System Engineer, Subject Matter Expert

Mission Technologies, a division of HII

Systems Engineer managing technical planning and system integration at HII's Mission Technologies. Responsibilities include verification, validation, and supportability analysis across total systems.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeDayton • Ohio • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $135,954 - $169,810 per yearWebsite

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About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
Analyses are performed at all levels of the total system product including concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance, and sustainability.
Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical and engineering principles.
Performs functional analysis, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate requirements into hardware and software specifications.
The engineer will present a deep understanding of requirements development in an agile environment, architecture definition/decomposition, testing philosophies/methodologies, and verification coverage.
This individual will participate in the System Engineering life cycle, including requirements development, architecture development, system analyses (reliability, maintainability, etc.), integration and test planning, and system verification.

Requirements

What you’ll need

15 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 13 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 10 years relevant experience with PhD; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 19 years relevant experience.
Position requires significant experience with Electronica Warfare (EW) technologies, Radar design, and / or Signals analysis.
Outstanding ability to proactively communicate via telephone and email with stakeholders in remote locations
Extensive experience working with technical experts to define requirements in order to advance capability development
Successful demonstration of technical and programmatic risk identification and mitigation
Proven demonstration of the ability to identify the sufficient level of detail needed to make significant program decisions and quantify and communicate that rationale to stakeholders
Tireless focus on the mission and making capabilities development a reality
Strong operations, acquisition, and test background: understanding operations vernacular, acquisition process, and test environment and controls to communicate across communities
Innovative and strategic mindset to identify future capabilities and requirements that can/should be integrated into near-term solutions
A solid leadership track record of leading technical teams of skilled engineers while working competing resource demands
Tasking includes system design and trade studies, RF chain analysis, algorithm development and system performance analysis.
Experience with Radar Signal Processing Techniques, System Integration, and Test.
Advanced understanding with analysis tools/programs and their relation to overall capability development efforts
Hands-on design, test, integration, and verification support across lab facilities requiring skills in algorithms, software, hardware, and networking.
Support technical mentorship connects.
Support technical publications.
Responsible for planning, implementing and reporting on Systems Engineering activities.
Support technical & functional leadership through the identification of risk and the management of engineers, technicians and functional team leads
CLEARANCE: Secret clearance minimum to start
Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance with advanced security checks

Benefits

Comp & perks

best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices
wellness resources
employee assistance programs
Savings Plan Options (401(k))
financial planning tools
life insurance
employee discounts
paid holidays and paid time off
tuition reimbursement
early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships

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Hard Skills & Tools

system integrationverification and validationrequirements developmentarchitecture definitiontesting methodologiesRadar designSignals analysisRF chain analysisalgorithm developmentsystem performance analysis

Soft Skills

proactive communicationstakeholder engagementrisk identificationprogrammatic risk mitigationleadershipstrategic mindsetmission focustechnical mentorshipcollaborationproblem-solving

Certifications

Secret clearanceTS/SCI security clearance