Lead Program Systems Engineer, Cyclops (remote considered)

 

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

Mission-Driven Problem Solvers – The problems in missile defense demand ingenuity. We want engineers who approach challenges with curiosity, embrace failure as a learning opportunity, and stay focused on delivering the best solution for the mission.

Total Ownership – We seek engineers who take full responsibility for delivering flight-ready work while recognizing that no one succeeds alone. The best engineers make their teammates better, knowing that complementary skills create force multiplication and drive mission success.

• Own system level requirements for the Cyclops interceptor; define, refine, organize, and maintain requirements throughout the design and verification lifecycle.
• Build and maintain full traceability from customer objectives to subsystem requirements, ensuring visibility and coherence across all engineering disciplines.
• Develop and maintain the system architecture, integrating propulsion, avionics, structures, mechanisms, GNC, software, manufacturing constraints, and test operations into a stable, scalable design.
• Establish, maintain, and control Interface Control Documents (ICDs); ensure physical, electrical, data, and software interfaces remain stable and rigorously evaluated.
• Own the system level verification plan, defining verification methods, test flows, analysis strategies, and requirement closure mechanisms.
• Coordinate with engineering discipline leads to ensure subsystem designs align with system architecture, requirements, interfaces, and verification constraints.
• Partner with the Project Engineer to ensure development schedules reflect requirements flow, architecture constraints, integration needs, and verification planning.
• Support the Chief Engineer by supplying structured system artifacts needed to maintain the technical baseline and adjudicate major technical decisions.
• Work closely with Mission Assurance to ensure system requirements, architectures, and verification plans support safety, reliability, and readiness criteria.
• Lead system level technical reviews and major integration checkpoints; ensure system artifacts are complete, configuration controlled, and defensible.
• Maintain discipline in managing changes to requirements, interfaces, architecture, and configuration, ensuring all modifications are evaluated for system level impact.
• Support integration, test activities, and government milestone engagements by providing clear technical documentation, readiness artifacts, and configuration clarity

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.

8+ years of experience in systems engineering for aerospace, defense, or complex technical systems.

Demonstrated experience defining requirements, architecture, and verification plans for multi-discipline systems.

Experience with interface control documentation, configuration management, and system level technical reviews.

Proven ability to build and maintain system level requirements, traceability matrices, and structured technical artifacts.

Strong understanding of aerospace subsystems and how they integrate into coherent system architectures.

Ability to define, review, and manage interface documentation and configuration structures.

Experience developing verification plans, test flows, and requirement closure strategies for complex systems.

Excellent communication skills; able to translate detailed technical architecture into clear guidance across engineering disciplines and program leadership.

Ability to operate effectively in fast‑paced environments that combine rapid internal development with structured external demands.

This position requires access to information protected under US export control laws, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and/or the Export Administration Regulations.  As such, US person status (including US citizens, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted U.S. asylum status, or individuals admitted in U.S. refugee status) is a required qualification for this position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, genetics, or citizenship status (when otherwise legally authorized to work and access export-controlled data) and will not be discriminated against on the basis of such characteristics or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We encourage applicants of all ages.