Senior Systems Engineer
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's
Remote in USA+1 moreMore locations: Virginia, USA
RemoteRemote role with less than 10% travel for in-person events, including system testing.
Hardware EngineeringHardware Systems Integration
No H1B Sponsorship
US Citizenship, US Top Secret Clearance Required
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in systems, electrical, or computer engineering, computer science, or a related field.
- At least 7 years of engineering experience spanning hardware/firmware and software systems.
- Experience operating as a systems engineer across disciplines and owning requirements, interfaces, and architecture for products combining embedded hardware with cloud software.
- Hands-on experience with IoT and embedded systems, including sensor integration, firmware/hardware interaction, wireless links such as Bluetooth Low Energy, constrained-network operation, and device-to-cloud data paths.
- Strong grasp of networking protocols and interface control documents.
- Familiarity with cloud-agnostic architectures and modern back-end and orchestration technologies.
- Working knowledge of decentralized identity management, including zero-trust frameworks.
- Technical writing and documentation skills.
- Experience in a start-up environment.
- U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain access to classified information and facilities necessary to perform the responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the systems engineer across the engineering team, bridging hardware, firmware, and cloud, and own end-to-end system architecture and the interfaces where domains meet.
- Capture, decompose, and maintain current and future system requirements spanning the embedded device, mobile applications, and cloud analytics, and trace them from customer need through verification.
- Own interface control documents and data contracts between firmware, mobile, backend, and data, driving toward machine-readable, version-controlled schemas that keep Bluetooth Low Energy, WebSocket, and application programming interface contracts aligned as the device firmware and platform evolve.
- Dig into firmware behavior, sensor and hardware integration, power and timing constraints, networking protocols, and cloud data flow, and provide technical judgment to the responsible teams.
- Champion development processes including requirements management, design reviews, configuration and change control, and verification and validation.
- Create architecture descriptions, requirements, test plans, and decision records to keep cross-functional teams aligned.
- Drive system-level verification and validation, including component simulators, digital twins, and integration testing for functional verification and regression.
- Collaborate with mobile developers, firmware engineers, hardware engineers, and data scientists to design approaches to multi-domain problems.
- Travel less than 10% of the time for in-person events including system testing.
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with embedded C.
- Familiarity with a real-time operating system such as Zephyr.
- Familiarity with low-power wireless system-on-chips such as Nordic nRF.
About the company
ARC develops AI-powered sensors embedded in firearm grips to turn weapons into networked data devices. The sensors timestamp use events (draw, aim, fire) and geolocate the weapon, with edge processing on-device and data sent to command-and-control systems for near real-time insights. This supports faster responses, improved inventory control, predictive maintenance, and training through after-action reviews, and data can be fused with other battlefield sources for joint operations. ARC differentiates itself by weapon-centric sensing and on-device AI that integrates with SBIR-funded DoD programs and JADC2 workflows.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Grant
Total Funding
$5.1M
Headquarters
Bethesda, Maryland
Founded
2013
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- FY2026 federal obligations hit $4.94 million, showing continued Pentagon demand.
- March 31, 2026 task order supported the 25th Infantry and 101st Airborne divisions.
- Booz Allen's 5G partnership keeps ARC positioned inside Army networking and XR experiments.
What critics are saying
- Delaware judges dismissed ARC's claim against cofounder William O'Neil on March 17, 2026.
- ARC still fights a North Carolina ownership dispute over repurchased shares and valuation.
- Pentagon procurement concentration makes ARC existentially dependent on Army SBIR renewals by 2027.
What makes Armaments Research Company unique
- ARC turns individual firearms into networked sensors, creating weapon-level battlefield telemetry.
- September 22, 2026 Army CPE ST3 awarded ARC $4.7 million for live-training integration.
- ARC's edge-processing sensors feed command systems and after-action reviews in real time.
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Benefits
- Company Equity
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Paid Holidays
- Unlimited Paid Time Off