Systems Engineer Integration Lead - Level 5

Description

The company's Central Engineering team is hiring a Systems Engineering Integration (SEI) Lead, Level 5, based in Huntsville, AL.

The role leads the program's system and software integration strategy. It covers components, a Software Integration Lab (SIL), several development teams, and the program cloud environment.

Responsibilities

• Work with internal and external customers to define and document instrumentation and data requirements, plus test planning covering acquisition, processing, and analysis, to meet test objectives.
• Create, validate, and verify test plans, procedures, and test reports that follow program standards.
• Lead the engineering team that supports software integration for formal test events.
• Give regular status updates and raise blockers with senior leadership so they get resolved on time.
• Turn mission needs and technical objectives into clear, model-based architecture artifacts.
• Apply systems engineering methods, including requirements management, interface control, and Verification and Validation, to software, keeping traceability and integration across the system architecture.
• Develop and maintain MBSE architecture products for advanced concept and campaign efforts.
• Use SysML and UAF to capture system structure, behavior, interfaces, and traceability.
• Break complex problems into actionable engineering products and modeling tasks.
• Work with systems, software, and mission teams to keep models aligned with changing technical direction.
• Help shape modeling methods, architecture standards, and digital engineering practices.
• Communicate technical insights, assumptions, risks, and recommendations clearly to engineers and leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field and at least 12 years of relevant military or professional experience, or a Master's degree in a STEM field and at least 10 years of relevant military or professional experience, or a PhD and at least 8 years of relevant military or professional experience.
• Experience applying MBSE on complex aerospace, defense, or advanced technology efforts.
• Experience with SysML and UAF.
• Experience in system architecture, requirements development, interface analysis, and technical decomposition.
• Experience leading an Integrated Product Team of 5 or more people, with prior system integration experience across labs and clouds for both software and platforms.
• Previous verification and validation experience.
• Experience identifying risks, developing them, and driving mitigations to closure.
• Experience with Agile methodologies.
• Experience with DevOps tools such as Jira, BitBucket, and Confluence.
• An active US Government Secret clearance.
• The role requires 20% travel.
• You take ownership and follow through.
• You can bring clarity where little exists.
• You are a technically sharp, hardworking team member who welcomes challenge.
• You learn quickly and use sound engineering judgment.
• You are a low-ego partner who raises the quality and pace of the team.
• You consistently deliver strong results with a focus on the mission.
• Preferred: an advanced degree in Systems Engineering or a related technical field.
• Preferred: previous work on DoD military development and production programs.
• Preferred: ability to work independently with minimal direction and to lead larger test efforts as team lead.
• Preferred: experience in research, advanced development, campaign, or early-stage concept work.
• Preferred: a record of solving difficult technical problems with creativity, discipline, and urgency.
• Preferred: experience contributing across cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Preferred: familiarity with digital engineering environments and model-based architecture methods.

Conditions

Location: Huntsville, AL.

Travel: 25% of the time.

Secret clearance type, required before start.

Relocation assistance may be available.

Base salary range: $169,000.00 to $253,600.00. This is a general guideline. The offer depends on scope and responsibilities, experience, education, skills, and current market conditions.

The application window is estimated at 20 days from the posting date. It may be shortened or extended based on business needs and candidate availability.

Benefits

• Depending on the position, you may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary annual bonus that rewards individual contributions and shares company results.
• Employees in Vice President or Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off for vacation or personal business.