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Requirements Systems Engineer

Sherpa 6


Job Location:

Washington, DC - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 150000 - 175000
Posted: 29 September 2026 (2 days ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Full-time
Description

Travel Requirement: Up to 20%

Security Clearance: Active Top Secret clearance required with SCI eligibility

Citizenship: US Citizenship required


Sherpa 6 Inc has an exciting opportunity for a Requirements/Systems Engineer in support the company in developing requirements traceability for specific customers and for companywide initiatives. Sherpa 6 performs systems integration develops advanced technologies within a CI/CD environment and assists the Army in integrating these capabilities into Army units that significantly improves their warfighting capabilities. This position will be customer and internally facing and is intended to significantly expand our requirements traceability development collaboration and improve processes necessary to achieve our CMMI certification.


Responsibilities:

As a requirements / systems engineer your primary responsibility will be to integrate requirements traceability across multiple programs but primarily linked to software development and the associated tools and processes (Jira Test etc.). You will work with the Sherpa 6 software development team and support customer requirements documentation requirements traceability and program risk identification and tracking. You will facilitate programs in the areas of design development and integration of technologies in systems fielded to warfighters. Your primary work effort will be requirements traceability that is integrated with our Jira based software development processes. You will work with a team of SMEs software developers and document requirements directly to customer driven priorities.

Requirements
  • BS in Engineering and 5 years of experience in related work
  • SME in the use of Jama
  • Demonstrated systems engineering experience on multiple integration programs
  • Demonstrated ability to manage time and development of SE products across multiple programs simultaneously
  • Experience using AI tools to improve products and efficiency.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills in resolving issues with complex requirements traceability tracking
  • Superior verbal and writing communication skills
  • Experience with systems engineering processes and related SE product development

Preferred Experience:

  • MS in Systems Engineering
  • Familiarity with the military acquisition system
  • Military experience preferred
  • INCOSE CSEP Certification
  • CMMI processes associated tools and certification

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.

Background/Drug Screening:

Successful completion of a pre-employment background & drug screening will 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:

The proposed salary range is reflective across all Sherpa 6 locations years of experience and skill levels. Salary negotiations will be based on a host of factors including but not limited to your geographic location prior experience relevant skills education and certifications.

Salary Description
$150000 - $175000

Required Experience:

IC


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