AMERICAN SYSTEMS

Systems Engineer - Aircraft Integration

AMERICAN SYSTEMS$96K — $161K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field such as Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or Electrical Engineering.
  • Possession of a Secret Clearance is required.
  • Significant experience in systems engineering and integration for complex technical systems is essential.
  • Prior experience with simulation systems or integrated technical platforms is advantageous.
  • Strong background in software development and application engineering is a must.
  • Experience with requirements analysis and technical baseline control is needed.
  • Proven ability to troubleshoot issues across various system components is crucial.

Responsibilities

  • Support integration of simulation systems and components across hardware and software.
  • Apply systems engineering practices for requirements analysis and technical management.
  • Leverage software development expertise to assess integration issues and behaviors.
  • Coordinate activities among teams including software developers and systems engineers.
  • Help develop and maintain technical documents like integration plans and risk assessments.
  • Analyze and address performance and compatibility issues across system interfaces.
  • Assist in troubleshooting complex integration problems affecting multiple system elements.

Benefits

  • Healthcare benefits for employees and their dependents.
  • Paid leave for vacations and personal time off.
  • Retirement plans to save for the future.
  • Various insurance programs including health, life, and disability options.
  • Education and training assistance for professional development.
Full Job Description
Overview

The Systems Integrator provides senior-level systems engineering and integration support for complex simulation systems, with responsibility for coordinating, designing, integrating, testing, and sustaining hardware and software components within a unified simulation environment. This position combines advanced systems engineering skills with a strong software development background to ensure simulation systems, applications, interfaces, data flows, and supporting infrastructure operate together effectively and meet technical, operational, and mission objectives. The Systems Integrator works across software engineering, systems engineering, hardware engineering, networking, test, cybersecurity, and program management teams to support end-to-end integration of simulation capabilities throughout the lifecycle.

Responsibilities

  • Support integration of complex simulation systems, subsystems, software components, hardware elements, interfaces, and supporting infrastructure.
  • Apply senior systems engineering practices to support requirements analysis, architecture alignment, interface definition, technical baseline management, and end-to-end system integration.
  • Use software development knowledge to assess application behavior, interface logic, data exchange, middleware integration, and technical implementation issues within the simulation environment.
  • Coordinate integration activities across software developers, systems engineers, hardware engineers, network engineers, test personnel, and operational stakeholders.
  • Support development and maintenance of system architectures, interface definitions, integration plans, technical baselines, and verification approaches for simulation systems.
  • Analyze system interoperability, interface compatibility, performance issues, and integration risks across distributed simulation components.
  • Support software and system configuration management, version alignment, environment coordination, and release integration planning.
  • Assist in troubleshooting and resolving complex integration issues involving software, hardware, networks, timing, data, and external system dependencies.
  • Support lab, test, staging, and operational environments used for simulation system integration and validation.
  • Participate in design reviews, integration working groups, test readiness activities, issue review boards, and technical interchange meetings.
  • Ensure simulation system components are integrated in accordance with program requirements, architectural standards, cybersecurity considerations, and operational use cases.
  • Support system verification, validation, regression testing, and transition activities.
  • Prepare technical documentation, integration status reports, risk assessments, and recommendations for engineering and program leadership.
  • Provide senior technical guidance on integration strategy, issue resolution, and engineering tradeoffs.

THIS HYBRID POSITION REQUIRES 3 DAYS OF WORK IN THE OFFICE AND 2 DAYS REMOTE PER WEEK

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Secret Clearance
  • Significant experience in systems engineering, systems integration, or software integration for complex technical systems.
  • Experience supporting simulation systems, training systems, modeling and simulation environments, or similarly integrated technical platforms.
  • Strong background in software development, software integration, or application engineering.
  • Experience with requirements analysis, interface management, architecture alignment, and technical baseline control.
  • Experience troubleshooting integration issues across software, hardware, network, and system boundaries.
  • Understanding of system lifecycle processes including design, integration, test, deployment, and sustainment.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary engineering and program teams.


Pay Transparency Statement

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $96,800.00/Yr. - USD $161,500.00/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance.

About AMERICAN SYSTEMS

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is a government IT solutions provider. The Company provides solutions in national security, healthcare, and public sector markets. Its services include acquisition and lifecycle support, enterprise IT, healthcare IT, intelligence analysis, and training and simulation. The Company's customers include the Department of Defense, Department of State, Department of Justice, and Department of Homeland Security. AMERICAN SYSTEMS was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia.
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1,500 employees
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Founded
1975

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