Systems Engineer

Title:

Systems Engineer

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KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.

• Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.

• Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

Key Responsibilities:

KBR is seeking a qualified early career System Engineer to support our customer in Chantilly, VA.

• Systems: Candidates will perform multiple roles as part of a multi-disciplined systems engineering and acquisition team. 

• Requirements: The team develops requirements, allocates them to sub-system and system-level functions, performs analysis of performance and structures, documents and executes system and software testing, verification, validation and transition to operations. 

• Goals: The focus is on achieving program goals in cost, schedule and technical performance.

• Support: This position could support multiple contracts concurrently with an emphasis on maximizing the candidates’ learning opportunities across a wide variety of the world’s most complex space and ground intelligence systems. 

• Configuration: Significant early-phase focus is on systems engineering processes in requirements, physical and digital interfaces, configuration management and technical changes processes. 

• COMSEC: Additional focus areas include acquisition, tracking, inventory and program directive compliance for Communications Security (COMSEC) and cryptographic hardware, software and key material. 

• Software: The candidate will be given opportunities to learn agile software development, integration, test and deployment within the Scaled Agile Frameworks for Enterprise (SAFE) software development approach model. 

Work Environment:

• Location: On-site

• Travel Requirements: Minimal 0-20%

• Working Hours: Standard

Qualifications:

Required:

• Security Clearance: Active TS

• Education: BS degree in Engineering, Applied Science or Information Technology fields

• Experience: 1 – 3 years’ experience

Desired:

• DOD: Experience working in DoD or IC preferred

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR
At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture.  These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company.  That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together. 

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.