Systems Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Systems Engineer
Location: Huntsville, AL
Clearance: DoD Secret

The Systems Engineer will report directly to the Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead and play a pivotal role in ensuring the System Design is thoroughly integrated and closed across diverse stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the technical lead for the integration of the All-Up Round (AUR).
• Lead and coordinate a complex, multidisciplinary engineering team, including experts from Aero, Thermal, Separation Dynamics, Loads, Stress, Trajectory Design, NG&C, Flight Software (FSW), Mechanical Design, Mechanical Integration, Initiation, Instrumentation/Telemetry, Thermal Protection Systems (TPS), and Ground Testing.
• Organize and facilitate regular working meetings, maintain project schedules, and track closure of action items.
• Implement and maintain effective configuration and version control processes to support rapid modeling revisions.
• Ensure timely analytical predictions are produced ahead of flight tests, facilitating immediate post-flight analyses, model correlation, and eventual validation based on flight test data.
• Conduct and manage trade studies to guide hardware configuration/design adjustments and mission architecture refinements aimed at enhancing robustness and reliability.
• Support the comprehensive identification, derivation, verification, and validation of system requirements.
• Identify, track, and mitigate risks related to AUR development.
• Regularly brief senior leadership and customers as required.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical discipline from an accredited college or equivalent combined education and professional experience.
• Proven technical leadership experience in missile development.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
• Active or current U.S. DoD Secret Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

Desired Qualifications:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Comprehensive experience across the engineering lifecycle, including system definition, design, build, testing, and operational deployment.
• Extensive experience in one or more Systems Engineering functions such as Requirements Development, Modeling & Simulation (M&S), Performance Analysis, or System Design & Integration.
• Previous experience working directly with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
• Familiarity with Digital Engineering methodologies and Digital Transformation initiatives.
• Experience leading strategic enterprise-level initiatives.
• Active or current U.S. DoD TS/SCI Security Clearance.

Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a U.S. government security clearance. Applicants must be U.S. citizens to be considered.

Clearance Level Required: Secret