Senior Mission Engineer; Naval Combat Systems

Senior Mission Engineer (Naval Combat Systems) (8622)

Job Category: Engineering

Requisition Number: SENIO
002560

• Posted :
  December 11, 2025
• Full-Time

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BENEFITS: 401K, Life/Health/ Dental/Disability Insurance, Flexible Paid Leave, and Tuition Reimbursement

DESCRIPTION: Patricio Enterprises, Inc is looking to fill a Senior Mission Engineer contingent position to provide the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) support for Combat System Systems Engineering trades and analyses for future Naval Surface Combat and Warfare System Operations to NSWCDD.

Primary duties will include (but not limited to):

• Apply mission engineering practices to understand current mission and systems-of-systems operational gaps mission needs and issues.
• Provide system engineering expertise to the Government in evaluating Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership & Education, Personnel, and Facilities (DOTMLPF) (materiel and non-materiel) solutions to mitigate current mission needs and operational gaps engineering (e.g., requirements and architecture definition and evaluation) support for the introduction of Artificial Intelligence based capabilities into the combat system.
• Apply operational knowledge and context to assist in the definition of mission requirements and capabilities for the future surface Navy (e.g. Frigate, Future Surface Combatant).
• Provide system engineering expertise to the Government during the development of multi-platform scenarios for assessing and evaluating Allied/Joint/Navy mission operations.
• Provide system engineering expertise to the Government’s development of Mission Threads and alignment with Test & Evaluation (T&E) execution.
• Provide system engineering expertise to the Government’s architecture development for Fleet exercises, including development of planned and as-executed mission architectures, development of test and collection plans, and participating in campaign and mission analysis.
• Provide system engineering expertise to the Government’s development of CONEMPs and mission scenarios to support combat system requirements definition, system development, and Test & Evaluation.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Ability to research, analyze, and evaluate information.
• Ability to express ideas effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to work with large amounts of data.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline, or four (4) years of a demonstrated and established knowledge base and subject matter expertise.
• Ten (10) years experience with emphasis in one or more of the following:
  Combat Systems Cyber Security, Ships Self Defense System, Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) class, AEGIS Integrated Combat Systems, DDG-1000 Zumwalt class destroyer, Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense and Weapon/Sensor Combat Systems to conduct and coordinate individual projects.
• Experience coordinating development activities associated with engineering systems, capabilities, and activities as well as conducting detailed and complex system engineering independently to include demonstrated experience in functional and system level requirements analysis, requirements generation and technical community review.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT: This is a normal office working environment.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: 10%

EOE. Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

Patricio Enterprises Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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