Automated Test Equipment Systems Engineer, Journeyman
KAIROS Inc · Pax River, MD
$130,000–$144,000from the description
Jul 19, 2026
Pax River, MD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems engineering role supporting the Navy's Common Aviation Support Equipment Program Office (PMA-260) at Patuxent River, MD. The work centers on avionics Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) and ground support equipment — covering requirements development, design reviews, supportability analysis, and technical planning across major naval aviation programs. Suited to engineers with hands-on experience in avionics systems and ATE acquisition within a defense environment.
Mid level · 3+ years · California-Lexington Park, MD · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $103,865 (middle half $82,873–$134,790). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
This role is primarily a systems engineering position focused on Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) and avionics support equipment within the NAVAIR/PMA-260 defense acquisition environment — it does not map cleanly to any single SOC code. 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is used as the closest fit given the systems analysis, requirements development, and integration work; 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is noted as an alternative. A defense/aerospace-specific SOC would be more precise but is not available in the schema.
The 'Journeyman' label in the title implies a mid-career level, consistent with the 3-year minimum experience requirement. The role's scope (mentoring junior engineers, representing the program office at conferences, briefing senior management) has some Senior-level characteristics, but the minimum experience gate of 3 years and the 'Journeyman' framing anchor it at Mid.
The only concrete named technologies explicitly required are Microsoft Office suite tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). All other skills described are domain knowledge, engineering disciplines, and soft skills — no additional named software tools or platforms are specified.
An Active Secret Security Clearance is explicitly required as a hard gate.
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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