Lead Systems Engineer

The Lockwood Group; Maryland; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Lockwood Group supports a C5ISR hardware and software program for a U.S. Army customer located at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD.

This role provides senior technical leadership for tactical network engineering efforts, overseeing design, integration, modernization, and sustainment activities. This position requires extensive experience in DoD systems engineering environments and a strong understanding of secure communication networks across multiple platforms in dynamic military settings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience as a Systems Engineer or performing Systems Engineering-related activities.
• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining secure communication networks in military or field-based environments.
• Experience integrating existing infrastructures with new tactical network components.
• Experience managing network connectivity across ground, airborne, and command platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to decompose systems into components and manage interface relationships.
• Experience designing scalable modular systems with standardized interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and mentor a team of systems engineers supporting tactical network initiatives.
• Translate operational and user requirements into system, hardware, and software specifications and architectural designs.
• Oversee integration of new tactical network components into existing infrastructures.
• Direct development and execution of system and integration test strategies.
• Lead solutions to complex systems engineering challenges involving technology insertion and new product integration.
• Design and maintain modular system architectures with standardized interfaces to ensure scalability and adaptability.
• Manage network connectivity across platforms including ground vehicles, airborne assets, and command centers.
• Supervise installation and configuration of unit-specific system settings and IP parameters aligned with System Architecture and LDIF requirements.
• Ensure PdM NetMod and PdM Mission Network systems achieve and maintain FMC status following fielding, reset, or upgrade activities.
• Deliver technical briefings and communicate effectively with Government leadership and cross-functional teams.

Education

Bachelor of Science degree

Job description

Project Overview – PTSS C5ISR Hardware & Software Program

The Lockwood Group supports a C5ISR hardware and software program for a U.S. Army customer located at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD. This effort provides product technical support services for systems and equipment produced, fielded, modified, or sustained under PdM Network Modernization (NetMod) and PdM Mission Network within the Project Manager Tactical Network (PM TN), Program Executive Office C3T (PEO C3T).

The program ensures tactical network systems remain secure, scalable, and Fully Mission Capable (FMC) in support of Army modernization and operational readiness objectives.

Position Overview

The Lead Systems Engineer provides senior technical leadership for tactical network engineering efforts, overseeing system design, integration, modernization, and sustainment activities. This role leads engineering teams, ensures architectural integrity across systems, and serves as a primary technical interface with Government stakeholders.

The position requires extensive experience in DoD systems engineering environments and a strong understanding of secure communication networks operating across multiple platforms in dynamic military settings.

Key Responsibilities

Lead, manage, and mentor a team of systems engineers supporting tactical network initiatives

Translate operational and user requirements into system, hardware, and software specifications and architectural designs

Oversee integration of new tactical network components into existing infrastructures

Direct development and execution of system and integration test strategies

Lead solutions to complex systems engineering challenges involving technology insertion and new product integration

Design and maintain modular system architectures with standardized interfaces to ensure scalability and adaptability

Manage network connectivity across platforms including ground vehicles, airborne assets, and command centers

Supervise installation and configuration of unit-specific system settings and Internet Protocol (IP) parameters aligned with System Architecture and Lightweight Directory Interchange Format (LDIF) requirements

Ensure PdM NetMod and PdM Mission Network systems achieve and maintain Fully Mission Capable (FMC) status following fielding, reset, or upgrade activities

Deliver technical briefings and communicate effectively with Government leadership and cross-functional teams

Required Qualifications

Bachelor of Science degree

Minimum 15 years of relevant experience as a Systems Engineer or performing Systems Engineering-related activities

Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining secure communication networks in military or field-based environments

Experience integrating existing infrastructures with new tactical network components

Experience managing network connectivity across ground, airborne, and command platforms

Demonstrated ability to decompose systems into components and manage interface relationships

Experience designing scalable modular systems with standardized interfaces

Preferred Qualifications

Minimum 5 years supporting systems engineering technologies within the Department of Defense

Familiarity with network protocols, routing technologies, data link layers, and encryption mechanisms

Experience with embedded systems testing, integration testing, and systems-level validation

Familiarity with modeling or simulation tools to evaluate system performance

Experience supporting programs at Aberdeen Proving Ground

Why Join The Lockwood Group

The Lockwood Group offers a competitive benefits package, including Paid Time Off, medical, dental, and vision insurance, health and wellness, various optional add-on benefits, and a retirement 401(k) plan with Company match.

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.