Full-Time
Space Systems Engineer
Posted on 8/17/2026
VTG
1,001-5,000 employees
Defense and intelligence services provider
Compensation Overview
$100k - $195k/yr
No H1B Sponsorship
Chantilly, VA, USA
In Person
US Citizenship, US Top Secret Clearance Required
Bachelor's, Master's, PhD, JD
 Aerospace Engineering (2) |
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- A bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, or a related discipline and nine or more years of experience; a master's degree and seven or more years of experience; or a PhD or Juris Doctor degree and four or more years of experience.
- Experience with United States Government program management and acquisition lifecycle processes and documentation.
- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and technical writing communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools.
- Must be a United States citizen with an active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance and polygraph.
- Perform technical reviews, assessments, and risk evaluations of optical and quantum communication system development efforts at the component, subsystem, system, and architecture levels.
- Evaluate designs and technologies including optical terminals, free-space optical links, photonic components, entanglement-based communication architectures, and quantum-enhanced optical subsystems.
- Assess emerging technologies and identify gaps related to high-bandwidth space links, advanced modulation formats, pointing and tracking systems, link budgets, networking performance, and secure quantum-enabled transport architectures.
- Support development of technology roadmaps, requirements, specifications, verification approaches, and transition strategies for optical and quantum system modernization.
- Conduct technical outreach with mission users to capture needs and evaluate the applicability of emerging optical and quantum capabilities.
- Prepare systems-engineering documentation, technical analyses, and program-level briefings to communicate findings and strategic recommendations.
- Support programmatic and acquisition activities, including source selections, lifecycle documentation, and systems-integration planning.
- A master's degree in engineering, physics, or a related discipline.
- Twelve or more years of relevant experience, including at least four years in optical or quantum communication systems.
- At least one year of experience supporting United States Government research and development acquisition processes and documentation.
- Experience with space-based optical terminals, quantum optical payloads, photonic systems, or advanced quantum-enhanced communication architectures.
1) What VTG does: VTG provides defense and intelligence services with a focus on force modernization, digital transformation, aerospace and naval engineering, and cyber capabilities across a unified enterprise. 2) How its products work: It builds end-to-end capabilities by integrating specialized firms and services (engineering, IT, cyber, logistics) through acquisitions to deliver modernization and transformation for defense and intelligence customers. 3) How it differs from competitors: It operates as a single, cohesive organization after consolidating disparate units and growing through targeted acquisitions to expand its expertise in intelligence, cyber, and defense modernization rather than offering fragmented offerings. 4) What its goal is: To expand its footprint in the intelligence community and cyber domain while continuing defense modernization for government customers, supported by strategic growth and acquisitions.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Lenoir, North Carolina
Founded
1866
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- VTG booked a five-year $130 million NAVSEA prime contract in May 2024.
- VTG won a seat on the $33 billion DoDIAC MAC in February 2025.
- VTG added Loki, Triaplex, Byte, iota IT, Tunuva, and Miklos in 2025.
What critics are saying
- Six acquisitions in 2025 create integration risk and management distraction across overlapping capabilities.
- VTG still relies on federal primes and recompetes, including NAVSEA and DoDIAC.
- Any IC budget shift or protest would hit growth before 2027.
What makes VTG unique
- John Hassoun recast VTG around defense and intelligence modernization since 2017.
- A&M Capital bought VTG in September 2023 and drove acquisition-led scaling.
- VTG won NAVSEA and DoDIAC work, spanning Navy engineering and IC software.
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6 month growth
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↑ 20%VTG, a national security solutions provider, has acquired Miklos Systems, Inc. (MSI), a technology firm known for software engineering, to enhance its digital transformation capabilities within the Intelligence Community. MSI, founded in 1993 and 100% employee-owned since 2015, aligns with VTG's values of technical excellence and integrity. This acquisition supports VTG's strategy to expand in high-impact sectors, reinforcing its position in defense and intelligence solutions.
VTG, a national security solutions provider, has acquired Byte Systems, iota IT, and Tunuva Technologies to enhance its capabilities in the Defense and Intelligence Community. This move follows a majority investment from A&M Capital, highlighting VTG's growth strategy. The acquisition aims to expand VTG's cybersecurity, software development, and systems engineering capabilities. A&M Capital has over $6 billion in commitments, supporting middle-market transactions across various sectors.
VTG has acquired Triaplex, Inc., enhancing its cyber and signals intelligence capabilities. This acquisition expands VTG's reach within the Intelligence Community, particularly in the National Capital Region. Triaplex, founded in 2020 and based in Fulton, MD, is known for its radio frequency solutions. This is VTG's fourth acquisition since receiving a majority investment from A&M Capital, which has over $6 billion in total commitments.
VTG, a national security solutions provider, has acquired Loki Solutions LLC to enhance its Intelligence Community portfolio. This acquisition, VTG's third since a majority investment from A&M Capital, boosts its operational capabilities and strategic contracts. Over 35% of VTG's business now involves Intelligence Community solutions. A&M Capital manages $4 billion, while Alvarez & Marsal Capital oversees $5.9 billion.
CHANTILLY, Va., Feb. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- VTG, an industry-leading national security solutions provider, announced that it has won a seat on the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center (DoDIAC) multiple-award contract (MAC) to provide mission-critical research and development services across the Defense science and technology ecosystem. The contract was awarded to VTG's wholly-owned subsidiary, Delta Resources, under the full and open Pool 1 by the U.S. Air Force's 774th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron