Lead Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering activities for a complex program across requirements analysis, architecture development, interface management, integration, verification, validation, and sustainment.
• Provide technical leadership, direction, and oversight to systems engineering personnel and coordinate engineering efforts across multidisciplinary teams.
• Apply MBSE methodologies and use Cameo to develop, maintain, analyze, and govern system models supporting program execution and decision‑making.
• Lead development and maintenance of system requirements, architectures, operational concepts, interfaces, and verification traceability.
• Ensure consistency and traceability across requirements, model elements, architecture products, interfaces, design artifacts, and verification evidence.
• Support decomposition and allocation of system requirements to subsystems, components, and implementation teams.
• Lead technical baseline management, engineering change assessment, and configuration control for systems engineering products.
• Coordinate with software, hardware, test, cybersecurity, logistics, and integration teams to ensure system designs are complete, aligned, and executable.
• Support trade studies, technical risk assessments, issue resolution, and engineering recommendations for leadership and customers.
• Participate in and lead technical reviews, design reviews, architecture reviews, interface working groups, and customer engineering meetings.
• Support development of systems engineering plans, technical documentation, model governance practices, and engineering process improvements.
• Guide verification and validation planning and ensure requirements are testable and traceable through the lifecycle.
• Support program leadership with technical status, issue escalation, staffing priorities, and engineering execution planning.
• Mentor systems engineers and promote disciplined engineering methods, model quality, and technical rigor across the team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• Significant experience in systems engineering for complex technical systems or programs.
• Experience leading systems engineering teams or serving as a senior technical lead in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Demonstrated experience applying Model Based Systems Engineering principles, methods, and practices.
• Demonstrated experience using Cameo to develop and manage systems engineering models.
• Experience with requirements development, architecture definition, interface management, technical baseline control, and lifecycle engineering processes.
• Ability to lead technical teams, analyze complex engineering issues, and communicate engineering direction effectively.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with customer representatives, leadership, and multidisciplinary technical teams.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies and the use of Cameo for system model development and governance. Capable of leading multidisciplinary teams in systems engineering activities, ensuring requirements traceability, and managing technical baselines effectively.