary technical teams. The role involves owning assigned engineering threads, conducting system-level analysis, integrating inputs from multiple technical sources, and keeping engineering products and recommendations aligned with mission objectives and customer needs. This position contributes to the broader mission engineering effort, including understanding complex systems, recognizing relationships across technical information, organizing ambiguous problems, and helping engineering teams reach technically sound, mission-relevant outcomes.

Requirements

BS with 8–10 years of experience, MS with 6–8 years, or PhD with 3–5 years.
Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Demonstrated experience in systems engineering, mission engineering, technical integration, system-level analysis, or related disciplines.
Experience leading or owning technical engineering activities within multidisciplinary teams.
Experience working directly with government customers, users, technical stakeholders, or mission organizations.
Ability to synthesize complex technical information and communicate conclusions to technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong written, verbal, briefing, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to work independently, manage multiple engineering activities, and adapt to changing technical and mission priorities.

Nice To Haves

Experience integrating technical inputs from multiple systems, organizations, engineering disciplines, or documentation sources.
Experience developing or assessing mission concepts, CONOPS, requirements, architectures, technical assessments, roadmaps, or decision-support products.
Experience with system-of-systems engineering and understanding interfaces and dependencies across complex capabilities.
Experience with integration, verification, test, technical baselines, system performance assessments, or lifecycle engineering.
Broad understanding of space systems, sensors/RF/radar, satellite communications, ground systems, mission processing, data systems, mission operations, or related national security capabilities.
Experience supporting customer engagements, technical reviews, and multidisciplinary working groups.
Demonstrated ability to recognize patterns and relationships across complex technical information and turn them into actionable engineering conclusions.

Responsibilities

Support or lead assigned systems and mission engineering threads across the system lifecycle, coordinating technical inputs, activities, actions, and deliverables.
Support the development and assessment of mission concepts, requirements, architectures, technical roadmaps, and system-level engineering products.
Integrate technical information from engineering teams, requirements sources, architecture products, analyses, and government documentation to develop a coherent system-level understanding.
Perform system-level technical assessments and analysis, identifying dependencies, gaps, inconsistencies, risks, interfaces, and potential impacts to mission objectives.
Work with government customers, users, technical stakeholders, and engineering teams to understand priorities, clarify technical questions, and communicate engineering findings.
Participate in and, when appropriate, facilitate technical working groups, reviews, user engagements, and engineering discussions.
Support Senior Mission Engineers in integrating outputs across multiple engineering threads and maintaining consistency among requirements, architecture, analysis, and mission objectives.
Support technical solutioning by developing candidate approaches, evaluating tradeoffs, and assessing system and mission impacts.
Monitor assigned engineering activities and proactively identify issues requiring additional technical attention or stakeholder coordination.
Help improve engineering approaches, documentation, and processes when opportunities are identified.