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# Systems Engineer - Employment Engineer

- **Company:** Amentum Services, Inc.
- **Location:** Dahlgren, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Automation of Marketing, Object-Oriented Software Development, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, SC Clearance
- **Published:** October 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9218444/systems-engineer-employment-engineer

## About the Role

* Bachelor of Science (BS) degree from an accredited college or university in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline; or five (5) years of demonstrated and established knowledge and subject-matter testing expertise in lieu of the degree.
 * Five (5) years of experience supporting nuclear operations, nuclear command and control principles, strategic weapons, nuclear planning, and national-level command and control programs.
 * Five (5) years of software engineering experience supporting a real-time, software-intensive Weapon System, Command System, or Intelligence System, including software requirements definition activities.
 * Three (3) years of specialized experience in areas including:
 + Software engineering and requirements analysis.
 + Design tradeoff studies.
 + Structured requirements-analysis methodologies for real-time, software-intensive weapon systems.
 + Weapon-system specification development using tools such as DOORS (Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System).
 + Software requirements definition, engineering analysis, and/or software specification development.
 * Must be able to obtain/maintain a Secret security clearance. Note: U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a Secret clearance.
 * Must be eligible to obtain and maintain RD/FRD access, as required for the position.

Preferred Qualifications:

 * Educational or professional background in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or Aerospace.
 * Active TS/SCI clearance preferred.

## Description

* Apply detailed knowledge of the SLCM-N Weapon System and subsystem interactions to evaluate the operational impact of new system design choices.
 * Assess impacts to operational users, including USSTRATCOM, Combatant Commanders (CCDRs), Strategic Weapons Facilities (SWFs), the operational fleet, and the NC2 community.
 * Perform analysis of targeting data, mission-planning capabilities, system performance, and emerging threats.
 * Support analysis, modeling, and simulation activities related to threat mitigation, survivability, weapon effectiveness, and platform performance.
 * Participate in trade studies and design optimization activities to ensure physical airframe and software architectures appropriately balance survivability, range, and lethality.
 * Support requirements definition, schedule alignment, and L0/L1 requirements tracing.
 * Support development and maintenance of programmatic artifacts, including the Lifecycle Mission Data Plan (LMDP) and Weapons Integration and Systems Engineering (WISE) deliverables.
 * Collaborate closely with the Lead/Product Owner and Technical Project Lead (TPL) to ensure engineering activities remain aligned with customer and program priorities.
 * Support software requirements definition, engineering analysis, specification development, and other systems/software engineering activities.
 * Perform other position-related duties as assigned or requested.