Digital Communications Systems Engineer
Johns Hopkins APL · Laurel, MD · Systems Engineering
About this role
Johns Hopkins APL is hiring a mid-level Systems Engineer in the operations function based in Laurel, MD.
- Role
- Systems Engineer
- Function
- operations
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Location
- Laurel, MD
- Department
- Systems Engineering
- Posted
- Feb 26, 2026
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Job description
from Johns Hopkins APL careersAre you curious about complex problems and big-picture systems thinking?
Do you have Systems Engineering (SE) / Digital Engineering (DE) experience and the desire to develop solutions for some of our nation’s most pressing challenges?
If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL!
The Nuclear Command Communications Systems Group (QKR) is seeking a Digital Communications Systems Engineer to help us make important contributions to the Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) mission. You will become an integral member of our multidisciplinary team where we value technical quality, collaboration, and innovation.
We are looking for a Digital Communications Systems Engineer who wants to apply their knowledge and skills to exciting tasks as we expand our Digital Engineering portfolio. Our team is striving to become a center of excellence for DE and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), and we will be looking to you to help apply methods, processes, and guidelines to DE tools and improve interoperability between analysis tools and models.
As a Digital Communications Systems Engineer , your duties will include...
- Cultivating your systems and digital engineering capabilities through training and collaboration with other SEs, DEs, and MBSE modelers.
- Identifying and deploying methods, processes, and guidelines to develop artifacts as part of the capability development process.