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System Engineer

CACI
Fairfax, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/9/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/9/2025
System Engineer

Job Category: Engineering

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Top Secret

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Continental US

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The Opportunity:

Be part of a fast-paced mission that makes a difference to the warfighter on a daily basis. You will be responsible for working with stakeholders to develop requirements and deliver new capabilities while learning the mission and growing into a key engineering role. You will get to be part of a team of fun and energized engineers that will support and push you and will expect reciprocal action on your part. You will be part of a culture of sharing information amongst teammates working within a product family to field tactical SIGINT collection systems to the DoD.

Responsibilities:

  • Work with highly motivated technical teammates consisting of software and hardware developers and be responsible for a wide variety of systems engineering tasks.
  • Responsible for the technical accuracy on software projects for specific customer programs, tracking delivery schedules, CDRL delivery, and performing factory acceptance testing of new hardware and software.
  • Pushing the software baseline forward by continuing process improvement and using agile software development process.
  • Installing, configuring, testing, and maintaining operating systems, application software and system management tools in support of DoD customer.

Qualifications:

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
  • 5 years of related experience is required
  • Current TS clearance and able to obtain SCI
  • Must have experience with all stages of the Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC): Concept of Operations (CONOPS), requirements development/decomposition, design, verification and validation testing, quality assurance, system integration, and operations support; including the development of requirements directly with stakeholders, as well as the development and execution of test plans/procedures.
  • Experience designing, analyzing, testing, and verifying information and operational support systems for DoD customer from inception to support and operations and the ability to present technical information to numerous stakeholders.
  • Familiarity with radio frequency (RF) systems and test equipment (spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, signal generator, multimeter etc.)
  • Must know the basic commands and navigation of the Linux operating system.

Desired:

  • Ability to configure a variety of hardware components.
  • Experience in coordination and installation of systems to customer locations.
  • Experience with RF software and hardware systems.
  • Experience with Digital Signal Processing (DSP) software and hardware.
  • Understanding of SDR (Software Defined Radio) systems.
  • Experience with agile development programs and supporting applications (e.g., JIRA, Mingle).
  • Experience with return merchandise authorization (RMA) process, defining help desk decision trees, and submitting purchase orders.
  • Experience with SATCOM systems.
  • Security or CISSP Certification

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What You Can Expect:

 

A culture of integrity.

At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you’ll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer’s missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation.

 

An environment of trust.

CACI values the unique contributions that every employee brings to our company and our customers - every day. You’ll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality.

A focus on continuous growth.

Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground — in your career and in our legacy. 

 

Your potential is limitless. So is ours.

Learn more about CACI here.

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Pay Range: There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits. Learn more here.

The proposed salary range for this position is:

$85,800 - $180,200

CACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.

Salary : $85,800 - $180,200

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