Sr System Engineer at Integral
Fort Eustis, VA
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Jul 27, 2026
Fort Eustis, VA
Jul 28, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level systems engineering role supporting a U.S. Government defense program focused on avionics architectures, likely based at or near Ft. Eustis, VA. Day-to-day work spans program planning (schedules, budgets, risk management), technical coordination across stakeholders, performance reporting, and team leadership. The role also carries business development responsibilities for follow-on contract opportunities.
Senior level · 20+ years · Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC · Master's required · Secret clearance
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What the occupation pays Median $106,042 (middle half $84,549–$137,519).
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Why we read it this way (8)
The posting requires an 'advanced degree in a technical or engineering field,' which most naturally reads as a Master's degree minimum; a Bachelor's with extra experience is not offered as an alternative, so Masters is treated as the hard floor.
The role is titled 'Sr Systems Engineer' but the primary day-to-day work described is program planning, schedule/budget management, stakeholder coordination, and avionics architecture oversight — closer to systems analysis and program management than hands-on software development. 15-1211 is used as the best fit; 15-1299 is noted as a plausible alternative given the defense/avionics program management flavor.
Location is inferred from the explicit mention of Ft. Eustis, VA (now Joint Base Langley-Eustis, in the Hampton Roads metro area). The company HQ is McLean, VA but the work site appears to be Ft. Eustis.
'Avionics systems architecture' is listed as a skill to capture the core technical domain requirement; it is not a named commercial tool but is the specific technical discipline the posting explicitly gates on.
'Information Technology practices' is listed in the required qualifications with the qualifier 'well versed in' — captured as a required skill, though it is a broad domain rather than a specific named tool.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): avionics systems architecture.
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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