{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"d5814a0872b8d003ec679bee","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/d5814a0872b8d003ec679bee","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/d5814a0872b8d003ec679bee","title":"Lead Program Systems Engineer, Cyclops (remote considered)","description":"WHAT WE LOOK FOR\nMission-Driven Problem Solvers – The problems in missile defense demand ingenuity. We want engineers, technicians, and corporate professionals who approach challenges with curiosity, embrace failure as a learning opportunity, and stay focused on delivering the best solution for the mission.\n\nTotal Ownership – We seek those who take full responsibility for delivering flight-ready work while recognizing that no one succeeds alone. The best engineers, technicians, and corporate professionals make their teammates better, knowing that complementary skills create force multiplication and drive mission success.\n\nLead Program Systems Engineer, Cyclops\nDESCRIPTION\nThe Lead Systems Engineer for the Cyclops Interceptor Program owns system level requirements, architecture, interface definition, and verification planning for Long Wall’s interceptor. This role provides the technical backbone of the program, ensuring that all engineering work across propulsion, avionics, structures, mechanisms, GNC, software, and integration aligns with a coherent and traceable system design.\n\nOperating closely with the program’s Chief Engineer, Project Engineer and Responsible Engineers, the Lead Systems Engineer creates and maintains the structured technical framework that enables disciplined development. They ensure that architectures scale, requirements remain traceable, interfaces stay stable, and verification flows match both government‑funded testing and rapid internal development.\n\nRESPONSIBILITIES:\n\nOwn system level requirements for the Cyclops interceptor; define, refine, organize, and maintain requirements throughout the design and verification lifecycle.\n\nBuild and maintain full traceability from customer objectives to subsystem requirements, ensuring visibility and coherence across all engineering disciplines.\n\nDevelop and maintain the system architecture, integrating propulsion, avionics, structures, mechanisms, GNC, software, manufacturing constraints, and test operations into a stable, scalable design.\n\nEstablish, maintain, and control Interface Control Documents (ICDs); ensure physical, electrical, data, and software interfaces remain stable and rigorously evaluated.\n\nOwn the system level verification plan, defining verification methods, test flows, analysis strategies, and requirement closure mechanisms.\n\nCoordinate with engineering discipline leads to ensure subsystem designs align with system architecture, requirements, interfaces, and verification constraints.\n\nPartner with the Project Engineer to ensure development schedules reflect requirements flow, architecture constraints, integration needs, and verification planning.\n\nSupport the Chief Engineer by supplying structured system artifacts needed to maintain the technical baseline and adjudicate major technical decisions.\n\nWork closely with Mission Assurance to ensure system requirements, architectures, and verification plans support safety, reliability, and readiness criteria.\n\nLead system level technical reviews and major integration checkpoints; ensure system artifacts are complete, configuration controlled, and defensible.\n\nMaintain discipline in managing changes to requirements, interfaces, architecture, and configuration, ensuring all modifications are evaluated for system level impact.\n\nSupport integration, test activities, and government milestone engagements by providing clear technical documentation, readiness artifacts, and configuration clarity\n\nBASIC QUALIFICATIONS:\n\nBachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.\n\n8+ years of experience in systems engineering for aerospace, defense, or complex technical systems.\n\nREQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:\n\nDemonstrated experience defining requirements, architecture, and verification plans for multi-discipline systems.\n\nExperience with interface control documentation, configuration management, and system level technical reviews.\n\nProven ability to build and maintain system level requirements, traceability matrices, and structured technical artifacts.\n\nStrong understanding of aerospace subsystems and how they integrate into coherent system architectures.\n\nAbility to define, review, and manage interface documentation and configuration structures.\n\nExperience developing verification plans, test flows, and requirement closure strategies for complex systems.\n\nExcellent communication skills; 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