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This position is on-site at Lockheed Martin in Manassas, Virginia.\nSenior Systems Engineer Responsibilities Include:\nProvide meeting support, review and manage system requirements, review system features, review and update technical documentation, and provide USW Weapons Control system architecture oversight.\n\nCollaborate closely with other Navy Warfare Centers, Technical Direction Agents (TDAs), and system integrator software developers.\n\nManage the integrator product backlog, refine performance specifications, and review integrator design artifacts.\n\nCoordinate with test teams to review and analyze test event results.\n\nMaintain traceability from high-level Navy capabilities to subsystem-specific requirements using dynamic databases.\n\nEvaluate the localized impact of requirement Change Proposals (CPs) on the specified functional area.\n\nCollaborate with other Warfare Centers in Joint Requirement Working Group (JRWG) meetings to review Performance Specifications (P-Specs) and ensure interfaces between the SQQ-89 subsystem and the larger combat system are clearly defined.\n\nReview contractor-delivered design artifacts, including Functional Design Documents (FDDs) and Interface Design Documents (IDDs), to verify architectural compliance and identify potential integration risks with other combat systems.\n\nProvide government oversight at technical meetings for the SQQ-89 subsystem and act as the primary TPOC for subsystem feature validation, ensuring contractor priorities align with sponsor direction.\n\nSupport the investigation of subsystem-specific anomalies and test failures, collaborate with lab personnel to review data logs, assist in coordinating issue recreation in lab environments, and validate detailed findings.\n\nRepresent the customer at Bug Adjudication Board (BAB) meetings, collaborating with Fleet Support, Safety, and other Warfare Center personnel to prioritize bugs affecting the SQQ-89 subsystem.\n\nBridge communication gaps between NSWC team members, the system integrator, TDAs, and Navy Warfare Centers to ensure unified execution of system requirements.\n\nAssess high-priority defects for the SQQ-89 subsystem and coordinate with other teams to evaluate fleet impact.\n\nDraft subsystem-specific government correspondence, as required, to identify requirement deviations or non-compliance.\n\nEvaluate performance and technical risks for the subsystem area and develop clear, concise briefings for program leadership.\n\nMinimum Requirements:\nBachelor of Science (BS) degree from an accredited college or university in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline, or four (4) years of demonstrated knowledge base and subject matter expertise relevant to the specific technical discipline of the SOW, including qualifications as a U.S. Naval operational expert in a combat systems rate at the E7 level or higher.\n\nSix (6) years of engineering experience with a Maritime major weapons control or C2 system program.\n\nExperience related to the design, planning, analysis, research, testing, or documentation of complex systems throughout the complete engineering life cycle.\n\nFour (4) years of concurrent experience with Navy surface ship Undersea Warfare weapons control or command and control systems.\n\nThree (3) years of concurrent demonstrated expertise understanding and developing Engineering Change Proposals (ECP), Interface Change Requests (ICR), Interface Design Specifications (IDS), Weapon Specifications, and other system design/system integration documents.\n\nDemonstrated experience with weapon and combat system certification processes and requirements, specifically self-certification criteria for elements of the Aegis Warfare System.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience with IBM DOORS for requirements management and Atlassian JIRA for Agile tracking.\n\nExperience working within the Navy Warfare Center enterprise, interacting with Navy Technical Authorities.\n\nCompensation Details:\n$100K - $160KThe compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.\nBenefits Overview:\nOur health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities. Offerings include:\nHealth, dental, and vision insurance\n\nPaid time off and holidays\n\nRetirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)\n\nEducational reimbursement\n\nParental leave\n\nEmployee stock purchase plan\n\nTax-saving options\n\nDisability and life insurance\n\nPet insurance\n\nNote: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.\nOriginal Posting:\n08/25/2026 - Until FilledAmentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.\nAmentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. 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