Lead Aerospace Systems Engineer: Hardware & Integration

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc.; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc. is seeking a senior Lead Systems Engineer to take technical ownership of aerospace hardware programs in Sterling, VA, supporting space and airborne applications.

The role requires hands-on technical leadership across disciplines, guiding development from early concepts through integration, environmental testing, qualification and final delivery, and ensuring the system meets mission needs.

Qualifications

• 10+ years working with complex aerospace hardware
• Strong background in Systems Engineering
• Experience taking hardware through integration, test, verification, and validation
• Ability to translate customer and mission needs into actionable requirements
• Experience managing requirements and technical interfaces across multiple engineering disciplines
• Knowledge of MBSE and requirements management tools
• Experience identifying and resolving system-level technical risks
• Ability to lead engineers across electrical, mechanical, optical, software, and other technical disciplines
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Optics, or a related field; advanced degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of hardware programs from development through delivery
• Serve as a key technical connection between engineering disciplines
• Lead engineers across electrical, mechanical, optical, software, and other disciplines
• Ensure the complete system performs as intended

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Technical leadership

Cross-disciplinary leadership

Regulatory/compliance

Spaceflight hardware

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Optics, or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

MBSE tools

Requirements management tools

Job description

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc. is seeking a senior Lead Systems Engineer to take technical ownership of aerospace hardware programs in Sterling, VA, supporting space and airborne applications.

The role requires hands-on technical leadership across disciplines, guiding development from early concepts through integration, environmental testing, qualification and final delivery, and ensuring the system meets mission needs.