senior operations Systems Engineer ic · Posted Apr 10, 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 Git, Data Structures.

Role
Systems Engineer
Function
operations
Level
senior
Track
Individual contributor
Location
Laurel, MD
Department
Electrical/Computer Engineering
Posted
Apr 10, 2026

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Job description

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Description

Are you looking for exciting opportunities to develop, analyze, and model state of the art concepts in missile defense?

 

Do you love working in an exciting and collaborative environment to tackle challenging technical problems? Do you want to have a meaningful impact on the world around you and contribute to solving critical challenges that face the country?

 

If so, we 're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL.

 

We are seeking a hardworking engineer/mathematician (or equivalent background) to help us develop the next generation of solutions to our nation's most challenging air and missile defense problems. As the threats to our defenses grow, we need creative thinkers and leaders that will push the boundaries of capability to ensure we stay ahead of these threats by thinking outside the box, taking risks, and collaborating across a team of engineers.

 

As a Missile Defense Systems Modeling and Analysis Engineer...

  • Your primary responsibility will be contributing to the development and assessment of Missile Defense systems.
  • You will model, analyze, and lead perform assessments of fielded systems and find opportunities for improvement, propose and develop innovative concepts/algorithms to improve capabilties, and conduct analysis to assess potential future systems performance.
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