Secret-Cleared Systems Engineer

PGS Worldwide is seeking Secret-Cleared Systems Engineers in Baltimore, Maryland for one-year onsite contract-to-hire roles supporting a leading aerospace & defense company. These positions will support complex systems-engineering efforts across requirements development, architecture, integration, verification, technical reviews, and program execution.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related STEM discipline.

• Active U.S. Government Secret clearance required.

• Experience with systems engineering across the product development lifecycle.

• Experience developing, decomposing, allocating, and managing system requirements.

• Experience with requirements verification and validation.

• Experience reviewing technical requirements for compliance with system specifications and Statements of Work.

• Experience supporting system architecture, interfaces, integration, or technical baseline development.

• Experience participating in formal engineering reviews and program milestones.

• Experience using requirements-management or systems-engineering tools.

• Strong technical communication and documentation skills.

• U.S. citizenship required.

• Ability to obtain and maintain required Special Program Access.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with DOORS for requirements management.

• Experience with Cameo or comparable model-based systems-engineering tools.

• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).

• Experience using MATLAB for engineering analysis.

• Experience supporting complex radar, RF, electronic, or mission systems.

• Familiarity with major program reviews such as:

  • Preliminary Design Review (PDR)

  • Critical Design Review (CDR)

  • System Verification Review (SVR)

  • Test Readiness Review (TRR)

  • Physical Configuration Audit (PCA)

  • Functional Configuration Audit (FCA)

• Experience working with multidisciplinary hardware, software, firmware, and test teams.

What You’ll Do

• Develop, decompose, allocate, and manage system-level requirements.

• Ensure technical requirements remain traceable to customer and program objectives.

• Evaluate system designs for compliance with requirements and Statements of Work.

• Support system architecture and interface definition.

• Develop verification approaches and ensure requirements are properly verified and validated.

• Support integration and test planning.

• Coordinate with hardware, software, firmware, test, and specialty-engineering teams.

• Identify technical risks, requirement gaps, and interface issues.

• Support requirements reviews and technical baseline management.

• Develop engineering documentation and technical presentations.

• Participate in major technical reviews including PDR, CDR, SVR, TRR, PCA, and FCA.

• Support customer and program technical reviews.

• Apply MBSE methodologies where appropriate to improve system definition, traceability, and analysis.

Work Schedule / Shift

• 100% onsite in Baltimore, Maryland

• 9/80A schedule

Pay

• $115.52 per hour.

Job ID: 2043

Military veterans and transitioning military members are encouraged to apply to all PGS Worldwide positions. All of our jobs are military-friendly, and we work with leaders in Aerospace who rely on your military expertise to support mission-critical programs nationwide. As a Veteran Founded company, we know that the military has given you the skills and training you need to succeed in positions like this, and we want to support your success in the civilian sector however we can. We thank you for your service and humbly offer our own in return by helping you take your career to the next level.