Systems Engineer SME

• Maintain configuration, technical baselines, and system-level requirements across the program lifecycle.
• Ensure alignment of engineering work products, milestone artifacts, and technical documentation with program objectives and contract deliverables.

• Serve as a senior technical advisor to the Program Director, Deputy Director, Technical Chief, Program Chief Engineer, and Integrations Chief.
• Coordinate engineering efforts across Aerospace sector leads, integration teams, and multidisciplinary IPTs.

• Coordinate and collaborate with the GDAC2 office to ensure seamless integration with theirarchitectures, requirements, roadmaps, and development timelines.
• Engage with mission engineering teams, modeling and simulation groups, and system architects to align technical objectives across organizations.

• Evaluate system performance, interoperability constraints, and integration pathways for emerging technologies.

• Prepare and evaluate artifacts, criteria, and engineering evidence supportinggatereviews.
• Assess system maturity, architecture stability, and integration readiness during technical gate reviews.

• Oversee system-of-systems integration efforts across software, ground systems, mission data flows, and crossdomain interfaces.
• Ensure technical compatibility and architectural alignment across internal and external components.
• Evaluate integration test results and support verification, validation, and operational readiness assessments.

• Systemofsystems engineering, and technical baseline management
• Integration engineering across multiagency, multi-domain environments
• Missile defense and space C2 mission knowledge
• Understanding of mission threads, CONOPS, interoperability constraints, and end-to-end system flows
• Experience with integration frameworks, enterprise-level architecture, and government technical standards
• Familiarity with SE processes, configuration management, and milestone readiness

• Ability to engage and advise senior leadership across government and industry
• Strong communication skills for conveying complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
• Skilled in consensus building, stakeholder alignment, and conflict resolution

• Demonstrated SMElevel expertise in systems engineering and system-of-systems integration
• 15+ years of relevant experience supporting missile defense, space C2, or related national security missions
• Proven experience interfacing with senior government leadership and highvisibility program offices
• Demonstrated capability supporting technical reviews, milestone readiness, and engineering artifact development
• Experience aligning cross-organizational technical objectives within a complex mission environment

• Experience supporting space-based weapons,oradvanced interceptors.
• Exposure to enterprise-level space C2 architectures or integrated battle management systems.
• Experience supporting rapid prototyping, earlystage concept development, or emerging technology demonstration programs.

• Bachelor's degree with 15+ years' related experience; Master's degree preferred.

• Must haveactiveSecret Clearance witheligibility to get TS/SCI

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  Interesting Work:
  
  
  
  Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
  
  
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  Values:
  
  
  
  Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
  
  
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  100% Employee Owned:
  
  
  
  We have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
  
  
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  Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
  
  
  




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  Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
  
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  Flexible schedules
  
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  6% 401k match with immediate vesting up to $9k annually
  
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  Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December)
  
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  Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
  
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  Up to $10,000 in annual educational reimbursement
  
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  Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
  
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  Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
  




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  Track Record of Success:
  
  
  
  We have grown every year since our founding in 1993.
  
  

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance

MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.

For more information about MTSI, please visit www.mtsi-va.com