Software Systems Engineer
US$79,500 – US$162,500 / yr base salary
Posted 10 Sep 2026
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- Expected experience
- 5+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
- Employment
- On-Site
- Contract
- Full-time
| Base salary | US$79,500 – US$162,500 / yr |
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Field of studyInformation Systems, Engineering Science, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Engineering Management (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
Job Title: Software Systems Engineer
Job Category: Engineering
Time Type: Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Top Secret
Employee Type: Regular
Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%
Type of Travel: Continental US
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Job Description:
CACI is looking for a self-motivated Software Systems Engineer to support the fast-paced counter-uncrewed aircraft systems (C-UxS) mission. We leverage open-architecture software and expertise in the electromagnetic spectrum to enable quick, informed decision-making. Join this passionate team of industry-leading individuals on a program that delivers state of the art capability to the DoD. Learn more about the innovative, technology-centric solutions CACI creates and delivers to support this mission: C-UxS | CACI.
What You’ll get to Do: You will be responsible for working with stakeholders to develop requirements and working with interdisciplinary groups to deliver and field cutting-edge tactical signals intelligence (SIGINT) and electronic warfare (EW) systems to the DoD.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the decomposition of top-level system customer needs to lower-level technical requirements and work closely with development teams to build, integrate, and test the system.
- Lead, manage and groom backlogs at the portfolio level.
- Maintain and groom roadmaps for various development teams to ensure a clear understanding of requirements, participate in release/sprint planning, integration and testing.
- Responsible for the technical accuracy on software projects for specific customer programs, tracking delivery schedules, CDRL delivery, and performing factory acceptance testing of new hardware and software.
- Pushing the software baseline forward by continuing process improvement and using agile software development process.
- Validate that the delivered product meets the defined acceptance criteria and fulfills customer needs, while improving speed of mission delivery aligned with DevSecOps automation.
You’ll Bring These Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university
- 5+ years of related experience is required. Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
- Current TS clearance and able to obtain SCI
- Must have experience with all stages of the Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC): Concept of Operations (CONOPS), requirements development, design, verification and validation testing, quality assurance, system integration, and operations support; including the development of requirements directly with stakeholders, as well as the development and execution of test plans/procedures.