Senior System Engineer

Barbaricum

Joint Base Langley-Eustis on site Until 8/21/2026 First posted March 22, 2025 Last posted March 22, 2025

Job description

Barbaricum is a rapidly growing government contractor providing leading-edge support to federal customers, with a particular focus on Defense and National Security mission sets. We leverage more than 15 years of support to stakeholders across the federal government, with established and growing capabilities across Intelligence, Analytics, Engineering, Mission Support, and Communications disciplines. Founded in 2008, our mission is to transform the way our customers approach constantly changing and complex problem sets by bringing to bear the latest in technology and the highest caliber of talent.

Headquartered in Washington, DC's historic Dupont Circle neighborhood, Barbaricum also has a corporate presence in Tampa, FL, Bedford, IN, and Dayton, OH, with team members across the United States and around the world. As a leader in our space, we partner with firms in the private sector, academic institutions, and industry associations with a goal of continually building our expertise and capabilities for the benefit of our employees and the customers we support. Through all of this, we have built a vibrant corporate culture diverse in expertise and perspectives with a focus on collaboration and innovation. Our teams are at the frontier of the Nation's most complex and rewarding challenges. Join us.

Barbaricum is currently seeking an experienced and highly skilled System Engineer IV to join our team in support of the Program Executive Office Soldier programs. This role is pivotal in managing and executing systems engineering activities, including requirements analysis, functional analysis, design solution formulation, and systems architecture product generation and maintenance.

The successful candidate will apply system engineering principles and procedures to translate quantified needs into system performance parameters and identify system/item configurations. This role demands a thorough understanding of the Systems Engineering Management Process and its application within the Department of Army/DOD Acquisition process across all life cycle phases.

Responsibilities

Systems Engineering Management: Manage systems engineering activities, including requirements analysis, functional analysis, systems analysis and control, and maintenance of systems architecture products.
Design and Integration: Formulate design solutions, perform top-level design, development, integration, testing, installation, and troubleshooting of systems.
Technical Documentation: Develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including specifications, engineering drawings, system interface requirements, and engineering changes.
Expert Consultation: Serve as the subject matter expert for all technical aspects of assigned programs, providing expert and authoritative advice on critical programs and technologies.
Process Improvement: Evaluate system engineering principles, procedures, and processes used in past programs to establish innovative engineering strategies for current and future projects.
Stakeholder Engagement: Participate in post-award meetings, program reviews, design reviews, and Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) as the project engineer and/or technical expert.
Design Evaluation: Ensure integration of all engineering disciplines in design efforts and the adequacy of analyses performed, coordinating with other programs and organizations as necessary.

Qualifications

Active DoD Secret Clearance.
Educational Background: Master’s degree in Systems Engineering or Systems Management.
Experience: 20 years of relevant experience in systems engineering, demonstrating a capacity to lead engineering efforts on assigned programs with minimal oversight.
Certification: Equivalent experience commensurate with DAWIA Level III SPRDE certification is preferred.
Engineering Community Recognition: Recognized breadth of experience and knowledge within the Engineering community, able to serve as a consultant on Systems Engineering matters.
Leadership and Mentorship: Ability to mentor the workforce and lead engineering efforts, serving as a consultant to team members on Systems Engineering matters.
Innovative Strategy Development: Expertise in evaluating and improving system engineering principles, procedures, and processes to establish new engineering strategies.
Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to identify issues, brief program managers on possible courses of action, and assess their impact.

Additional Information

For more information about Barbaricum, please visit our website at www.barbaricum.com. We will contact candidates directly to schedule interviews. No phone calls please.

About this role

Summary

Manage systems engineering activities and provide expert consultation on technical programs.

Job title

Senior System Engineer

Experience level

20 years

Industry

defense

Location requirements

Joint Base Langley-Eustis, no remote work allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

DoD Secret ClearanceMaster’s degree in Systems Engineering20 years of relevant experienceDAWIA Level III SPRDE certification

Preferred skills

leadershipmentorshipproblem-solving

Specializations

systems engineeringrequirements analysisdesignintegrationtechnical documentation

Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Joint Base Andrews, MD, USA

On-site City