Senior Systems Engineer

Hill Afb, United States | Posted on 02/17/2026

McBride is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) management and IT consulting firm with significant professional services experience that includes IT transformation, project management, digital transformation, strategic planning, business process improvement, change management, human capital management, disaster recovery, and operations.

McBride Consulting has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer supporting the Training Division (AFLCMC/WNR) at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, Utah. The WNR Division serves as the Air Force’s technical, acquisition, and sustainment authority, delivering comprehensive and mission-critical support to the war fighter.

The division oversees a wide range of Air Force systems, including Electronic Warfare, Range Systems, Air Combat Training, Command and Control Systems, Advanced Radar Threat Systems, and Combat Survivor Evader Locator systems. WNR also provides ongoing support to depot-level sustainment, Foreign Military Sales (FMS), and partners such as the U.S. Army, Navy, PACAF, ACC, AFMC, and AETC. This position supports engineering and technical management activities across the acquisition lifecycle.

In this Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) role, the Senior Systems Engineer provides expert-level engineering support to Department of Defense (DoD) programs. The role assists government leadership with systems engineering planning, execution, technical oversight, and lifecycle management to ensure compliance with program specifications and mission objectives.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

Systems Engineering & Technical Oversight

Conduct program and portfolio reviews to evaluate technical baselines, alternative plans, system designs, and test results

Design and perform system-level tests to ensure subsystem and overall system performance meets approved specifications

Validate systems through development of evaluation criteria and analysis of engineering results

Prepare technical documentation, reports, and presentations supporting planning, implementation, and corrective actions

Acquisition & Lifecycle Support

Provide engineering support across acquisition phases including material solution analysis, technology maturation, engineering and manufacturing development, production, deployment, installation, and operations oversight

Support proposal analysis activities by evaluating technical feasibility, compatibility, and cost effectiveness

Assist with source documentation including ICDs, CDDs, CPDs, AoAs, Military Utility Assessments, CONOPS, Technology Development Strategies, FCAs/PCAs, and Technology Standards Profiles

Technical Management & Configuration Control

Support requirements definition and analysis, architecture design and implementation, system integration, verification and validation

Provide engineering support for risk management, configuration management, technical data management, interface management, and version control processes

Assist in development of Systems Engineering Plans (SEP), Risk Management Plans (RMP), and other acquisition documentation

Conduct formal trade studies evaluating performance, cost effectiveness, lifecycle cost, reliability, maintainability, productivity, risk, and schedule impacts

Provide independent assessments of system readiness for production and risk mitigation

Technical Reviews & Assessments

Support planning and execution of technical reviews such as System Requirements Reviews (SRR) and Technology Readiness Assessments (TRA)

Develop and maintain systems engineering documentation and ensure proper linkage between systems-of-systems architectures.

Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain a Secret clearance

Education & Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in a professional engineering discipline from an ABET-accredited program with 12 years of directly related experience, including 5 years in a DoD environment

OR

15 years of directly related experience with 8 years in a DoD environment