Systems Integration Engineer

Location: Arlington, VA, US

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

As 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.

Qualifications

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.

Supplemental Qualifications (preferred but not required)

• 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.

Pay Transparency Statement

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $130,000.00/Yr. - USD $150,000/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance.

EEO Statement

EEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran Status