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System Engineer

Solvarus
Chantilly, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/31/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/27/2026

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference in the government space?  What if you could find a position that is tailor-made for your mix of development, engineering, and communication skills? That is why we need you to apply your ingenuity and bring your innovative ideas to a consulting advisory services company. Solvarus Consulting has been dedicated to solving the toughest challenges by providing support to the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. Help us shorten the time it takes to get critical tools developed and into the hands of warfighters who need them and to quickly aid the people who need it.

This component of the Space Program provides Enterprise Systems Engineering and Integration capabilities to a national intelligence acquisition and operations organization. The program supports full lifecycle acquisition across all mission domains of a complex national systems architecture.

Duties include:

  • Provide system end-to-end closure of requirements baseline for Space Indications and Warning (I&W) programs and related activities.
  • Follow readiness processes for Integration and Closure (I&C).
  • Coordinate with all stakeholders across the enterprise including action tracking and follow-up.
  • Provide support to system integration of new initiatives for expanded mission capabilities.
  • Assess requirements, Concept of Operations (CONOPs), architecture products, system schedules, and risks. 
  • Be the Systems Engineering Technical Advisor (SETA) ‘trusted agent’ for the customer in presenting the assessments to the customer and providing recommendations for way ahead to fulfill the mission. 

Qualifications:

  • Requires 10 to 12 years with BS/BA or 8 to 10 years with MS/MA or 5 to 7 years with PhD.  
  • TS/SCI with Poly.  
  • Experience with Intelligence Community (IC) customer or Department of Defense (DoD). 
  • Knowledge of Ground systems and overall space and ground architecture. 
  • Awareness of mission technical capabilities and system performance analysis and assessment. 
  • Experience with Mission Planning, Control or Processing functions in support of space and ground architecture. 
  • Experience identifying user & enterprise needs/requirements and gap identification, analysis, and assessment. 
  • Experience in requirements engineering, CONOPS development, verification, test, and system integration to accommodate End to End Systems Engineering in support of customer's missions. 
  • Proven adaptability and experience with daily interaction on-site with the government customers. 
  • Proven adaptability and experience with daily interaction on-site with the government customers. 
  • Knowledge of Ground or Space systems.  
  • Experience with Indications & Warning (I&W) systems. 
  • Experience with DOORs requirements database management/repository. 
  • Experience in Rhapsody and SysML applications, Confluence, Jira. 
  •  A passion for learning, helping others, sharing team knowledge, and contributing value to the mission in any way possible.  

Desired Skills:

  • Experience with large acquisition systems engineering efforts, methods, and processes.  
  • Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment.  
  • Good oral and written communication skills; MS Office proficient.  
  • Good business acumen: ability to relate professionally inside the work environment.  
  • Organized and flexible. 

Solvarus employment relationships are made without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin, marital status, veteran status, the presence of any physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Discrimination or harassment based upon any of these factors is wholly inconsistent with our company values and will not be tolerated.

 

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