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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Engineer - **Company:** AM Pierce & Associates - **Location:** Patuxent River, MD, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $90,000.0 - $105,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Data Architecture, Interoperability, Live Virtual and Constructive, Requirements Traceability, Software Engineering, Systems Modeling Language, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, MagicDraw, SC Clearance, Information Technology - **Published:** August 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=739dae5c145f8c6d ## About the Role The ideal candidate has approximately five years of relevant experience and a practical understanding of systems engineering, system architecture, and model-based engineering., * Active Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret. * Bachelor's degree (four-year degree) in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field. * Minimum of 5 (five) years of professional experience in relevant systems-engineering, system-architecture, design, integration, or technical-development experience. * Experience supporting multidisciplinary engineering or system-design activities. * Working knowledge of systems-engineering principles and practices. * Familiarity with model-based systems engineering and SysML. * Strong communication, collaboration, and technical-synthesis skills. * Ability to reason across system context, behavior, structure, interfaces, requirements, and design constraints. * Ability to work effectively within systems-engineering team and with technical specialists from multiple disciplines. * Ability to apply established modeling methods and conventions. * Ability to organize complex information and represent it clearly through models, diagrams, and written material. Desired Experience: * Experience using Cameo Systems Modeler, MagicDraw, or a comparable SysML modeling environment. * Experience supporting Department of Defense or U.S. Navy technology-development programs. * Experience with software-intensive, distributed, simulation, or system-of-systems architectures. * Experience with behavioral modeling, functional decomposition, interface definition, requirements traceability, or architecture development. * Familiarity with software development, data architecture, simulation environments, or digital-engineering practices. * Experience participating in technical working sessions or system-level design reviews. * Experience with System-of-Systems integration, LVC environments, and interoperability. Travel: * On some occasions, the employee may be required to drive to offices or buildings near the work site. In rare occasions, travel may be required. ## Description The Position: AM Pierce is seeking a Systems Engineer to support the development of an advanced technology being designed internally by the U.S. Navy. Working as part of a systems-engineering team and under the direction of a senior systems engineer, this individual will help multidisciplinary teams apply systems-engineering principles, develop a coherent system design, and capture that design in an integrated system model. The position requires someone who can engage effectively with engineers, software developers, analysts, operators, and government stakeholders; contribute to structured technical discussions; and clearly represent the resulting design and technical baseline., * Support the application of systems-engineering principles throughout technology development. * Work with senior systems engineers to plan and facilitate collaborative design activities. * Help multidisciplinary teams define system context, behavior, functions, architecture, interfaces, and requirements. * Contribute systems-level questions and analysis that connect decisions across engineering disciplines. * Help clarify technical objectives, assumptions, constraints, dependencies, and design decisions. * Identify potential gaps, inconsistencies, and unresolved dependencies for consideration by the systems-engineering team and technical stakeholders. * Capture the team's technical design and supporting rationale in an integrated system model. * Develop and maintain SysML models using Cameo Systems Modeler. * Represent operational context, system behavior, functional responsibilities, logical and physical structure, interfaces, requirements, and traceability. * Maintain consistency among the system model, technical discussions, analyses, and program decisions. * Apply established program modeling methods, patterns, conventions, and quality standards. * Coordinate with systems engineers, technical leads, and subject-matter experts to ensure the model accurately represents the evolving design. * Prepare models, diagrams, analyses, and other engineering artifacts for technical working sessions and reviews. * Communicate system concepts clearly to technical and program stakeholders. * Incorporate technical direction and review feedback into the system model and supporting artifacts. ## Related Videos - [From Bedside Beeps to Interoperable Bytes – Getting your medical devices ready to talk the IEEE 11073 language](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/771-from-bedside-beeps-to-interoperable-bytes-getting-your-medical-devices-ready-to-talk-the-ieee-11073-language) - [Model Based Systems Engineering in an Agile Product Development Process](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/68-model-based-systems-engineering-in-an-agile-product-development-process) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - GraalVM in action, Static Analysis insights and more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1723-wearedevelopers-live-graalvm-in-action-static-analysis-insights-and-more) - [Security Pitfalls for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/726-security-pitfalls-for-software-engineers) - [Grappling With Clunky Old Software? 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