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# Systems Engineer

- **Company:** YELLOWFIN TECHNOLOGY CORP
- **Location:** Fort Meade, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Configuration Management, Requirements Traceability, Verification and Validation (Software), Systems Architecture, Systems Integration
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9112954/systems-engineer

## About the Role

Candidates will be considered for the level that best aligns with their education, years of relevant experience, and demonstrated systems engineering capabilities., Systems Engineer 0 (SE0)
0-1 year of relevant experience.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a relevant technical discipline from an ABET-accredited program.

Entry-level candidates with relevant internship, military, academic, laboratory, or early-career systems engineering experience are encouraged to apply.

Systems Engineer 1 (SE1)
Bachelor's degree from an ABET-accredited program + 3 years of relevant experience; or
Master's degree from an ABET-accredited program + 1 year of relevant experience.
Systems Engineer 2 (SE2)
Bachelor's degree from an ABET-accredited program + 7 years of relevant experience; or
Master's degree from an ABET-accredited program + 5 years of relevant experience.

Candidates should demonstrate progressively responsible experience with requirements, architecture, system design, interfaces, integration, lifecycle engineering, and stakeholder coordination.

Systems Engineer 3 (SE3)
Bachelor's degree from an ABET-accredited program + 10 years of relevant experience; or
Master's degree from an ABET-accredited program + 8 years of relevant experience.

Candidates should demonstrate senior-level systems engineering experience supporting complex or enterprise systems and be capable of leading engineering activities, coordinating across technical organizations, and providing technical guidance to customers and program leadership.

Desired Systems Engineering Experience

We're interested in candidates with experience in several of the following areas:

Systems Engineering Lifecycle
Requirements Analysis & Management
Requirements Development
Requirements Traceability
Stakeholder Needs Analysis
Derived Requirements
System Architecture
Enterprise Architecture
System Design
Systems Integration
Mission Integration
Interface Definition & Analysis
CONOPS Development
Mission Threads
Verification & Validation (V&V)
System Integration & Test
Test Planning
Technical Risk Analysis
Configuration Management
Technical Reviews
DoD / Intelligence Community environments

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required.

Candidates must be able to maintain the required clearance throughout employment.

## Description

Translate stakeholder and operational needs into system, technical, and derived requirements.
Develop and support Concepts of Operations (CONOPS).
Support system architecture, engineering, and design activities.
Define and analyze system interfaces, dependencies, and information exchanges.
Support hardware, software, network, and mission-system integration.
Perform system-level analysis to identify technical risks, gaps, dependencies, and integration challenges.
Develop and maintain requirements traceability.
Support system verification, validation, integration, and test activities.
Develop test plans, procedures, engineering documentation, and technical reports.
Coordinate with government customers, developers, operators, program managers, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Participate in technical reviews, design reviews, engineering meetings, and working groups.
Evaluate proposed system changes and assess technical and mission impacts.
Support resolution of complex systems engineering and integration challenges.
At senior levels, lead engineering efforts, mentor engineers, coordinate multiple technical activities, and provide technical recommendations to program and customer leadership.


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