Systems Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to drive system architecture definition, requirements development, and end-to-end integration and verification efforts across a portfolio of complex, interconnected systems. This role is responsible for ensuring system-level consistency, performance, and compliance with program objectives, while coordinating execution across multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end systems engineering activities across multiple related systems, including architecture definition, requirements development, interface management, risk assessment, verification planning, and formal design reviews (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR, PRR, TRR).
• Establish, decompose, and maintain system-level requirements with full traceability to customer specifications, derived constraints, verification methods, and subsystem allocations.
• Carefully coordinate technical execution across internal teams and external partners, ensuring consistent system architecture, controlled interfaces, aligned schedules, and delivery of verified, compliant system capabilities.
• Develop and maintain key system artifacts, including system block diagrams, interface control documents (ICDs), data flow diagrams, verification matrices, integration strategies, and detailed test plans.
• Lead and facilitate technical interchange meetings (TIMs), cross-functional design reviews, peer reviews, and supplier technical assessments, with a focus on verification readiness and system completeness.
• Collaborate closely with software, hardware, test engineering, manufacturing, configuration management, and program management teams to ensure cohesive system behavior and robust lifecycle verification.
• Provide leadership in configuration control, requirements management, and verification processes, supporting continuous improvement initiatives and adherence to industry quality standards (e.g., AS9100 or equivalent).
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, contributing to the development and maturity of systems engineering practices across the organization.

Essential Skills

• Strong proficiency in full lifecycle systems engineering for embedded systems, with the ability to operate effectively in fixed-price, schedule-driven environments while supporting Agile development practices.
• Hands-on experience defining, refining, and maintaining traceable requirements baselines, including system modeling, analysis, and verification aligned to program commitments.
• Experience in high-speed serial communication technologies and mixed hardware/software architectures, including integration of embedded processors and high-speed communication interfaces.
• Demonstrated capability to support system architecture definition, decomposition, design reviews, and configuration-controlled updates throughout the hardware/software lifecycle.
• Experience managing program and engineering workflows using tools such as Jira (e.g., sprint planning, backlog grooming, reporting, and cross-team coordination).
• Strong understanding of embedded systems, hardware/software integration, interface control, and data-driven decision-making across complex system interactions.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to clearly present technical concepts to customers, leadership, and cross-functional teams.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience supporting government or defense-related research, development, or acquisition programs.
• Familiarity with requirements management tools such as DOORS or similar platforms.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams and aligning Agile development with fixed-price contractual deliverables.
• Knowledge of environmental qualification standards and testing methods (e.g., MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-810).