Salary
≈ $85k – $160k per year (Estimated)
Location
In office (United States)
Seniority
Senior · 7+ years exp
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 2, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 30, 2026.
Overview
Company
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American Systems is an employee-owned government services contractor headquartered in McLean, Virginia, delivering information technology, engineering and analysis, test and evaluation, and training services to national priority programs. Founded in 1975, it became a majority ESOP company in 1997 and fully employee-owned in 2015, works largely for US defense customers such as the Navy and NAVAIR, and has absorbed the contractor Epsilon. Its openings span aerospace and software engineers, cybersecurity analysts, network and systems administrators, mechanical designers and test engineers, many requiring security clearances.
Overview
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Engineering & Analysis, Test & Evaluation, and Training.
Responsibilities
As a Senior Aerospace Engineer with AMERICAN SYSTEMS you will have the opportunity to do the following:
- Be the engineering lead in support of flight control system development; aircraft modeling and simulation; analysis of aircraft flight dynamics; and ground and flight test support.
- Design, development, integration, and test of aircraft flight control systems and autopilots
- Develop, integrate, and validate models of aircraft flight dynamics and subsystems such as payloads, engines, transmissions, flight control components, and sensors
- Support lab, ground, and flight qualification testing of aircraft avionics, sensors, and flight control systems
- Mentor more junior engineers
Qualifications
- Active or the ability to obtain a SECRET security clearance after hiring (requires US Citizenship)
U.S. Citizenship Required for the purposes of obtaining/holding a U.S. security clearance
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering
- At least 7 years of experience to include development and/or refinement of flight dynamics models; work with flight test data to include flight test support and flight data analysis, and/or familiarity with aircraft performance, aerodynamic design, non-linear system identification, and flight control system design and analysis.
- Excellent documentation and report writing skills are essential for this position.
- Knowledge of sound engineering practices that may include such areas as requirement tracking, configuration control, technical communication, and/or the peer review process.
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