Senior Validation Engineer Jobs in Reston, VA (NOW HIRING)

Senior Engineer

Capstone Research Corporation is seeking to expand our team. Capstone Research Corporation is headquartered in Huntsville Alabama. We are a customer-oriented engineering services company providing world class research and development support across the Department of Defense (DoD): Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Capstone offers 100% Company Provided Medical and Dental Insurance, Matching 401K, and Profit Sharing as part of our top-notch benefits package. Compensation for this position will be determined, but not limited to, factors such as responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, alignment with market data, and internal equity.

We have an immediate opening for a Senior Engineer to support advanced Joint Integrated Fires, Command and Control (C2), sensor integration, and mission systems efforts for Department of War programs operating in complex, contested, and asymmetric warfare environments. The selected candidate will provide technical leadership across system architecture, systems engineering, operational analysis, integration, and mission support activities associated with modern joint fires and multi-domain operational networks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership supporting Joint Integrated Fires, Command and Control (C2), targeting, sensor integration, and mission systems engineering activities.
• Support development of system architectures, operational concepts, requirements, interface definitions, and technical solutions for joint fires and multi-domain operational systems.
• Support sensor-to-shooter integration efforts across tactical, operational, and strategic mission environments.
• Analyze operational mission needs and develop engineering solutions supporting contested and asymmetric warfare environments.
• Support integration and evaluation of sensor systems, operational data fusion, targeting workflows, track management, engagement coordination, and situational awareness capabilities.
• Support development and assessment of kill chain optimization, targeting timelines, and engagement decision support capabilities.
• Coordinate across engineering, intelligence, operational, fires, targeting, software development, and Government stakeholder organizations.
• Support operational mission environments involving unmanned systems, electronic warfare, cyber-enabled threats, irregular warfare tactics, and distributed operational threats.
• Support technical planning, mission analysis, operational assessments, system integration, verification, validation, and test activities.
• Develop technical documentation, engineering analyses, operational briefings, and programmatic recommendations for Government leadership.
• Participate in technical reviews, operational exercises, demonstrations, and mission-focused assessments supporting joint and coalition operations.
• Support rapid capability development, prototype evaluation, and operational transition activities for emerging fires and battle management technologies.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, Systems Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience supporting Department of War, DoD, Intelligence Community, or national security programs.
• Demonstrated experience supporting Joint Integrated Fires, Command and Control (C2), targeting systems, fires coordination systems, or operational mission environments.
• Experience supporting military operations involving asymmetric warfare, irregular threats, contested operational environments, or non-traditional threat vectors.
• Experience supporting systems engineering activities including requirements analysis, system architecture development, interface definition, integration, verification, validation, and technical assessment.
• Experience supporting sensor integration, operational data fusion, multi-sensor correlation, track management, targeting workflows, or situational awareness systems.
• Experience supporting operational kill chains, engagement coordination, fires synchronization, force protection systems, or tactical decision support capabilities.
• Experience supporting joint or multi-domain targeting operations involving air, land, maritime, space, or cyber mission environments.
• Experience analyzing and supporting threats associated with unmanned systems, electronic warfare, cyber-enabled threats, or distributed attacks.
• Ability to support technical planning, operational assessments, engineering analysis, and mission-focused activities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare technical documentation and brief Government leadership.
• Active Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Operations Research, or related technical discipline.
• Intelligence Community (IC) experience supporting national security missions, operational intelligence integration, or intelligence-driven mission systems.
• Experience supporting integrated air and missile defense (IAMD), distributed battle management, tactical networks, or sensor-to-shooter architectures.
• Experience supporting asymmetric warfare mission areas including counter-UAS, counter-network operations, counterterrorism, force protection, or hybrid warfare operations.
• Experience integrating intelligence products, threat analysis, or operational intelligence feeds into mission systems or operational workflows.
• Experience with Modeling & Simulation (M&S), mission analysis, digital engineering, or Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
• Familiarity with tactical data links, distributed sensor architectures, electronic warfare systems, or advanced engagement coordination systems.
• Prior military service or direct operational support experience is highly desired.