System Engineer II

VTG

$100K — $165K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • TS/SCI with Poly Required
  • 5-9+ years of relevant systems engineering experience
  • Experience with requirements management and engineering documentation
  • Background in structured delivery environments (Agile or traditional)
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, IT, Business, or a related field
  • Preferred: Experience with MBSE/SysML, architecture frameworks (DoDAF), and familiarity with integration and verification practices

Responsibilities

  • Lead/support requirements development and management with end-to-end traceability
  • Develop and maintain systems engineering artifacts such as specifications and architecture views
  • Coordinate integration planning across various engineering disciplines
  • Prepare materials and close actions for technical reviews (SRR/PDR/CDR)
  • Support verification planning and test readiness to ensure measurability
  • Identify and propose mitigations for technical risks and issues

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
  • Opportunities for professional development and training
  • Supportive work culture with opportunities for leadership
  • Engagement with cutting-edge technology and projects
  • Flexible work environment
Full Job Description
Overview

VTG is looking for a System Engineer II in Chantilly, VA. This role performs systems engineering tasks with limited supervision, translating mission needs into system requirements and engineering products. Coordinates across stakeholders to maintain technical alignment, supports design trade studies, and ensures requirements are verifiable and traceable through implementation and test.

What will you do?

  • Lead/support requirements development, decomposition, and management; maintain end-to-end traceability from mission needs through verification.
  • Develop and maintain systems engineering artifacts (e.g., system specs, interface documentation, architecture views, technical baselines).
  • Support integration planning and coordination across engineering disciplines (software, network, cyber, cloud, test).
  • Contribute to technical reviews (SRR/PDR/CDR or equivalent), including preparing materials and closing review actions.
  • Support verification planning and test readiness activities; ensure requirements are measurable and testable.
  • Identify technical risks/issues and propose mitigations; support configuration and change control processes.

Do you have what it takes?

  • TS/SCI with Poly Required
  • 5-9+ years of relevant systems engineering experience.
  • Demonstrated experience with requirements management and development of engineering documentation.
  • Experience working in a structured delivery environment (Agile, iterative, or traditional engineering lifecycles).
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, IT, Business, or related field
  • Preferred Qualifications: Experience with MBSE/SysML and/or architecture frameworks (DoDAF), Familiarity with integration, verification, and configuration management practices, Prior support to U.S. Government programs (DoD/Federal/Civil).

This position is contingent upon contract award.

Pay Range: VTG's estimated starting pay range is $100,000 - $165,000 annually, which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.

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