Jr. Systems Engineer
Trinzic
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads and up to 2 years · Bachelor's degree
- Must know
- AuditingOperationsSystem design
- Work
- On-site in Chantilly
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Skill demand
- Operations39%System design23%Auditing8%of 99 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Oct 27, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
Trinzic is seeking a highly motivated Junior Systems Engineer (SE) to support the Customer’s SIGINT office. The successful candidate will help address future intelligence collection challenges with innovative solutions and guide revolutionary changes in how the Customer conducts its mission. This role involves performing system or enterprise-level systems engineering across the life cycle on complex Space Systems acquisition processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage configuration baseline by overseeing the configuration control boards, engineering review boards, technical review boards, and other control mechanisms.
- Institute rigorous control processes to document baseline configurations and manage process to implement architectural and process changes in support of the chief engineer.
- Prepare deviations, waivers, and requests for change (RFCs) for government approval when specifications cannot be met.
- Submit engineering changes to customers for review and approval; maintain records and submit reports regarding status.
- Identify and assess impacts on new capabilities, including across internal and external interfaces.
- Prepare configuration verification audit record sheets for all programs.
- Coordinate review schedules and timelines with the government customer.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Active/Current TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Bachelor’s degree in STEM or related discipline
- Understanding of DoD/IC satellite systems and architectures
- Experience in DoD/IC space systems acquisition, sustainment, and program management processes
- Experience in multiple aspects of the program systems engineering life cycle to aid the customer’s SPO in the acquisition, verification and validation, and initialization of current programs.
- Includes requirements management, interface definition, customer engagement, and proposal technical evaluation support.
Qualifications (Desired)
- Master’s degree in engineering discipline or systems engineering.
- Experience with JSMART tool suite.
- Understanding of acquisition and operations technology best practices.
- Technical and analytic capabilities in systems engineering focused on baseline control.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, leadership, team building and problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to be independent and effective in a government/contractor team environment.
- Ability to clearly articulate requirements definitions and their dispositions to senior executive government leadership.
- Exposure to the system design trade process, assessing system design options, analyzing mission requirements, monitoring vehicle development, test development/execution, and tracking requirement verification.
Compensation
- $96,000 - $116,000 USD annually