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Senior Systems Engineer

PEMCCO
Charleston, SC Full Time
POSTED ON 12/5/2025 CLOSED ON 2/5/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Systems Engineer position at PEMCCO?

Do you excel at designing and integrating complex systems that support critical missions? Join PEMCCO as a Senior Systems Engineer, where you’ll provide expert leadership in developing, integrating, and sustaining enterprise solutions within a Zero-Trust and mission-engineering framework. In this role, you’ll ensure requirements, interfaces, and performance baselines are fully defined, validated, and traceable across all lifecycle phases, enabling secure, interoperable systems that support mission success.


PEMCCO, Inc. is an Information Technology and Information Management (IT/IM) services firm. We assist our customers in maximizing existing and emerging technologies to achieve their desired business productivity objectives. Living the Culture and Making It Happen is the motto we live by. We Live the Culture by carrying out the tenets of our Core Values of Loyalty, Integrity, and Commitment to our Customers and Employees every day. We Make It Happen by following Smart Organization Healthy Organization (SOHO) principles for internal and external communications and the successful execution of projects.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. 

Essential Functions 

    • Develop and maintain requirements decomposition and verification matrices.
    • Produce system and subsystem Interface Control Documents (ICDs).
    • Lead Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) using Cameo or DOORS.
    • Conduct trade-off and architecture-analysis studies supporting modernization.
    • Integrate cybersecurity and ZTA controls into system designs.
    • Coordinate design reviews, configuration audits, and test readiness events.
    • Support AoA development and technical risk management.
    • Prepare Systems Engineering Management Plans (SEMPs) and technical data packages.
    • Provide technical mentoring and peer review across engineering teams.

    Competencies   

      • Expertise in DoD SE processes, MBSE tools, and digital-thread methods.
      • Ability to analyze complex system interactions and mission dependencies.
      • Strong communication and documentation skills for government audiences.

        Required Qualifications

          • Bachelor’s in Systems, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering.
          • Ten (10) years of systems-engineering experience executing related tasks.
          • Active TS/SCI clearance.


          Preferred Qualifications

              • INCOSE CSEP or ESEP certification.
              • Master’s in Systems Engineering.

              Benefits

              • 15 days of Paid Time Off
              • 11 Paid Holidays
              • Medical, Dental, and Vision
              • Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Life Insurance, Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Whole Life Plus, Identity Theft, and Law Assure
              • 401(k)
              • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)


              Compensation
              •   $90 – $145 hourly, depending on experience, ability, and capability.


              PEMCCO, Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer. The Company does not discriminate based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

              Salary : $90 - $145

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