Lead Systems Integration Engineer

Systems Integration Lab Engineer, Lead

Location: California, MD - Pax River

Work Type: 100% Onsite

Remote Work: No

Job Description

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact in developing state-of-the-art solutions for the U.S. Air Force? You understand your customer’s environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused engineering solution.

As a leader in systems engineering, we’re looking for you to solve complex challenges and shape our mission with the USAF by leading engineering and systems integration efforts in our Systems Integration Laboratory (SIL). Your customer will trust you to not only design and develop these systems but also evolve them with advanced technology solutions. Share your expertise through leadership and mentoring while broadening your skill set into areas like technology. Grow your skills by merging your experience with leading systems engineering and integration and CDS and communications systems to create and deliver scalable technical solutions to empower warfighters at the tactical edge. Join our team and create the future of USAF modernization and tactical decision-making for warfighters in the DoD.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience with managing all of the daily aspects of a large systems integration and testing effort for the DoD, including hardware-software-communications installation, integration, configuration, and testing
• 2 years of experience with testing and evaluating UHF, VHF, HF, and SATCOM communications systems
• Experience with assembling components and subcomponents of complex hardware and software systems, including servers, routers, switches, and radio components
• Experience with Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) and network management
• Experience with producing engineering-level documentation for all aspects of project lifecycle management, including acquisition, test plans, interoperability, installation, configuration, and end of life or sale analyses to support equipment and system operations of the complete lifecycle of equipment, subsystems, and systems
• Experience with surveying, engineering, installing, configuring, and operating computer systems, servers, and networks
• Experience with supervising and coordinating time-critical tasks with staff and subcontractor personnel
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering

Additional Qualifications

• Experience with designing and evaluating antenna arrays for function and ensuring new or revised design will meet customer requirements
• Top Secret clearance
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification such as CompTIA Security Certification

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation and Benefits

Salary Range: $150,000 - $210,000 (Compensation is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, work experience, skills, education, certifications, seniority, and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.)

Benefits: Gridiron offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), disability & ADD insurance, life and pet insurance to eligible employees. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 30 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Gridiron’s benefits programs.

Gridiron IT Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or disability status.

Gridiron IT is a Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area that supports our clients' missions throughout the United States. Gridiron IT specializes in providing comprehensive IT services tailored to meet the needs of federal agencies. Our capabilities include IT Infrastructure & Cloud Services, Cyber Security, Software Integration & Development, Data Solution & AI, and Enterprise Applications. These capabilities are backed by Gridiron IT's experienced workforce and our commitment to ensuring we meet and exceed our clients' expectations.