Systems Engineer - Mid Level - Ground Tactical Vehicles
SURVICE Engineering
Quantico, VA · $90k–$120k a year · Posted September 28, 2026
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About the job
Join Us in Making a Difference in the Lives of Those Defending Our Nation!
Why SURVICE?
Come join the SURVICE Engineering mission to protect, enhance, and enable those who defend the United States. Since 1981, we have supported the DoD community, as well as Homeland Security, advanced technologies, environmental, and commercial markets. Our employees have backgrounds in engineering, physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science, acquisition, technical writing, training, and other technical and administrative fields. And many of our personnel have DoD and/or operational military experience. If you're looking for a challenging and rewarding career with a leading organization, come see what we can offer you!
Position
Systems Engineer - Mid Level - Ground Tactical Vehicles
Location: Quantico, VA
Security Clearance: Eligible to Obtain - U.S. citizenship required
Salary: $90,000 - $120,000 Depending on Experience and Education
Travel: 20%
Benefits: SURVICE Engineering offers a total rewards package to include competitive salaries, comprehensive insurance options, paid time off, 401k, flexible spending, tuition reimbursement.
Position Summary
SURVICE Engineering is currently seeking a Systems Engineer - Mid Level - Ground Tactical Vehicles to support our Washington Area Operation. You will accelerate your career and become an integral team member within the defense community.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities of Systems Engineer - Mid Level - Ground Tactical Vehicles
The candidate shall provide professional mechanical, automotive, and systems engineering expertise and services in direct support of the United States Marine Corps (USMC)
Program Manager – Motor Transport and associated portfolio of vehicles and trailer systems. Primary areas of technical support services include: Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Technical Data Development and Management; including use of Solidworks, Creo, and Windchill as primary software packages.
Conduct of technical analysis; Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) development, systems integration; configuration management; and data management; and the preparation and generation of reports and technical documents.
Support to PM Motor Transport Additive Manufacturing process development and initiatives.
The candidate shall provide engineering analysis to include automotive design; systems integration; vehicle performance predictions; test planning and execution; and technical reporting.
The candidate shall support PM Motor T in conducting SE Technical Reviews for system-level and subsystem-level designs and ECPs. The candidate shall prepare and update technical documentation as outlined in accordance with the Defense Acquisition Guidebook and USMC Systems Engineering (SE) policy and requirements.
The candidate shall review vendor technical data in accordance with American Society of Mechanical Engineers Y14.100 Standards as well as MIL-STD-31000 and provide technical assessments of vendor and Government test data.
The candidate shall interface with the Government functional leads, platform teams and lead engineers to coordinate engineering inputs, support technical document development, and assessment of technical requirements.
Minimum Qualifications of Systems Engineer - Mid Level - Ground Tactical Vehicles Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and 3+ years of relevant experience. Candidates are not required to possess all qualifications; is you possess some of the desired qualifications, please apply.
Desired Experience
USMC / DoW Systems Engineering including management of Technical Reviews and development of ECPs.
Technical knowledge of ground military vehicles.
Strong experience in management and development of system level CAD models using SolidWorks and Creo.
Experience in technical data management and configuration management using Windchill and CMPro.
Knowledge / Experience with additive manufacturing.
Capable of independently writing and developing technical briefs, reports, and correspondence.
Experience in requirements development, test and evaluation, production quality, and Finite Element Analysis are all solid traits to have.
About Us
SURVICE Engineering is a nationally recognized, single-source engineering service provider for Government and Industry organizations involved in all phases of the systems engineering process. Our employees are our most valuable asset, and they are proud to have supported the development, testing, analysis, and modeling and simulation (M&S) of many of the major U.S. air, land, and sea combat systems in the field today. They have also contributed their expertise to other vital national defense programs and technologies that involve survivability, cybersecurity, information technology/management, software engineering, unmanned aerial systems (UASs), and metrology/reverse engineering.
SURVICE Engineering is an equal opportunity employer and 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. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.