Lead Systems Engineer-Active (TS/SCI)-Reston, VA or Annapolis Junction, MD locations

Vibrint$120K — $145K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of Systems Engineering experience, including technical leadership roles.
  • Strong signal processing expertise in mission-driven federal or Intelligence Community programs.
  • Ability to translate operational needs into precise system requirements and testable criteria.
  • Experience in full systems engineering lifecycle from requirements analysis to system sustainment.
  • Proficient in planning and executing Verification and Validation (V&V) activities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead disciplined Systems Engineering processes across system lifecycles.
  • Maintain requirements traceability ensuring completeness and measurability.
  • Plan, coordinate, and execute testing activities and evaluation methodologies.
  • Conduct technical trade studies evaluating system performance and mission effectiveness.
  • Manage technical risks, dependencies, and integration challenges throughout system development.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary with annual merit-based increases and bonus program.
  • 401(k) plan with company contributions for long-term financial wellness.
  • 160 hours of paid time off for work-life balance.
  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Employee assistance program to support mental health and well-being.
  • Generous professional development allowance for ongoing career advancement.
Full Job Description
Required Skills:
  • Ten years of Systems Engineering experience, including experience serving in a Lead Systems Engineer or similar technical leadership role.
  • Demonstrate a strong signal processing background supporting mission-focused programs within the federal government and/or Intelligence Community (IC) .
  • Translate mission and operational needs into measurable and testable system requirements, performance criteria, interface definitions, and technical baselines.
  • Lead and apply disciplined Systems Engineering processes across the full system lifecycle, including requirements analysis and allocation, system architecture and design, interface definition, implementation, integration, verification and validation, transition, and sustainment.
  • Maintain end-to-end requirements traceability and ensure requirements are complete, measurable, testable, and appropriately allocated across system components.
  • Plan and execute Verification and Validation (V&V) activities, including test strategies, evaluation methodologies, success criteria, and traceability to system and mission requirements.
  • Define and apply Measures of Performance (MOPs), Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs), and other quantitative criteria to evaluate system and algorithm performance.
  • Analyze test and performance data to benchmark system capabilities, identify performance gaps, assess technical advantages, and provide data-driven engineering recommendations.
  • Perform technical trade studies and alternatives analyses to evaluate system approaches based on performance, mission effectiveness, technical risk, cost, and schedule considerations.
  • Identify and manage technical risks, dependencies, interfaces, tradeoffs, and system-level issues throughout system development, integration, and test.
  • Coordinate hardware, software, algorithms, data, and external interfaces to support successful system integration and end-to-end mission performance.
  • Lead technical reviews and engineering discussions, including requirements reviews, design reviews, test readiness reviews, and other key program milestones.
  • Manage technical baselines, configuration changes, and engineering changes to ensure impacts on requirements, interfaces, performance, and testing are understood and controlled.

Desired Skills:
  • Demonstrate strong mathematical and analytical skills with the ability to understand, evaluate, and work effectively with signal processing algorithms and quantitative performance data.
  • Possess professional, research, or academic experience with quantum computing, quantum information science, quantum sensing, or related technologies.
  • Demonstrate experience developing and maintaining technical documentation such as system specifications, Interface Control Documents (ICDs), architecture products, requirements documentation, test plans, and technical reports.
  • Maintain strong organizational skills while managing multiple technical priorities, dependencies, deliverables, and deadlines.
  • Collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams and organizational boundaries.
  • Demonstrate initiative, attention to detail, and accountability in leading complex technical efforts through successful completion.
  • Anticipate technical risks and integration challenges, solve problems proactively, and identify opportunities to improve engineering processes and system performance.
  • Hold a Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
  • Possess relevant professional certifications in Systems Engineering, MBSE, Agile, or related technical disciplines, such as INCOSE ASEP/CSEP, as preferred.


Qualifications: TS/SCI

The pay range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Our approach to crafting offers considers various factors to provide an equitable and competitive comprehensive compensation package. These considerations include, but are not limited to, contracted rates, education, certification(s), experience, specific competencies required for this position, and geographic location.

Vibrint's comprehensive compensation package includes but is not limited to: competitive salary; annual merit-based salary increase and discretionary bonus program; 401(k) plan with a company contribution; 11 paid federal holidays; 160 hours of paid time off; medical, dental, vision, life and short- & long-term disability insurance; employee assistance program; and a generous professional development allowance.

Please apply for immediate consideration.

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