CTO, Systems Engineering — Hands-On Mission Systems Lead

Evolved; City of Elmira (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Evolved Aerospace is seeking a CTO, Systems in the United States to own mission systems and the overall system architecture across the company. This is a hands-on, technical leadership role with accountability for architectural coherence and technical correctness.

You will also serve as a customer-facing technical leader, shaping solutions, setting expectations, and maintaining technical credibility while guiding day-to-day engineering work on complex platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex, mission- or safety-critical platforms.
• Ability to make binding technical trade-offs under constraints.
• Customer-facing technical leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Own mission systems and system architecture across the company.
• Provide hands-on engineering leadership and ensure technical coherence.
• Engage customers as a technical leader to set expectations and credibility.

Skills

End-to-end system ownership

System-level requirements

Hands-on engineering

Job description

Evolved Aerospace is seeking a CTO, Systems in the United States to own mission systems and the overall system architecture across the company. This is a hands-on, technical leadership role with accountability for architectural coherence and technical correctness.

You will also serve as a customer-facing technical leader, shaping solutions, setting expectations, and maintaining technical credibility while guiding day-to-day engineering work on complex platforms.