Systems Integration Engineer
Arlington, VAFull-time$130–150K/yrPosted 6 days agoStill listed today
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Job overview
AMERICAN SYSTEMS seeks a Systems Integration Engineer to design, verify, and deploy complex, multi-domain mission systems at the Naval Support Facility in Arlington, Virginia. The engineer will translate operational needs into technical requirements and integrate hardware, software, sensors, and mission systems. The role supports system architecture, interface management, integration planning, testing, demonstrations, and resolution of technical issues.
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Overview
AMERICAN SYSTEMS, a 100% employee-owned federal contractor, is seeking a Systems Integration Engineer to help design, verify, and deploy complex, multi-domain mission systems in at the Naval Support Facility in Arlington, VA.
In this role, you’ll work with engineers, operators, and stakeholders to turn real-world operational needs into clear technical requirements. You’ll integrate hardware, software, sensors, and mission systems to bring complex capabilities together when they matter most.
Responsibilities
As a Systems Integration Engineer with AMERICAN SYSTEMS, you will:
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Support development of system-of-systems architectures integrating hardware, software, sensors, and mission capabilities.
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Partner with researchers, engineers, operators, and mission stakeholders to develop and maintain traceable system requirements.
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Develop systems engineering artifacts, including requirements documentation, architecture products, interface control documents, and technical documentation.
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Define and manage physical, electrical, logical, and data interfaces between internal components and external systems.
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Coordinate with engineering teams and external partners to troubleshoot and resolve technical and integration issues.
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Develop integration strategies and test plans to verify subsystem performance and demonstrate end-to-end mission capability.
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Support laboratory and field testing, operational demonstrations, test-result analysis, and corrective engineering actions.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
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Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI access and SAP eligibility.
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Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.
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5-7 years of related experience in systems engineering, systems integration, hardware/software integration and test, or mission-system development.
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Experience with requirements decomposition and traceability, interface management, and Interface Control Document development.
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Working knowledge of systems engineering lifecycle methods, integration planning, verification, validation, and test execution.
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Experience supporting laboratory and field-test environments.
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Ability to work full-time, on-site in a SCIF environment in Arlington, Virginia.
Supplemental Qualifications (preferred but not required)
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Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
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Experience integrating systems developed across multiple organizations, vendors, or external partners.
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Experience with system-of-systems engineering, mission-level integration, or operational test events.
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Experience supporting defense, aerospace, intelligence, robotics, autonomy, communications, sensing, cloud, networking, or distributed-system environments.
Pay Transparency Statement AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $130,000.00/Yr. - USD $150,000/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. EEO Statement EEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran Status
How this job compares
Set against the 551 open Systems Integration Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$130–150K/yr
- Virginia median$108–184K/yr34 salary ranges
- US median$110–179K/yr422 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $140K, is 4% below the Virginia median midpoint ($146K) — in the middle half of Systems Integration Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 39 open Systems Integration Engineer jobs in Virginia and 551 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Systems Integration Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (456 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 214 of the 551 open Systems Integration Engineer jobs (39%) 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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