Lead Systems Architect — CCS-C Program (Aerospace Defense)

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.; Colorado Springs (CO); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life/ADD & Short/Long Term Disability

401(k) Savings Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Paid Time-Off (PTO)

Holidays

Education Reimbursement

Job summary

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. in Colorado Springs is seeking a Lead Systems Architect to shape the CCS-C program architecture and engineering strategy.

You will mentor engineers, interface with customers, and guide across requirements, design, verification, and production transition. The role requires a deep understanding of mission-critical aerospace and defense systems, and strong leadership to drive technical decisions and mitigations while ensuring contractual and regulatory

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (aerospace, systems, mechanical, electrical, computer engineering, applied mathematics) or closely related.
• Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible engineering experience on complex aerospace/defense systems.
• Proficiency with modern architectural patterns and model-based systems engineering tools.

Responsibilities

• Support the Chief Engineer in defining and maintaining the CCS-C technical vision, system architecture, and engineering strategy.
• Lead development, evaluation, and maturation of system and subsystem architectures.
• Ensure requirements are complete, traceable, verifiable, and allocated across systems and interfaces.
• Guide multidisciplinary teams through requirements analysis, design, integration, verification and production transition.
• Evaluate design alternatives and trade studies considering performance, cost, schedule, risk and lifecycle.
• Ensure consistency between architecture, designs, interfaces, models, analyses, and verification plans.
• Chair or support technical reviews and deliverables within delegated authority.
• Identify, document, communicate, and drive closure of technical risks and opportunities.
• Provide independent technical assessment of design maturity and readiness for milestones.
• Coordinate technical decisions across engineering disciplines and stakeholders.
• Review and approve key engineering plans, drawings, analyses, and reports.
• Ensure compliance with contractual requirements, standards, and airworthiness expectations.
• Support technical interchange meetings with customers, suppliers, and partners.
• Provide mentoring and staffing support for engineering teams and opportunities.
• Serve as delegated technical authority when the chief engineer is unavailable.

Skills

Architectural patterns

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Risk management

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering

Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

Cameo Systems Modeler

Job description

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. in Colorado Springs is seeking a Lead Systems Architect to shape the CCS-C program architecture and engineering strategy.

You will mentor engineers, interface with customers, and guide across requirements, design, verification, and production transition. The role requires a deep understanding of mission-critical aerospace and defense systems, and strong leadership to drive technical decisions and mitigations while ensuring contractual and regulatory