senior operations Systems Engineer ic · Posted Mar 26, 2026

About this role

Johns Hopkins APL is hiring a senior-level Systems Engineer in the operations function based in Laurel, MD. The posting calls out experience with Jira, System Design, Testing, Confluence.

Role
Systems Engineer
Function
operations
Level
senior
Track
Individual contributor
Location
Laurel, MD
Department
Systems Engineering
Posted
Mar 26, 2026

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Job description

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Description

Are you passionate about applying system engineering principles to influence the development and resilience of future strategic weapon systems?

Do you have system integration, system test, or digital engineering and analysis expertise that you want to employ in support of national defense strategic systems?

Are you motivated to work on multidisciplinary teams to address some of the strategic deterrent challenges facing the nation?  

 

If so, we are looking for someone like you to join the System Realization and Resilience Group (KBR) within the Force Projection Sector. Our team is responsible for enabling the realization of strategic systems, ensuring resilience and specialty disciplines are integrated throughout system development, and supporting credible verification of strategic weapon systems. We lead efforts in systems engineering, system security engineering, test and integration, digital engineering, nuclear command and control, and reliability engineering. As a member of our team, you will provide systems engineering expertise to inform the technical direction of existing and future strategic weapons systems. We are passionate about making critical contributions to these critically important programs, and you will be a key part of our success. With your help, we will remain at the forefront of ensuring the credibility of our nation's strategic weapon systems.

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