Systems Engineer

Systems Engineer

The Opportunity:

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big-picture thinking to make an impact on national security space missions? You understand your customer’s environment and how to verify and deliver the right systems for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into verifiable technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused engineering solution. If this sounds like you, come join Booz Allen Hamilton’s team to work on the Space Force’s top-priority space programs.

As a Systems Engineer on our team, you will work with Booz Allen colleagues to develop, verify, and field the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (NG OPIR) space and ground enterprise to deliver resilient Missile Warning (MW) to our warfighters. Your client will trust you to develop and execute requirements verification plans and lead formal requirements sell-off across space and ground segments. You will lead verification activities at the enterprise, system, segment, element, and interface levels—evaluating prime contractor verification evidence, maintaining traceability in Digital Engineering models, and driving requirement closure through Government review boards.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

• 5+ years of experience in Systems Engineering for space or ground segment systems, including requirements management, verification planning, and requirements sell-off
• Experience developing and executing verification plans, Verification Cross Reference Matrices (VCRMs), verification ledgers, and verification reports across system, segment, and interface specifications
• Experience leading formal requirements sell-off, including assessing bi-directional traceability, reviewing prime contractor test and analysis evidence, and resolving verification liens, waivers, and deviations
• Experience preparing and presenting technical packages at engineering review boards, configuration control boards, or verification approval boards
• Experience coordinating, collaborating, and overseeing prime or development contractors, associate support contractors, and FFRDCs across the acquisition lifecycle
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Digital Engineering tools, including Cameo Systems Modeler, MagicDraw, or SysML
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field, such as an Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or Computer Science field

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with OPIR or Space-Based Missile Warning (SBMW) systems, including NG OPIR, such as GEO, Polar, or FORGE, SBIRS, or DSP
• Experience supporting Space Systems Command (SSC) acquisitions and program management
• Experience developing System Test Plans (STPs), Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMPs), Detailed Test Procedures (DTPs), or evaluating Modeling and Simulation (M&S) verification data
• Experience managing requirements traceability and verification tables in Cameo across multi-level security environments
• TS/SCI clearance

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.