Systems Engineering Manager

Iceye Us•Irvine, CA

About The Position

ICEYE US is seeking an experienced Systems Engineering Manager to lead system-level design, requirements development, technical performance management, and verification and validation (V&V) across its space-based intelligence systems and programs. Reporting directly to the senior executive in charge of Engineering, this role establishes and maintains cohesive system architectures, defines and manages Level 1 (L1) system requirements, and ensures integrated systems meet technical requirements and mission objectives. The manager serves as a cross-functional technical authority, collaborating with Space Systems, Software Engineering, SAR Engineering, Assembly, Integration & Test (AIT), and Operations to integrate hardware, software, and operational capabilities throughout the system lifecycle. This is a hands-on technical leadership position that balances engineering rigor with rapid execution, establishes scalable systems engineering practices, and leads system-level technical activities across multiple concurrent programs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
7+ years of experience in systems engineering or multidisciplinary engineering, including work with complex aerospace, defense, or mission-critical systems.
2+ years of engineering leadership or management experience.
Demonstrated experience owning system-level architecture, requirements development, technical performance management, and verification and validation.
Strong understanding of systems engineering principles, requirements decomposition, functional allocation, interface management, and technical baseline control.
Experience developing and managing integrated system-level technical budgets, performance measures, and engineering margins.
Experience with mission analysis, concepts of operations, system-level trade studies, and multidisciplinary engineering analyses.
Experience developing and executing system-level verification plans, requirements traceability matrices, and compliance assessments.
Demonstrated experience leading technical reviews, system-level trade studies, and multidisciplinary engineering activities.
Experience with system integration involving hardware, software, and operational systems.
Working knowledge of configuration management, technical risk management, reliability, and mission assurance principles.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to resolve complex cross-functional technical challenges.
Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence technical decisions across engineering organizations.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent technical priorities in a fast-paced development environment.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Experience developing spacecraft, satellite payloads, ground systems, or integrated space mission architectures.
Experience with synthetic aperture radar (SAR), remote sensing, satellite communications, or intelligence systems.
Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), SysML, and digital engineering methodologies.
Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS, Jama, or equivalent platforms.
Experience with system modeling and simulation tools such as MATLAB, Simulink, STK, or equivalent platforms.
Familiarity with NASA, DoD, INCOSE, or aerospace industry systems engineering standards and practices.
Experience supporting U.S. government, defense, or intelligence community programs.
Experience with spacecraft integration, qualification, acceptance testing, launch readiness, and commissioning.
Familiarity with reliability engineering, failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis, and mission assurance practices.
Experience with spacecraft technical budgets, including mass, power, thermal, communications link, pointing, and data budgets.
Experience establishing or scaling systems engineering capabilities within a growing engineering organization.
Familiarity with Agile development environments and tailoring systems engineering practices to iterative hardware and software development.

Responsibilities

Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing systems engineering team, establishing technical ownership, engineering discipline, and accountability across multiple programs.
Own system-level architectures, functional allocations, designs, and technical baselines to ensure system elements form a cohesive solution that meets mission objectives and customer needs.
Lead development of mission concepts, concepts of operations (CONOPS), operational scenarios, and mission-level trade studies.
Lead development, management, and configuration control of Level 1 system requirements, ensuring they are clear, measurable, verifiable, and traceable to customer and mission objectives.
Allocate system requirements to engineering disciplines and maintain bidirectional traceability among customer needs, system and subsystem requirements, and verification evidence.
Own integrated system-level technical budgets, performance measures, and margins, including mass, power, thermal, communications, pointing, data, and mission performance allocations; monitor TPMs and KPPs throughout development.
Lead integrated system-level modeling, simulation, and engineering analyses to evaluate architecture alternatives, predict performance, validate assumptions, and support design decisions.
Own system-level V&V strategy, planning, execution coordination, compliance assessment, and closure.
Establish system-level integration and test strategies, coordinate cross-disciplinary integration, and define technical readiness criteria for major milestones.
Establish and maintain system-level interface requirements and interface control documentation, ensuring technical compatibility across subsystems, external partners, and customer environments.
Lead system-level trade studies, technical assessments, and engineering reviews, including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and applicable acceptance and readiness reviews.
Identify, assess, and mitigate system-level technical risks, design conflicts, requirements gaps, and performance deficiencies.
Establish and maintain controlled system technical baselines, assess system-level impacts of engineering changes, and maintain configuration consistency across requirements, architectures, interfaces, and verification artifacts.
Incorporate applicable reliability, safety, maintainability, radiation, electromagnetic compatibility, and other specialty engineering considerations into design, analysis, and verification.
Support readiness assessments, launch and commissioning activities, operational acceptance, and resolution of system-level anomalies or performance deficiencies throughout the operational lifecycle.
Develop and implement scalable systems engineering processes, tools, and standards for architecture, requirements management, technical performance, configuration control, and V&V.
Serve as the system-level technical integrator across engineering organizations, resolving cross-disciplinary challenges and providing independent assessments of system maturity, compliance, and readiness.
Partner with functional engineering leaders, Program Management, Product Management, customers, and external stakeholders to align system design, technical execution, and program objectives.