Communications Systems Engineer
Chantilly, VA (On-site)
Posted 12 days ago
Job Description
VTG is seeking an Communications Systems Engineer, located in Chantilly, Va.
What will you do?
VTG is seeking a Communications Systems Engineer with strong optical and quantum communications engineering experience to support specialized analysis, engineering, design, and operations for Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of War (DoW) customers. We support development of next‑generation and far‑future national security systems across land, sea, air, and space domains.
We are hiring a Communications Systems Engineer to provide systems engineering and technical advisory (SETA) support to an IC Research & Development (R&D) customer developing advanced hardware, software, and architectural solutions for mission‑critical optical and quantum communication systems.
Responsibilities • Perform technical reviews, assessments, and risk evaluations of optical and quantum communication system development efforts at the component, subsystem, system, and architecture levels.
• Evaluate designs and technologies including optical terminals, free‑space optical links, photonic components, entanglement‑based communication architectures, and quantum‑enhanced optical subsystems.
• Assess emerging technologies and identify gaps related to high‑bandwidth space links, advanced modulation formats, pointing/tracking systems, link budgets, networking performance, and secure quantum‑enabled transport architectures.
• Support development of technology roadmaps, requirements, specifications, verification approaches, and transition strategies for optical and quantum system modernization.
• Conduct technical outreach with mission users to capture needs and evaluate applicability of emerging optical and quantum capabilities.
• Prepare system engineering documentation, technical analyses, and program‑level briefings to communicate findings and strategic recommendations.
• Provide support to programmatic and acquisition activities, including source selections, lifecycle documentation, and system integration planning.
Do you have what it takes?
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or related discipline and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience
- Experience with USG program management and acquisition lifecycle processes and documentation.
- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and technical writing communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools.
Desired Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in engineering, physics, or related discipline.
- 12+ years of relevant experience, including at least 4 years in optical or quantum communication systems.
- 1+ year of experience supporting USG R&D acquisition processes and documentation.
- Experience with space‑based optical terminals, quantum optical payloads, photonic systems, or advanced quantum‑enhanced communication architectures
Pay Range: VTG’s estimated starting pay range is $165,000 - $195,000 annually, which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.
VTG
Headquartered in Hamburg, VTG GmbH is an international asset owner and logistics company with a strong focus on rail. VTG operates the largest privately-owned fleet of freight wagons in Europe, including around 84,800 rail freight wagons – mostly tank wagons, intermodal wagons, standard freight wagons and sliding-wall wagons. This diversified service portfolio gives VTG’s customers a robust platform for international freight transportation, based on which the company develops made-to-measure logistical solutions for any and every industry. Over many years, VTG has accumulated granular expertise across the entire transport chain – expertise that is now flanked by smart technology. The Group likewise combines a wealth of experience with a specialized knowledge of the transportation of liquid and sensitive goods in particular. Its customers include a plethora of leading companies representing the chemicals, petroleum, automotive and paper industries, agriculture and virtually every other sector besides. https://www.vtg.com/imprintContact:VTG GmbHNagelsweg 3420097 HamburgTel.: +49 40 2354-0Fax: +49 40 2354-1199E-Mail: info@vtg.com
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