Senior Systems Engineer at PeopleTec, Inc.
Huntsville, AL
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Jul 20, 2026
Huntsville, AL
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level systems engineering role supporting a hypersonic weapon systems program office within the defense sector. The position centers on leading requirements development, architecture, system integration, and verification activities across the full acquisition lifecycle, including formal technical reviews. It suits an experienced defense systems engineer with 15+ years of relevant background, active security clearance, and a history of advising senior government leadership and mentoring engineering teams.
Senior level · 15+ years · Huntsville, AL · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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Why we read it this way (8)
This is a defense systems engineering role, not a software or IT role. SOC 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is the closest available code for a systems engineer performing requirements, architecture, integration, and test work; 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is a plausible alternative. Neither is a perfect fit — the role is fundamentally a DoD hardware/weapon systems engineer.
The JD requires an active Secret clearance and states a preference for TS/SCI holders. The hard gate is Secret; TS/SCI is preferred but not strictly required to apply.
The Bachelor's degree requirement is a hard gate; a Master's is preferred. The JD notes 'additional experience may be considered in lieu of an advanced degree' — this applies only to the Master's, not the Bachelor's, so the degree requirement is set to Bachelors.
The 15+ years of experience requirement is stated both in the Required section and reiterated under Desired Skills ('Minimum of 15 years DoW Experience'), confirming it as the hard gate for total experience.
Specific digital engineering or MBSE tool names (e.g., Cameo, DOORS, Rhapsody) are not called out — only the category is named. No concrete tool names could be extracted beyond the category labels.
Army acquisition pathways, rapid prototyping/fielding experience, and cross-disciplinary team leadership appear under Desired Skills and are marked as preferred.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): systems engineering methodologies.
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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