Junior Systems Engineer at AMERICAN SYSTEMS
Groton, CT
$85,000–$95,000from the description
Jul 23, 2026
Groton, CT
Jul 26, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role supports Independent Verification and Validation of Fly-By-Wire Ship Control Systems for U.S. Navy submarines, working with a naval warfare center. Day-to-day work involves reviewing engineering specifications, documents, and test procedures, witnessing formal qualification and acceptance testing at land-based facilities, validating requirements, and auditing computer software units. It suits early-career engineers or computer scientists with some background in Navy submarine systems and programming.
Junior level · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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Why we read it this way (8)
The role is on-site at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCDD), which is located in Bethesda/West Bethesda, MD — mapped to the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria CBSA as the closest major metro.
The experience range is explicitly stated as '0–2 years' in US Navy submarine Ship Control Systems, placing this firmly at the junior/entry level.
US Citizenship is hard-required as a condition of obtaining/holding the Secret clearance.
The posting lists 'computer programming' as a standalone qualification with no specific language or framework named; it is captured as stated.
IV&V (Independent Verification and Validation) is the core technical discipline described throughout the responsibilities and qualifications; captured as a required skill.
Domain knowledge of US Navy submarine Ship Control Systems (Fly-By-Wire) is a stated requirement but names no specific technology or tool, so it is not emitted as a skill per extraction rules.
The SOC classification is a close call between 15-1253 (QA/Testing — IV&V, test procedure review, formal qualification testing) and 15-1211 (Systems Analysis — requirements validation, audits, engineering document review). The testing and verification activities are the primary day-to-day work, so 15-1253 is selected with 15-1211 as the runner-up.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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