SMX

Senior APPA Systems Engineer (5163)

SMX$87K — $146K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Top Secret security clearance required, with potential SAP access.
  • Master's degree in a technical or scientific field, or a bachelor's degree with four additional years of relevant experience.
  • Minimum of 10 years in engineering, including 3 years with DoD systems.
  • Proven expertise in engineering related to systems integration and architecture.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
  • Experience working in collaborative teams.

Responsibilities

  • Establish processes for configuration control between the APPA system and weapons models and software systems.
  • Address technical questions regarding LVC for system interoperability.
  • Plan and implement APPA Systems Engineering Technical Review documents for scalable network solutions.
  • Assist in data integration from live, virtual, and constructive entities, ensuring performance reliability.
  • Integrate advanced analytics and visualization tools for mission planning and performance assessment.
  • Lead technical initiatives to design and test engineering solutions.

Benefits

  • Health insurance.
  • Paid leave.
  • Retirement savings plan.
  • Opportunities for learning and development.
Full Job Description
SMX is seeking a Senior APPA Systems Engineerto support the Naval Aviation Training Systems and Ranges Program Office (PMA-205) at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Lexington Park, MD.

PMA-205 provides full lifecycle acquisition of naval aviation platforms and general training systems, training range instrumentation systems, and distributed mission training centers. This Senior Systems Engineer candidate will support a new start program called APPA to assist with Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) architecture and the integration of APPA into the LVC system-of-systems. This is a local PAX hybrid position with local telework combined with an on-site for meetings 2 to 3 times per week.

The APPA team is located at NAWCTSD Orlando, but the IPT Lead is in the PMA-205 Program Office at Pax. The travel requirements will likely require travel once a quarter to Orlando, FL.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities
  • Establishing processes for configuration control of interfaces between the APPA system and weapons models, constructive entity-generating software systems, and the interface between the APPA system and aircraft.
  • Address technical and architectural questions related to LVC, ensuring seamless interoperability across system-of-systems networks.
  • Planning for and implementing APPA Systems Engineering Technical Review (SETR) documents, as well as developing scalable solutions for multi-level security enterprise networks and cloud-based databases to aggregate mission data.
  • Assist in the integration of systems to harvest, ingest, and store data from live, virtual, and constructive entities, operators, and associated systems, ensuring high-confidence data ingestion and reliable performance assessments.
  • Additionally, the role involves integrating advanced analytics, visualization tools, and high-fidelity modeling to support event reconstruction, performance analysis, and mission planning optimization, while adhering to DoN data governance policies and enabling adaptive learning systems for personalized training experiences.
  • Performs programmatic or technical leadership roles in an organization, identifying, formulating, designing, and/or testing practical solutions to engineering problems

Required Skills & Experience
  • Clearance Required: Top Secret
    • This position will likely require access to SAP
    • US Citizenship is required for work on DoW contract
  • Technical or Scientific MS or MA degree from an accredited college or university
    • ALLOWABLE SUBSTITUTION: Technical or Scientific BS or BA degree from an accredited college or university and an additional four (4) years of recent and relevant experience
  • At least ten (10) years of recent and relevant experience in an engineering position, three (3) of which must be directly related to DoD systems
  • Demonstrated experience in the area of engineering expertise is required
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Clear communications and teamwork skills working in a collaborative environment


Application Deadline: 7/13/2026

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The SMX salary determination process takes into account a number of factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories, relevant prior work experience, specific skills, education and certifications. At SMX, one of our Core Values is to Invest in Our People so we offer a competitive mix of compensation, learning & development opportunities, and benefits. Some key components of our robust benefits include health insurance, paid leave, and retirement.

The proposed salary for this position is:

$87,600-$146,000 USD

About SMX

SMX is a company that concentrates on C5ISR, advanced engineering, and computing and also provides services, including cyber security and data analytics. Their previous search terms included Trident Technologies, Smartronix, Datastrong, and C2S Consulting Company, and their tradition of offering new technological solutions.

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