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Systems engineering roles are consistently sponsored through H-1B visas, with tech companies, defense contractors, and large enterprises being the most common sponsors. The role's requirement for a degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or systems engineering makes the specialty occupation case straightforward. L-1 transfers are common at multinational tech companies. Salaries in this field typically exceed H-1B visa prevailing wage requirements comfortably. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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About M.C. Dean
M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 7,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.
Why Join Us?
Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values, agility, expertise, and trust, we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As a Systems Integration Engineer 2, you will be working with a dynamic team of systems and controls engineers responsible for design and implementation of multiple projects across multiple programs, in all areas of our technology delivery value stream. Responsibilities include assisting in designing the systems architectural framework for large complex resilient systems and formulating high-level architectural solutions to ensure implemented solutions meet stakeholder needs, standards, and performance requirements. You will work closely with stakeholders to gather technical requirements, architect solutions, and execute on deliverables.
Responsibilities
- Assist with the analysis, evaluation, engineering, implementation, testing and commissioning of both greenfield and brownfield industrial control, power control, energy management control, and transit control systems.
- Create, review, and/or approve system engineering documentation to ensure that processes and specifications meet system needs and are accurate, comprehensive, and complete.
- Assist with the identification, elicitation, development, and management of project (operational, functional, and technical) requirements in a commonly accessible repository.
- Analyze user requirements and concept of operations documents to develop system requirements specifications.
- Support and proactively control and manage changes to requirements, consider impacts prior to commitment to change, gain stakeholder buy-in, eliminate ambiguity, ensure traceability to source requirements, and track and settle open actions.
- Guide the design engineering team on technical solutioning, including the control and management of technical system interfaces through a common interface control format, and storing interface data in a commonly accessible repository.
- Guide the project team through the Pre-Installation Test and Checkout process, including coordination and logistics, test planning, test procedure development, execution of testing, and recording and submittal of test results.
- Guide the project team through the implementation phase of the project, ensuring that transition plans and failover plans are adequate to minimize down-time for our clients.
- Guide the project team through the commissioning phase of the project, ensuring that test cases satisfactorily verify requirements and validate that stakeholder needs have been satisfied.
- Support engineering management and ensure the integrity of the system baseline throughout the project lifecycle from development through deployment and into operations & maintenance.
- Review technical submittals to ensure that they are clear, concise, and compliant with project requirements.
- Review customer and other stakeholder comments. Analyze comments for potential impact to design, configuration, or otherwise affecting project requirements (changes to requirements or imposition of new requirements), and provide responses and recommendations to project management.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Education/Experience:
- Systems Engineering or a Related Engineering Discipline.
- Bachelor's Degree REQUIRED with 2+ Years of progressive experience.
- Experience developing and implementing integrated hardware and software solutions.
- Experience developing and managing requirements at all levels of the system hierarchy.
- Experience integrating systems and subsystems in multidisciplinary project.
- Strong Oral, Written and Presentation Skills with the ability and experience communicating directly with executive leadership.
- Demonstrated experience with developing cost estimates and work breakdown structures for the design and implementation of complex projects.
- Demonstrated experience performing technical cross-training/coaching of junior colleagues.
- Demonstrated background working with multidisciplinary teams.
- Demonstrated time management and organization skills to meet deadlines and quality objectives.
- Strong MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio Skills is a plus.
- Ability to travel, both domestically and internationally, up to 10% of the time.
Abilities:
- Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
- Sitting for extended periods of time.
- Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
- Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
- Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Identify and understand the speech of another person.
INTRODUCTION
About M.C. Dean
M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 7,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.
Why Join Us?
Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values, agility, expertise, and trust, we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As a Systems Integration Engineer 2, you will be working with a dynamic team of systems and controls engineers responsible for design and implementation of multiple projects across multiple programs, in all areas of our technology delivery value stream. Responsibilities include assisting in designing the systems architectural framework for large complex resilient systems and formulating high-level architectural solutions to ensure implemented solutions meet stakeholder needs, standards, and performance requirements. You will work closely with stakeholders to gather technical requirements, architect solutions, and execute on deliverables.
Responsibilities
- Assist with the analysis, evaluation, engineering, implementation, testing and commissioning of both greenfield and brownfield industrial control, power control, energy management control, and transit control systems.
- Create, review, and/or approve system engineering documentation to ensure that processes and specifications meet system needs and are accurate, comprehensive, and complete.
- Assist with the identification, elicitation, development, and management of project (operational, functional, and technical) requirements in a commonly accessible repository.
- Analyze user requirements and concept of operations documents to develop system requirements specifications.
- Support and proactively control and manage changes to requirements, consider impacts prior to commitment to change, gain stakeholder buy-in, eliminate ambiguity, ensure traceability to source requirements, and track and settle open actions.
- Guide the design engineering team on technical solutioning, including the control and management of technical system interfaces through a common interface control format, and storing interface data in a commonly accessible repository.
- Guide the project team through the Pre-Installation Test and Checkout process, including coordination and logistics, test planning, test procedure development, execution of testing, and recording and submittal of test results.
