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# Senior APPA Systems Engineer (5163)

- **Company:** Smartronix, LLC
- **Location:** Patuxent River, MD, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $87,600.0 - $146,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Configuration Management, Databases, Data Stores, Data Visualization, Interoperability, Live Virtual and Constructive, SAP (Applications), Software Systems, Data Ingestion
- **Published:** July 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9015480/senior-appa-systems-engineer-5163

## About the Role

* Clearance Required: Top Secret
 + This position will likely require access to SAP
 + US Citizenship is required for work on DoW contract
 * Technical or Scientific MS or MA degree from an accredited college or university
 + ALLOWABLE SUBSTITUTION: Technical or Scientific BS or BA degree from an accredited college or university and an additional four (4) years of recent and relevant experience
 * At least ten (10) years of recent and relevant experience in an engineering position, three (3) of which must be directly related to DoD systems
 * Demonstrated experience in the area of engineering expertise is required
 * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
 * Clear communications and teamwork skills working in a collaborative environment

## Description

* Establishing processes for configuration control of interfaces between the APPA system and weapons models, constructive entity-generating software systems, and the interface between the APPA system and aircraft.
 * Address technical and architectural questions related to LVC, ensuring seamless interoperability across system-of-systems networks.
 * Planning for and implementing APPA Systems Engineering Technical Review (SETR) documents, as well as developing scalable solutions for multi-level security enterprise networks and cloud-based databases to aggregate mission data.
 * Assist in the integration of systems to harvest, ingest, and store data from live, virtual, and constructive entities, operators, and associated systems, ensuring high-confidence data ingestion and reliable performance assessments.
 * Additionally, the role involves integrating advanced analytics, visualization tools, and high-fidelity modeling to support event reconstruction, performance analysis, and mission planning optimization, while adhering to DoN data governance policies and enabling adaptive learning systems for personalized training experiences.
 * Performs programmatic or technical leadership roles in an organization, identifying, formulating, designing, and/or testing practical solutions to engineering problems


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