Systems Engineer - Air Delivered Platforms

Systems Engineer
- Air Delivered Platforms

Pay Range:$140 - $160,000 annually

Who We Are:

Tech Source, a Salas O'Brien company and a previous DOE Small Business of the Year recipient and ten-time Inc. 5000 winner, is a nationally recognized engineering and scientific company specializing in the management and technical delivery of large-scale nuclear and high-technology projects with numerous federal agencies, helping to advance missions of national importance for government programs, national laboratories, national security facilities, nuclear operations, and complex projects nationwide.

We provide direct access to hundreds of experts and industry leaders in the nuclear sciences, non-proliferation technologies, accelerator physics, and systems engineering arenas with offices in Washington DC, SC, TX, TN, and NM. Our outstanding technical service has earned the company a client retention rate of over 95 percent. As part of Salas O'Brien, we work to attract and retain the best talent because the best talent delivers the best results for our clients.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a systems engineer to support the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Air Delivered Platforms Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base. This role is focused on the integration of aircraft and weapon systems, with emphasis on systems engineering, test planning, test execution support, and analysis of test results. The work sits at the point where engineering rigor meets operational applications, requiring someone who can understand technical requirements, evaluate integration challenges, and help develop practical solutions for complex air-delivered weapon system programs.

You will collaborate with engineering, test, program management, and government stakeholder teams. You’ll review technical requirements, understand how aircraft and weapon system interfaces affect integration and test, and turn complex data into clear recommendations. This is not a narrow documentation role; it requires technical judgment, disciplined analysis, and the ability to support decisions on programs where safety, security, reliability, and mission performance matters.

You’ll be working full-time onsite at KAFB, located in Albuquerque, NM.

Responsibilities:

• Support aircraft and weapon system engineering and integration activities for air-delivered nuclear weapon systems, including analysis of integration issues and development of technically sound recommendations.
• Support test planning, test coordination, and test analysis for aircraft systems, weapon systems, and associated integration activities.
• Analyze test results, system performance data, and engineering inputs to identify risks, gaps, technical issues, and potential corrective actions.
• Develop, review, and maintain system requirements specifications, interface control documentation, and related engineering artifacts for assigned systems and programs.
• Support feasibility studies, trade studies, gap analyses, and sensitivity analyses to inform program decisions across performance, cost, schedule, and risk.
• Maintain traceability between top-level system requirements, lower-level requirements, design decisions, test activities, and qualification evidence.
• Apply systems engineering judgment to assess proposed technical solutions against operational needs, program objectives, and integration constraints.
• Provide configuration management and requirements management support, including review of requirement changes and assessment of downstream impacts.
• Prepare technical reports, briefings, analysis summaries, and decision-support materials for government stakeholders.
• Coordinate with government, laboratories, and contractor organizations as needed to support data…