- Guide the project team through the implementation phase of the project, ensuring that transition plans and failover plans are adequate to minimize down-time for our clients.
- Guide the project team through the commissioning phase of the project, ensuring that test cases satisfactorily verify requirements and validate that stakeholder needs have been satisfied.
- Support engineering management and ensure the integrity of the system baseline throughout the project lifecycle from development through deployment and into operations & maintenance.
- Review technical submittals to ensure that they are clear, concise, and compliant with project requirements.
- Review customer and other stakeholder comments. Analyze comments for potential impact to design, configuration, or otherwise affecting project requirements (changes to requirements or imposition of new requirements), and provide responses and recommendations to project management.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Education/Experience:
- Systems Engineering or a Related Engineering Discipline.
- Bachelor's Degree REQUIRED with 2+ Years of progressive experience.
- Experience developing and implementing integrated hardware and software solutions.
- Experience developing and managing requirements at all levels of the system hierarchy.
- Experience integrating systems and subsystems in multidisciplinary project.
- Strong Oral, Written and Presentation Skills with the ability and experience communicating directly with executive leadership.
- Demonstrated experience with developing cost estimates and work breakdown structures for the design and implementation of complex projects.
- Demonstrated experience performing technical cross-training/coaching of junior colleagues.
- Demonstrated background working with multidisciplinary teams.
- Demonstrated time management and organization skills to meet deadlines and quality objectives.
- Strong MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio Skills is a plus.
- Ability to travel, both domestically and internationally, up to 10% of the time.
Abilities:
- Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
- Sitting for extended periods of time.
- Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
- Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
- Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Identify and understand the speech of another person.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Systems Engineer
Clarify whether the role is defense/aerospace or enterprise IT
Systems engineering spans two very different domains: defense and aerospace (Model-Based Systems Engineering, requirements management, V-model lifecycle) and enterprise IT (infrastructure architecture, cloud systems, networking). The visa considerations, employers, and required skills differ significantly between these paths.
Target defense contractors' commercial or international divisions
Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman have divisions working on commercial or international programs that may not require U.S. citizenship. These divisions occasionally sponsor H-1B visas for systems engineers on non-classified work.
Build MBSE skills for aerospace systems engineering roles
Model-Based Systems Engineering using tools like Cameo Systems Modeler, IBM Rhapsody, or DOORS is increasingly required in aerospace and defense. This specialized skill set supports the argument that the role requires advanced training beyond a general engineering degree.
Pursue INCOSE certification for professional credibility
The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) offers the Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) credential. This certification demonstrates a standardized body of knowledge and can strengthen an H-1B petition by showing the role requires recognized professional qualifications.
Consider systems engineering roles at tech companies
Companies like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud hire systems engineers for cloud infrastructure and platform reliability. These roles benefit from the tech industry's established sponsorship infrastructure and may be labeled as Systems Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, or Site Reliability Engineer.
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Can systems engineers get sponsored in the defense industry?
It depends on the program. Many defense systems engineering roles require security clearances available only to U.S. citizens, but some programs involving commercial or allied-nation customers may be accessible to visa holders. Companies like BAE Systems and L3Harris have occasionally sponsored H-1B visas for engineers on non-classified programs. Always verify clearance requirements in the job posting.
What is the difference between a systems engineer in aerospace and in IT?
In aerospace and defense, systems engineers manage complex hardware-software systems using requirements decomposition, V&V (verification and validation), and MBSE tools. In IT, systems engineers focus on infrastructure - servers, networking, cloud platforms, and operating systems. Both qualify for H-1B sponsorship, but they fall under different SOC codes and have different prevailing wage levels.
Do systems engineering roles typically require a master's degree?
It varies by industry. Defense and aerospace systems engineering roles often prefer or require a master's in systems engineering, electrical engineering, or a related discipline. IT systems engineering roles may accept a bachelor's degree in computer science or information technology with relevant experience. A master's degree generally strengthens the H-1B petition regardless of the domain.
Is systems engineering eligible for STEM OPT?
Yes. Systems engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science all qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension. This gives you up to 36 months of work authorization to gain experience before an employer needs to file an H-1B petition. Verify that your specific CIP code is on the STEM-designated degree list.
How to find Systems Engineer jobs with visa sponsorship?
To find Systems Engineer jobs with visa sponsorship, use Migrate Mate, which specializes in connecting international talent with sponsoring employers. Focus on tech companies, defense contractors, and large enterprises that commonly hire Systems Engineers on H-1B, TN, or O-1 visas. These employers often need Systems Engineers for infrastructure, network design, and enterprise systems management roles.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Systems Engineer jobs?
When a U.S. employer sponsors a foreign worker for a work visa, they are legally required to pay at least the "prevailing wage" — the average wage paid to workers in the same occupation, in the same geographic area, with similar experience. This is set by the Department of Labor to prevent employers from hiring foreign workers at below-market rates. The prevailing wage varies significantly by role, location, and experience level — for example, a systems engineer in California will have a different prevailing wage than the same role in a smaller state. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search.
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