Senior Systems Engineer (Digital Apps)

Job Location: Warrenton, VA (Relocation Paid)

Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Salary: $130,000 – $200,000

Job Description:

BCubed Engineering Corporation is currently hiring highly skilled and motivated Systems Engineers in Warrenton, VA. As a Systems Engineer, you will play a crucial role in bringing our products through the systems engineering life cycle, to include designing, implementing, and maintaining systems that support our customer missions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the seamless integration of hardware, software, and network components to achieve optimal system performance and reliability. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented problem solver with a strong technical background and a passion for building robust systems.

Responsibilities:

• Lead systems engineering activities to define and document mission‑focused software systems.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to refine mission needs, operational scenarios, and system performance objectives.
• Translate mission needs and operational constraints into system requirements and functional architectures.
• Develop system architectures, interface definitions, data flows, and technical models to support design and decision‑making.
• Prepare and deliver System Requirements Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), and Critical Design Review (CDR) packages.
• Work closely with software development teams to ensure system-level requirements are implemented accurately and efficiently.
• Identify system risks and dependencies; drive coordinated mitigation actions.
• Support system integration, testing, and verification while engaging with customers to ensure mission readiness and validated performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate capabilities into the system architecture, considering both technical and operational aspects, and align delivery plans with project milestones.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 6 years experience in systems engineering for complex software or mission‑critical systems.
• Experience leading system definition, architecture development, and technical baseline assessments.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering processes, including requirements development, interface definition, verification/validation, and configuration management.
• Hands‑on experience preparing and executing major technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR).
• Familiarity with SATCOM architectures, mission operations, and tasking workflows.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to engage with customers, present technical material, and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
• Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility (current SSBI) – required. We will not respond to applicants who do not have a TS Clearance or higher.

Highly Desired:

• Master’s degree in engineering or a related field
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with current Counter-Intelligence (CI) Polygraph
• Experience working with Agile software development teams and modern DevSecOps environments.
• Relevant DoD 8570/8140 Cybersecurity Certification, e.g. CompTIA Security

About the Company

BCubed Engineering Corporation, an Auria company, is an advanced software and engineering company with offices in Warrenton, VA and Tampa, FL. BCubed Engineering specializes in providing engineering solutions and hardware to meet a variety of unique mission needs to the DoD, IC, and commercial sector, through efficient implementation practices and leveraging cutting-edge COTS technologies. Areas of focus include Digital Signal Processing, Machine Learning, and Cloud/On-Premises computing architectures. Come join us today!

We provide

• Industry leading benefits
• 25% Profit Sharing Plan
• Employer paid STD, LTD, Life, and AD&D
• Company sponsored group medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
• Individual Benefit Account – This account is used to pay for:
• Paid time off, medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums
• Flexible Hours
• Hybrid in-office / work from home environment
• Performance based annual bonus