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 Army’s Long-Range Precision Fires and weapon systems portfolios. In 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 Master’s 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.