Senior Systems Engineer Chief Systems Engineer

501706 Senior Systems Engineer / Chief Systems Engineer Army Fires Program Office

Location: Huntsville AL

Position Type: Full-Time

Security Clearance Required: Active Department of Defense TOP SECRET/SCI

Travel: 25%

Position Overview

We are seeking a visionary and execution-focused Senior Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership architectural oversight and modernization strategy for the Armys Long-Range Precision Fires and weapon systems this role you will act as a force multiplier bridging traditional defense acquisition requirements with cutting-edge commercial practices.

The ideal candidate will bring a 10 year record of success across complex DoD MDA and related programs with proven expertise in leading high-performing Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) deploying Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and pioneering Agile Systems Engineering practices to radically accelerate value delivery.

Core Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Agile SE Execution

• Modernize Engineering Frameworks: Author maintain and modernize Agile Systems Engineering Management Plans (SEMP) and CDRLs successfully tailoring commercial best practices for rigorous high-compliance defense environments.
• Advanced Methodologies: Drive the adoption of advanced software and systems architectures utilizing Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and Event-Driven Architectures to reduce technical debt and lifecycle costs.
• Human-AI Collaborative Engineering: Prototype and integrate emerging digital engineering capabilities including human-AI collaborative systems engineering processes to drive unprecedented efficiency gains in team capacity and requirements synthesis.
• Mentorship & Alignment: Provide technical mentorship to functional leads Product Owners and multi-disciplinary teams on requirements management verification & validation (V&V) and Agile workflows (Scrum/Kanban).

Systems Integration Modeling & Simulation

• System-of-Systems Integration: Lead the integration verification and validation of complex hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) software-in-the-loop (SIL) and tactical physics-based simulations.
• Requirements & Traceability: Manage complex system specification trees interface control documents (ICDs) and end-to-end traceability using tools like IBM DOORS and Cameo EA.
• Data-Driven Decisions: Leverage a deep background in Python/C data analysis automated testing and Design of Experiments (DOE) to analyze simulation output reduce program risk and accelerate cross-platform validation.

Program & Stakeholder Management

• IPT Lead: Serve as a core technical leader capable of acting as an IPT Lead or Control Account Manager (CAM) to tightly bind engineering execution with cost schedule and risk baselines.
• Strategic Interface: Collaborate directly with senior government stakeholders program managers and sibling contract counterparts to align mission-critical milestones and influence technical direction.
• Business Capture Support: Contribute high-tier technical writing architecture concepts and solution design to proposal and capture efforts for high-value contract opportunities.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor of Science (BS) in Aerospace Engineering Systems Engineering or a closely related STEM discipline. A Masters Degree (MS) is preferred.
• Experience: 10 years of progressive technical experience supporting high-value missile defense aviation space or tactical weapons programs.
• Methodology Mastery: Demonstrated expertise implementing Agile SE frameworks including Scrum Master or Kanban leadership Test-Driven Development (TDD) BDD and DDD.
• Toolsets & Languages:
  • Systems/Requirements: Cameo Enterprise Architect DOORS IBM Rhapsody Atlassian Suite (Jira/Confluence).
  • Technical: Python C MATLAB Git Linux and Containerization tools.
• Clearance: Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance.