# Staff Project Engineer

Job Summary Twenty-Six Defense is seeking a highly experienced Staff Project Engineer responsible for the technical management of the Counter-UAS portfolio and oversight of requirements analysis and management, technical planning, system-level design, systems integration, verification and validation, cost and risk management, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. This role leads and drives excellence across production operations. The ideal candidate will have experience and expertise leading a cross-functional engineering team to develop and deliver engineering solutions on time and within budget. Experience balancing contracted program work and internal research and development investment is critical for this role. This position plays a major role in executing high-visibility strategic programs within the Integrated Solutions business area, rapidly growing a team, and delivering cutting-edge technology to the U.S. Department of Defense. The position is based in Fort Worth, Texas, with occasional travel to customer sites in Detroit, Michigan, and affiliate locations in Israel. Responsibilities and Tasks • Lead the execution of engineering scope across mul

- **Id**: 4135385
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/twenty-six-defense-staff-project-engineer-2>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Fort Worth, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T06:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T22:28:39Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4594
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: C4ISR, Soldier Equipment

## Company

- **Id**: 3837257
- **Name**: Twenty-Six Defense
- **Domain**: 26defense.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/26defense>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Dayforce

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 18
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 37
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **EVMS** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Project** — Optional: no
- **Verification & Validation** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T03:49:27Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 37
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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