Senior Systems Engineer

Job Title: Senior Systems Engineer

Job Location: Springfield VA or Spring Lake VA preferred Remote will be considered

Job Type: Full Time 40 hours

Security Clearance: Active Secret Required

Travel Requirement: up to 35%

Job Description:

Sherpa 6 is seeking a motivated senior level Cross-Functional Systems Engineer to support systems engineering processes program governance and administrative coordination across proposal development and program execution efforts.

This position is intentionally process procedure and staff coordination focused with some hands-on technical engineering products required. It is well-suited for an experienced systems engineer who is looking to transition from direct technical execution coordination; engineering oversight; resource allocation; requirements identification tracking and resolution; and cross-functional coordination. The scope of the work includes coordination of everything from new technology integration to software developers hardware and software integrators and program strategy and execution.

In this role you will work closely with Program Office Leadership Solution Architects Program Execution teams military civilian and contractor personal to ensure that systems engineering processes documentation and controls are consistently applied across programs and active projects. You will serve as a key integrator between technical teams program management and leadership ensuring alignment between contract scope technical assumptions risk posture and execution realities.

The Cross-Functional Systems Engineer will primarily apply systems engineering discipline using structured processes and tools to:

• Document requirements and trace them to efforts and capabilities
• Identify track and mitigate program risk
• Identify and actively manage scope creep
• Ensure technical architecture and documentation consistency
• Build and brief products to support decision making at the leadership and program staff level

While a strong technical background is required to understand and evaluate technical trade space in support of decisions this role does not involve day-to-day coding configuration or system build activities. Instead it emphasizes engineering oversight staff coordination documentation management and process enforcement.

This position requires exceptional communication skills comfort operating in a staff environment and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders priorities and artifacts simultaneously. The role will initially support one to two key program initiatives and expand in scope as capacity and program needs evolve.

Responsibilities:

• Support Program Office Leadership Program Execution teams military civilian and contractor personal by shaping technical approaches compliance matrices and requirements traceability with an emphasis on documentation accuracy product building and process rigor.
• Provide staff-level systems engineering leadership project execution including:
  1. Requirements management and traceability
  2. Operational View (OV) development and maintenance
  3. Interface Control Document (ICD) development control and change management
  4. Risk configuration and verification/validation process oversight
• Develop maintain and control system architecture artifacts engineering documentation and program baselines to support governance and decision-making.
• Act as a liaison between technical teams program management and leadership ensuring clarity of scope assumptions risks and dependencies.
• Support technical reviews milestone events and customer engagements from a process documentation and compliance perspective.
• Monitor and support adherence to systems engineering processes standards and best practices across programs.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to process improvement and standardization initiatives across the organization.

Qualifications:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a strong emphasis on clear documentation and staff coordination.
• Bachelors degree in engineering or a related technical field with a minimum of 10 years of experience in systems engineering software engineering or a related discipline. Or a Masters degree in engineering or a related technical field with a minimum of 5 years of experience in systems engineering software engineering or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience applying systems engineering processes in a governance oversight or staff capacity.
• Strong background in software-oriented systems engineering with demonstrated experience evaluating designs managing risks and making recommendations based on tradeoff analyses you performed.
• Familiarity with Army systems and operational environments (e.g. Nett Warrior Tactical Networks ancillary system integration MDMP sustainment and training).
• Experience with requirements management and program support tools (e.g. Jira Jama risk registers and related PM processes).
• Experience coordinating with DoD or federal customers particularly in a staff coordination and decision support role.
• Ability to translate user needs and technical discussions into structured documentation and actionable program artifacts.
• Must be a US citizen
• Must pass a background check and drug screening

Preferred Experience:

• Experience supporting defense acquisition programs (ACAT II / III) from a systems engineering staff or program support perspective.
• Experience working within DoD program management and contracting environments (DAWIA PM PMP or equivalent).
• Application of disciplined systems engineering processes (INCOSE CMMI).
• Familiarity with RMF CSfC and cybersecurity processes at an oversight and coordination level.
• Experience supporting architecture frameworks (DoDAF/UAF) and maintaining program-level engineering artifacts.
• Experience working in environments involving AI/ML UAS enterprise mobility or tactical networks (oversight and integration focus).

Background Screening/Check/Investigation:

Successful completion of a background screening/check/investigation will/may be required as a condition of hire.

ADA:

Sherpa 6 will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act 1990

EEO/AA:

Sherpa 6 does not discriminate based on race color national origin sex religion age disability sexual orientation gender identity veteran status height weight or marital status in employment or the provision of services and is an equal access/opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Benefits:

We offer a competitive benefits package covering the cost of medical for you and your family; we also offer dental vision health and wellness benefits and a generous retirement savings plan. We believe that our employees can manage their workload and their personal life therefore we extend a generous PTO policy. This allows our employees to balance their lives as they see fit.

Salary Range:

In order to provide greater transparency to candidates we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings. The pay range is reflective across all Sherpa locations and based on years of experience and skill level. Salary negotiations and final offer amounts are based on candidate location skills depth of work experience and relevant licenses and credentials and may vary from the amounts listed.

About Sherpa 6:

At Sherpa 6 we love to solve problems and provide the best solutions for our customers. Our approach to a problem is to find a user-focused and design-driven solution that is simple yet functional and effective. We are a group of enthusiastic forward-thinkers who are excited to build amazing solutions with bleeding-edge technology. We hire people who are forward thinkers passionate about what they do love to collaborate and want to constantly learn. We enjoy what we do and were not afraid to put the extra effort in to accomplish the mission; call us Sherpas. As a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business we know what it means to serve. We have made it our mission to be the leaders in solutions that protect and give our Warfighters the edge they need when put into harms way.