CareerPlan

Senior Systems Engineer - Air Combat Training

USAFull-time$87k2026-08-02 → 2026-11-13

Core

Lead requirements verification, test procedure development, and system design for cryptographic, datalink, and networking products used in Live, Virtual, and Constructive air combat training environments.

Role type

Senior Systems Engineer (Air Combat Training)

Builds

Cryptographic, datalink, networking, and command-and-control products for U.S. military communication and navigation systems

Domain

Aerospace and Defense / Air Combat Training

Required skills

Systems development lifecycle management, requirements definition, design, integration, testing, documentation, cost-schedule-performance trade-off analysis, MBSE modeling, secure laboratory testing

Preferred skills

Cryptographic applications, datalink protocols, networking, command-and-control systems, communication systems, navigation systems, LVC training environment design and certification

Technologies

MBSE tools, Secure Flow, secure laboratory environments

Responsibilities

Lead and carry out requirements verification to ensure completeness and traceability throughout the lifecycle, develop and execute verification test procedures in secure laboratory settings, review test procedures and design documentation to strengthen engineering quality, partner with cross-functional teams to align on program objectives and resolve integration issues, define and own system design approaches including modeling behavior and architecture in an MBSE environment, provide limited mentorship to early-career engineers in MBSE practices and system modeling