Senior Systems Engineering Lead
About The Position
This role is built for a systems engineering leader who can drive acquisition documentation, mature technical baselines, manage risk, and anchor the technical backbone of a major Group 4+ UAS program through RFP release and source selection. It reflects a high‑accountability, high‑visibility position requiring mastery of requirements development, MBSE, risk governance, and cross‑functional leadership. The Senior Systems Engineering Lead for the Group 4+ UAS program serves as the primary technical integrator and acquisition engineering authority responsible for shaping, refining, and delivering all major technical artifacts required for the program’s RFP release, source selection, and early execution phases. This role leads development of the System Performance Specification (SPS), Systems Engineering Plan (SEP), IP/Data Rights strategy, and risk management framework, ensuring alignment with the MTA‑RP pathway and government acquisition objectives. This position requires deep expertise in requirements decomposition, MBSE, risk governance, technical evaluation planning, and cross‑functional coordination across legal, contracting, safety, and engineering teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree + 20 years of relevant experience or a Master's Degree + 18 years of relevant experience.
- Degree must be an engineering degree from an accredited program of study.
- Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. security clearance.
- Advanced experience in DoW systems engineering, preferably with UAS, aviation, or complex weapon systems.
- Demonstrated leadership in acquisition documentation, including SEP, SPS, AP, and RFP technical sections.
- Expertise in MBSE, requirements decomposition, and digital engineering environments.
- Strong understanding of IP/Data Rights, sustainment strategies, and government contracting interfaces.
- Proven ability to lead risk management, technical working groups, and cross-functional IPTs.
- Experience supporting source selection, evaluation criteria development, and technical review boards.
- Exceptional communication skills and ability to synthesize complex technical issues for senior leadership.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience with MTA-RP or rapid acquisition pathways.
- Familiarity with UAS mission sets, payload integration, and air-vehicle performance analysis.
- Experience defending technical requirements during safety reviews or independent engineering assessments.
- Background in LSI strategy development or integration model trade-space analysis.
Responsibilities
- Drive acquisition documentation
- Mature technical baselines
- Manage risk
- Anchor the technical backbone of a major Group 4+ UAS program through RFP release and source selection
- Serve as the primary technical integrator and acquisition engineering authority
- Shape, refine, and deliver all major technical artifacts required for the program’s RFP release, source selection, and early execution phases
- Lead development of the System Performance Specification (SPS), Systems Engineering Plan (SEP), IP/Data Rights strategy, and risk management framework
- Ensure alignment with the MTA‑RP pathway and government acquisition objectives
- Lead risk management, technical working groups, and cross‑functional IPTs
- Support source selection, evaluation criteria development, and technical review boards
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- basic life w/AD&D
- supplemental life
- short and long-term disability
- EAP
- FSA
- 401(k)
- paid holidays
- paid time off
- employee referral award program
- reimbursable job-related education/professional certification training
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
