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# Systems Engineer, SME

- **Company:** Integral Federal
- **Location:** Rockaway Township, NJ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Analog Electronics, Systems Engineering, Assembly Language, Computer Programming, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Data Conversion, DevOps, Ethernet, Reverse Engineering, RS-232, System Programming, Systems Integration
- **Published:** August 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9085090/systems-engineer-sme

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Degree in a relevant engineering discipline
 * Ten (10) years of professional experience in systems engineering
 * Experience with software integration or testing, including analyzing and implementing test plans and scripts.
 * Knowledge of system-of-systems engineering and integration directorate processes.
 * Experience with DevOps practices and tools, including Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).
 * Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
 * Secret security clearance.

## Description

* Support and provide subject matter expertise on the following communication interfaces: RS-232, RS-422, RS-485, Ethernet, USB, and Discrete I/O signals.
 * Support and maintain NBCSPG special tools including the cable validator and Interface Adapter programmers.
 * Support serial data interface adapters which provide data conversion from serial to Ethernet as well as protocol translation; establish current interface adaptor baseline and additional sensor data interfaces; and support board revision and design for the updated interface adaptor.
 * Support legacy NBCSPG systems including the mass spectrometers, chemical agent detectors, radiation detectors, remote chemical agent detectors, and review those systems for obsolescence, including software, hardware, and interface issues.
 * Support testing of NBCSPG systems.
 * Provide subject matter expertise to support in the following areas:
 + Working in assembly language and other low-level programming languages for embedded controllers.
 + Reverse engineering electronic devices and digital signals, and unknown data signals.
 + Integrating Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) electronic components, microcontrollers, memory devices, and communication control devices.
 + Assembling basic electronic circuits.
 + Programming microcontrollers to interact with digital signals.
 + Working with electronic laboratory test equipment, such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, digital multimeters, and logic analyzers.
 + Troubleshooting and repairing digital and analog electronic devices
 + Creating custom tools for embedded applications and for overall system troubleshooting.


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