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Systems Engineer, Mid

American Systems · National Security · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · Bachelor's Degree · Top Secret · 2 days ago

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Salary

$95k – $140k per year

Location

In office (Colorado Springs)

Seniority

Senior · 5+ years exp

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 29, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 26, 2026.

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American Systems

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.

americansystems.com · HQ: McLean, United States · National Security · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · Engineering Services · 51-200 employees · Est. 1975

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Overview

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.

Responsibilities

Performs detailed engineering for system sustainment and modifications, including technical baseline updates, ICD/ICS/interface analysis, customer onboarding, requirements traceability, data-flow and dependency analysis, and configuration-data maintenance. Supports Bifrost and CDS-related change packages, engineering documentation, test execution, and implementation activities under Senior Systems Engineer direction.
Support complex projects to include design and management over the project life cycle.
Applies sound principles and methods to difficult problems in technical areas to arrive at automated solutions.
Apply work-processes and tools to manage risks on technical projects in the areas of engineering, organizations studies, and project management.
Designs and prepares technical reports and related documentation, and makes charts and graphs to record results.
Prepares and delivers presentations and briefings.
Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with multi-disciplineengineering teams to develop lower-level detailed requirements.
Participates in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensureapplicability to the current system and traceability of requirements through compliance verification and validation.
Generates system level requirements verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures.
Reviews test plans/procedures and ensures they meet the objectives of the contractualrequirements and participates in the testing process to validate requirements

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree
5-7 years of related work experience
Active Top Secret Clearance
US Citizenship
Must meet DoD 8140 qualification requirements
Must have one or more of the following certification:

Pay Transparency Statement

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $95,000.00/Yr. - USD $140,000/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance.

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EEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran Status

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