Systems Engineer

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When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields – each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences – then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

This position is located onsite in Washington, DC.

Chugach is seeking a Systems Engineer to serve in an interdisciplinary oversight role for the Coastal Sentinel program. This position is Washington DC. The primary role for the Systems Engineer is providing systems engineering leadership across program work streams, with an emphasis on technical integration, digital engineering fundamentals, and cyber‑aware system design.

• Provide interdisciplinary systems engineering oversight across all Coastal Sentinel program work streams.
• Apply systems engineering principles to support technical integration and alignment across program components.
• Support and guide systems engineering processes to ensure effective coordination among stakeholders.
• Incorporate digital engineering fundamentals into system planning, analysis, and decision‑making.
• Promote cyber‑aware system design considerations throughout the program lifecycle.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to support program execution and technical coherence.
• Identifying and assisting with resolution of cross‑cutting technical risks, dependencies, and integration challenges.

• Ability to support systems engineering integration and technical coherence across the Coastal Sentinel program.
• Ability to provide systems engineering support and technical input to government and program leadership.
• Ability to apply systems engineering processes and best practices across multiple program work streams.
• Ability to support the application of digital engineering fundamentals throughout the system lifecycle.
• Ability to consider cyber security implications in system design and technical analyses.
• Ability to collaborate with government, contractor, and partner teams to support program goals and deliverables.
• Demonstrated ability to support interdisciplinary technical integration across multiple work streams or system elements.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly to support informed program decisions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Active Secret security clearance.
• 5–10 years of experience applying systems engineering processes and discipline across complex programs.
• Knowledge of core systems engineering practices, including requirements development, trade studies, interface management, and lifecycle processes.
• Familiarity with digital engineering fundamentals (e.g., model‑based approaches, digital artifacts).
• General awareness of cyber security considerations as they relate to system design and integration.
• Willingness to work onsite a minimum of 2 days per week (3 days preferred), with increased onsite presence during early program phases and flexibility for hybrid work thereafter.
• Experience with networked or hardware‑based systems preferred.
• Must be able to successfully pass a pre‑employment background check…