Engineering Manager- Systems Engineering

Integer Technologies•Columbia, SC

8h•Onsite

About The Position

The Engineering Manager of the Power System Optimization branch in the Digital Engineering directorate leads a multidisciplinary engineering team developing digital engineering and systems engineering capabilities for complex defense systems. The role provides technical strategy and guidance, advances how the U.S. Navy evaluates and acquires future maritime capabilities, and serves as principal investigator on a program requiring systems engineering subject matter expertise. The position is onsite in Columbia, South Carolina, and reports to the Digital Engineering Director. The manager leads and develops the team, maintains resources across the program lifecycle, and establishes systems engineering policies, workflows, and guidance. The role directs research and development of systems engineering tools, automation, model-based decision support, and digital engineering capabilities for Navy design and acquisition. Work spans use-case analysis, requirements allocation, trade studies, architecture, integration, verification and validation, digital twins, and test and evaluation. The manager also coordinates electrical, digital twin, and software engineers and works with project leads, academic partners, government sponsors, program managers, and the Digital Engineering Director. Business-development and capture support include customer meetings, concept development, RFI responses, white papers, technical proposals, program planning, and cost estimates.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a DoW Secret Clearance; previous clearance is not required.
Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture, Electrical Engineering, another engineering discipline, or a related technical field.
At least 8 years of systems engineering experience in system design or operations.
At least 3 years of people leadership, supervisory, or management experience.
At least 2 years of MBSE experience in system design or operations.
Strong experience applying MBSE, SysML, or other computational architecture frameworks to complex engineering problems.
Clear writing and briefing skills, including communication with senior military and executive audiences.

Nice To Haves

Existing DoW Secret Clearance.
Master’s degree or doctorate in Systems Engineering, Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture, another engineering discipline, or a related technical field.
CSEP (Certified Systems Engineering Professional) or ESEP (Expert Systems Engineering Professional).
OMG OCSMP (OMG Certified Systems Modeling Professional), DAU Digital Engineering, or DAU SPRDE (Systems Planning, Research, Development, & Engineering).
Advanced knowledge of power generation, power conversion, energy storage, rotating machinery, or power system controls.
Experience improving systems engineering processes, standards, or governance in a government or defense setting.
Hands-on experience designing, developing, or testing physical or machinery systems.
Experience with requirements elicitation, decomposition, traceability, and lifecycle management.
Experience building enterprise or system-of-systems models with the Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) or Mission Engineering frameworks.
Experience with design, development, or operation of Navy sea, sub-sea, or seabed manned and unmanned platforms.
Familiarity with defense acquisition processes, systems engineering standards, MBSE frameworks, or related certifications.
Experience with CONOPS and CONEMP design and mission modeling.
Experience with system budgets, SWAP-C, requirements tracking, and system-level analyses for trade studies.
Experience using process management, knowledge management, or computational tools (e.g., Large Language Models) to improve efficiency, quality, or scale.

Responsibilities

Lead, develop, mentor, and resource a multidisciplinary engineering team across the program lifecycle.
Establish systems engineering policies, workflows, and guidance that enable consistent, traceable, and rigorous research.
Direct research that produces systems engineering tools and automation to support Navy design and acquisition decisions, including trade studies and requirements change analysis.
Deliver model-based decision support for evaluating power system options against operational mission performance.
Prototype methods such as model-based requirements management, digital thread integration, and trade space analysis for naval ship design and acquisition.
Conduct regular one-on-ones, formal reviews, and provide clear feedback to team members.
Work with the Digital Engineering Director on strategic plans, technical baselines, cost and schedule, and metrics.
Collaborate with project leads, academic partners, government sponsors, and program managers to resolve issues.
Direct R&D from use-case analysis and requirements allocation through trade studies, architecture, integration, and verification and validation.
Lead development of digital engineering, MBSE, and decision-support capabilities and workflows for complex defense systems.
Guide work spanning requirements, architecture, trade studies, integration, verification, and digital engineering initiatives.
Define data exchange and interoperability standards for digital twins of shipboard power systems and shape test and evaluation strategy, including planning, evaluation criteria, and data collection.
Coordinate electrical, digital twin, and software engineers and align partner organizations through clear communication.
Support business development through customer meetings, concept development, RFI responses, white papers, and program planning.
Support capture activities by writing technical proposals and building program plans, including cost estimates.
Serve as principal investigator on a program requiring systems engineering subject matter expertise.