Lead Threat Engineer – Defense Systems & Simulation

Astrion; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

System Engineering Group (SEG) is seeking a Lead Threat Engineer to technically lead and oversee projects for US Navy and Missile Defense Agency programs. Location is Columbia, MD with Secret clearance eligibility. Salary ranges from $140,000 to $200,000 per year.

The role requires strong leadership, modeling and simulation experience, and the ability to coordinate across multiple engineering disciplines and software teams to deliver defined outcomes.

Qualifications

• US citizenship with ability to obtain/maintain DoD Secret clearance.
• BS in Systems Engineering, Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, CS, Physics or related STEM field.
• 7+ years of total work experience in engineering or related field.
• 3+ years in model and simulation development.
• 3+ years leading projects and teams.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience developing and presenting briefing materials.

Responsibilities

• Lead major engineering projects for Navy and MDA programs.
• Develop a technical path forward and oversee execution by staff.
• Ensure projects are on time, on budget, and meet requirements.
• Maintain project schedules with discipline leads.
• Coordinate across trajectory, RF, CAD, Design, and software teams.
• Oversee products, documentation and briefing material.
• Lead internal and external milestone reviews with the customer.
• Contribute to technical project development as needed.
• Collaborate with program management to map requirements to technical groups and plan V&V.
• Provide input to SEG technical roadmap and identify new capability areas.
• Ensure SEG standards and philosophy are applied across development efforts.
• Travel up to 5% of time.

Skills

DoD clearance

Leadership

Communication

Modeling & simulation

Project management

Briefing

Education

BS Degree in STEM

MS degree (preferred)

Tools

MS Project

Jira

Confluence

Job description

System Engineering Group (SEG) is seeking a Lead Threat Engineer to technically lead and oversee projects for US Navy and Missile Defense Agency programs. Location is Columbia, MD with Secret clearance eligibility. Salary ranges from $140,000 to $200,000 per year.

The role requires strong leadership, modeling and simulation experience, and the ability to coordinate across multiple engineering disciplines and software teams to deliver defined outcomes.