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Principal Systems Engineer

Trinzic

Chantilly, VAJob$157–235K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$157–235K/yr
Location
Chantilly, VA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TS/SCI clearance, required

Job overview

KBR seeks a Principal Systems Engineer to support an Intelligence Community space customer. The role focuses on modernizing, designing, and implementing next-generation COMSEC key management architecture, translating mission needs into system and subsystem requirements, and supporting subsystem development through integration, testing, and verification. The position is on-site and requires a Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph and 20 years of experience.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Technical Requirements, requiredSystems Engineering, requiredFull System Lifecycle, requiredCrypto/COMSEC, nice to have

Qualifications

Top Secret/SCI With Polygraph, requiredBS Engineering or STEM Equivalent, required20 Years Experience, required

Benefits

401(k) Match
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Title:

Principal Systems Engineer

At KBR, we deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 85 countries and operations in over 28 countries. KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results.

Trinzic is the future independent company to be created through the planned spin-off of KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business, expected in January 2027. Our people work at the frontier of what is possible, delivering solutions in challenging environments and advancing some of the world's highest-priority national security and space missions.

Backed by decades of mission success, deep expertise, and trusted partnerships, Trinzic will launch as a global organization with more than 18,000 employees supporting customers around the world. Join us at a defining moment and help shape the future of a company built to tackle complex challenges and make a meaningful impact.

Candidates who join KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business before the spin-off will transition to Trinzic when the separation is complete and will not need to reapply for employment.

KBR is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer efforts for an Intelligence Community Space customer.

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.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work with the architecture / engineering team on modernization, design, and implementation of the next generation COMSEC key management architecture.

  • This will require the individual to define/develop/manage system level requirements based on mission needs, decompose them into subsystem requirements/specs, and support subsystem development through integration, test and verification.

  • Work across multidisciplinary teams to ensure that technical solutions meet mission requirements.

Basic Compensation:

$157,000 - $235,000 USD annually

The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

Work Environment:

  • Location: On-site

  • Travel Requirements: Minimal

  • Working Hours: Standard

Required Qualifications:

  • Top Secret/SCI w/ Polygraph

  • BS Engineering / STEM equivalent

  • 20 years experience

  • Able to translate stakeholder needs into technical requirements / specs

  • Comfortable working independently and on teams

  • Able to work from the architecture level down to the system / subsystem level

  • Familiarity / experience with the full system lifecycle

Desired Qualifications:

  • Crypto / COMSEC experience

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 KBRAt 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.

How this job compares

Set against the 11,894 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$157–235K/yr
  • Virginia median$120–184K/yr865 salary ranges
  • US median$115–190K/yr8,804 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $196K, is 29% above the Virginia median midpoint ($152K) — in the top quarter of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,107 open Systems Engineer jobs in Virginia and 11,894 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 20 years of experience — more than three in four Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 9,814 postings).
Education
4,402 of the 11,894 open Systems Engineer jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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