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Arcfield

Defense systems engineering, cyber and missiles

Ground Enterprise Mission Engineer

Engineering ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeChantilly, VA, USA$135k - $234.8kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Understand the Intelligence Community and Department of War domains, with a strong focus on core systems engineering processes supporting end-to-end mission and services closure.
  • Possess and be able to maintain an active TS/SCI with Poly clearance.
  • Hold a BS in engineering, physics, intelligence, or a policy-related degree.
  • Have integration and closure experience within the overall Intelligence Community and Department of War domain.
  • Have detailed knowledge of the customer's mission capabilities, including GEOINT, SIGINT, and Multi-INT domains, and overall space and ground architecture.
  • Have expertise in mission technical capabilities and system performance analysis and assessment, including latency and subsystem allocations and margin.
  • Have experience identifying user needs and gaps, identifying potential solutions, and assessing and analyzing alternatives.
  • Have experience supporting Requirements Engineering, CONOPS development, and system integration to accommodate end-to-end systems engineering.
  • Recognize, understand, respect, and operate effectively within various SETA, FFRDC, and Government lines of authority.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate and support ground requirements and architectures in the remote sensing domain; support enterprise- and system-level requirements for future systems; support demonstrations and exercises for delivered system capabilities and mission closure; generate and present engineering briefings; and interface with Intelligence Community and Department of War customers.
  • Focus on trades, capability definition, CONOPS generation, and interaction with Mission Partners.
  • Help customer acquisitions leverage agile principles to define capability roadmaps aligned with capability needs.
  • Provide subject matter expertise to Intelligence Community customer senior leadership and Department of War counterparts regarding future GEOINT, SIGINT, and Multi-INT architecture requirements and planned mission capabilities.
  • Conduct assessments of critical joint Air and Space Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance warfighter capabilities, and identify gaps and shortfalls to support decisions validating and prioritizing joint requirements with mission partners for future acquisitions.
  • Develop solutions that reduce latencies and increase data sharing in integrated joint architectures supporting edge nodes and Sensor to Shooter network interoperability for current and new systems and initiatives supporting expanded GEOINT, SIGINT, and Multi-INT mission capabilities.
  • Assess schedules and risks, support readiness events for system- and acquisition-level ground milestones, potentially lead systems teamwork projects, interact frequently with clients, and lead system and mission strategy development across ground offices.
  • Interact daily with the customer and supporting contractors, and follow customer standards and processes as the program matures through its life cycle.
  • Lead technical consultations and Intelligence Community coordination meetings, and support recommendation briefings.

Desired Qualifications

  • Have knowledge of the customer's mission capabilities, including GEOINT, SIGINT, and Multi-INT domains, and technical familiarity with mission control and/or processing for one or more GEOINT and/or SIGINT systems, including sensor knowledge.
  • Have knowledge of and experience executing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology.

About the Company

Arcfield

Defense systems engineering, cyber and missiles

Arcfield provides mission-focused engineering, defense systems integration, and specialized support across cyber, space, hypersonic, and missile domains. It combines systems engineering, risk assessment, and mission assurance with cybersecurity, space operations, and missile support to protect and enable defense missions. With a 65+ year track record and a large technical workforce across North American offices, it differentiates itself through broad expertise and a long history in cyber, space, hypersonic, and conventional/missile work. Its goal is to protect the nation and its allies by delivering integrated, dependable defense capabilities and mission readiness.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Chantilly, VA
Founded
2021

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