The Role
The Mid-Level Systems Engineer will support a government client's transformational program by shaping its communication strategy, assessing functional impacts, developing engineering processes, and maintaining system documentation. This includes participating in technical meetings and supporting verification and validation processes.
Summary Generated by Built In
APEX TK is seeking a Mid-Level Systems Engineer to support a critical government client in a transformational program. This role will be instrumental in shaping the future of the organization. This client is responsible for designing, building, and operating national security-related systems based in space, in the air, and on the ground.
Responsibilities:
- Provide direct support for major program acquisitions
- Assist in the development and implementation of configuration management processes for space systems, ensuring accuracy and consistency across project documentation
- Maintain configuration control using tools such as Jira and Confluence to track changes, manage requirements, and monitor project progress
- Support the preparation, review, and management of engineering documentation, including version control and traceability
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, integration and test, and developers to ensure that configuration changes are effectively communicated and implemented
- Lead support for milestone reviews and implement artifact review processes ensuring all required artifacts are delivered and timely feedback is provided to stakeholders
- Participate in configuration audits and reviews to validate the integrity and accuracy of system configurations
- Support integration and test activities by ensuring that configuration documentation is up-to-date and accurately reflects the current system state
- Assist in the identification and resolution of configuration-related issues and risks
Required Qualifications:
- Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph (less than 10 years old)
- Fluency in a coding language (JavaScript, HTML, Python, Microsoft VBA)
- Familiarity with configuration management tools, such as Jira and Confluence
- An understanding of full life cycle system support, from procurement to launch, including requirement analysis, requirements tracking, system design and development through system test, installation and sell-off, delivery, and hardware development, testing, analysis, and requirements verification
- Basic understanding of the DOD and/or IC Acquisition process and related milestones
- Basic understanding of DoD/IC satellite systems and architectures and familiarity with space systems ground support and hardware acquisitions
- Available to travel occasionally domestically
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Systems Engineering or a related field.
- Experience with government acquisition processes.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies.
Location: On-site co-location with government client in Chantilly, Virginia.
Top Skills
Systems Engineering
The Company
What We Do
We provide domain experts that are precise and efficient, ready to defeat and overcome our client’s most complex challenges.
