Mid- Level Systems Engineer

KBR
Chantilly, Loudoun County, VA
Title:
Mid- Level Systems Engineer

Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!

KBR's National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country's most critical role - protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?
  • Innovative Projects: KBR's work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
  • Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
  • Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.
KBR is seeking a highly qualified Mid-Level System Engineer to support our customer in Chantilly, VA delivering mission-critical capabilities that enable them plan and execute intelligence-gathering missions from overhead systems and process the resulting collected data into useful information distributed to IC and DoD users.

This position is contingent upon contract award

Specific responsibilities will include:
  • Provide mission planning and requirements development using an interdisciplinary approach encompassing the entire technical effort to evolve and verify an integrated and total life-cycle balanced set of system, people, and process solutions that satisfy customer needs in support of system acquisitions including maritime, ground, air, and/or space-based acquisitions
  • Develop technical information to support the government program management decision-making process; assist Government Program Managers in managing and controlling the definition and management of the system configuration and the translation of the system definition into work breakdown structures
  • Develop CONOPS for technical collection operations and management
  • Overseeing contractor development of technical collection systems and software in accordance with system requirements
  • Demonstrated experience in mission planning and requirements development to evolve and verify an integrated and total lifecycle balanced set of system, people, and process solutions that satisfy customer needs
  • Demonstrated experience supporting system engineering and integrating functions for customer acquisitions including requirements development, acquisition documentation, test and evaluation, and system design reviews
  • Experience developing programmatic, technical information to support the program management decision-making process
  • Experience developing, managing, and controlling system configuration documents and work breakdown structures
  • Demonstrated experience providing contractor support to government collection systems and software acquisitions
Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in STEM-related discipline; Master's degree preferred
  • 3 - 8 years' experience
  • Demonstrated ability to serve as the integrating mechanism across the technical efforts related to the development, manufacturing, verification, deployment, operations, support, disposal of, and user training for systems and their life cycle processes.
  • Experience in Agile software development processes such as Scaled Agile Frameworks for Enterprise (SAFE)
  • Experience working with the community to prioritize, rank and task technical collection
  • Experience in processing and exploiting technical intelligence and the production of intelligence products for dissemination to the community
  • Experience in Major System Source Selection activities
  • Experience in the oversight of program cost, schedule, and performance
Clearance Requirement: Active TS/SCI with polygraph

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you're excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team's philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver - Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
Posted 2026-01-30

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