[Hiring] Systems Engineer @Amentum

Role Description

This team of engineers is focused on providing geolocation solutions directly to decision makers and warfighters around the world. They engage with leadership, mission partners, and solution providers to align requirements, resources, and solutions to enhance the Global Geolocation Infrastructure.

Information and tools provided by this team are leveraged by the Intelligence Community as well as forward deployed military assets to assess and affect the operational environment. You will learn to navigate organizational constructions, facilitate collaboration, maintain partnerships, develop communication tools, and manage the implementation of ideas from inception to deployment.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 0800-1600

Essential Responsibilities

• Create and/or edit technical documentation such as user guides, system diagrams, etc.
• Create and deliver scheduled milestones to the PMO and government.
• Work closely with customers, product users, and product owners to understand mission needs, define requirements, and create use cases.
• Be an active participant in sprint planning sessions to decompose Epics into User Stories and work directly with development teams to identify specific tasks.

Qualifications

• Able to understand system requirements and functional requirements, and transition them into user stories, assisting in decomposition as necessary.
• Experience performing systems engineering in the design of complex architectures.
• Able to communicate with software developers, system engineers, PMO staff, and external contract stakeholders.
• Experience briefing contract, product, project, and program status to stakeholders.
• Software Tools: Jira/Confluence, MS Office Tools (Word, Excel, Power Point, SharePoint).
• Experience working directly with project developers and/or subject matter experts to create technical documentation.
• Ability to create, edit, and maintain technical documentation including user guides, architecture diagrams, dataflow diagrams, etc.

Requirements

• Clearance Required: TS/SCI w poly.
• Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum Years of Experience: Fourteen (14) years of experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required. Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Other Responsibilities

• Safety: Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. Each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.
• Quality: Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. Each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts.
• Procedure Compliance: Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.

Compensation Details

$201,000 - $222,000. The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching).
• Educational reimbursement.
• Parental leave.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Tax-saving options.
• Disability and life insurance.
• Pet insurance.

Original Posting

05/06/2026 - Until Filled. Amentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.