AMERICAN SYSTEMS, a 100% employee-owned federal contractor, is seeking a Systems Integration Engineer to help design, verify, and deploy complex, multi-domain mission systems in at the Naval Support Facility in Arlington, VA.
In this role, you’ll work with engineers, operators, and stakeholders to turn real-world operational needs into clear technical requirements. You’ll integrate hardware, software, sensors, and mission systems to bring complex capabilities together when they matter most.
ResponsibilitiesAs a Systems Integration Engineer with AMERICAN SYSTEMS, you will:
- Support development of system-of-systems architectures integrating hardware, software, sensors, and mission capabilities.
- Partner with researchers, engineers, operators, and mission stakeholders to develop and maintain traceable system requirements.
- Develop systems engineering artifacts, including requirements documentation, architecture products, interface control documents, and technical documentation.
- Define and manage physical, electrical, logical, and data interfaces between internal components and external systems.
- Coordinate with engineering teams and external partners to troubleshoot and resolve technical and integration issues.
- Develop integration strategies and test plans to verify subsystem performance and demonstrate end-to-end mission capability.
- Support laboratory and field testing, operational demonstrations, test-result analysis, and corrective engineering actions.
Required Qualifications
- Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI access and SAP eligibility.
- Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5-7 years of related experience in systems engineering, systems integration, hardware/software integration and test, or mission-system development.
- Experience with requirements decomposition and traceability, interface management, and Interface Control Document development.
- Working knowledge of systems engineering lifecycle methods, integration planning, verification, validation, and test execution.
- Experience supporting laboratory and field-test environments.
- Ability to work full-time, on-site in a SCIF environment in Arlington, Virginia.
Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
Experience integrating systems developed across multiple organizations, vendors, or external partners.
Experience with system-of-systems engineering, mission-level integration, or operational test events.
Experience supporting defense, aerospace, intelligence, robotics, autonomy, communications, sensing, cloud, networking, or distributed-system environments.
Skills Required
- Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI access and SAP eligibility
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field
- 5-7 years of related experience in systems engineering, systems integration, hardware/software integration and test, or mission-system development
- Experience with requirements decomposition and traceability, interface management, and Interface Control Document development
- Working knowledge of systems engineering lifecycle methods, integration planning, verification, validation, and test execution
- Experience supporting laboratory and field-test environments
- Ability to work full-time on-site in a SCIF environment in Arlington, Virginia
- Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
- Experience integrating systems developed across multiple organizations, vendors, or external partners
- Experience with system-of-systems engineering, mission-level integration, or operational test events
- Experience supporting defense, aerospace, intelligence, robotics, autonomy, communications, sensing, cloud, networking, or distributed-system environments
AMERICAN SYSTEMS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Equity Value & Accessibility — The ESOP provides an ownership stake that adds long-term financial value and complements base pay. This employee-ownership structure stands out within the overall package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with automatic enrollment and broad investment options, alongside the ESOP, strengthens retirement pathways beyond salary. These features are presented as competitive within the defense contracting space.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Base pay is considered fair or comparable to industry peers, particularly for technical roles. Starting compensation is described as solid for areas like cybersecurity, systems administration, and IT engineering.
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What We Do
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned government services contractor that delivers professional, technical, information technology, engineering, analysis, testing, evaluation, and training solutions for complex national-priority programs. Based in McLean, Virginia, the company supports federal customers—particularly defense and other Department of Defense missions—with mission-essential and information engineering, digital engineering, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, data, and lifecycle IT services across critical public-sector environments.
