Senior EO/IR Systems Architect & Lead Engineer

CACI International Inc; Danbury (CT); On-site; USD 132,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

CACI International Inc is seeking a Chief EO/IR Architect Engineer to guide end-to-end EO/IR system development, from pre-proposal through final design, manufacturing, integration and delivery. You will provide technical direction to integrated product teams of varying sizes and shape requirements into feasible architectures.

You will lead cross-functional design trades, interface with customers, and present at design reviews, while ensuring traceability, CONOPS development, and strong technical

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of relevant work experience OR 10 years of relevant work experience with a Master’s degree.
• Decomposition of complex systems into logical building blocks and the ability to develop the requisite error budgets and requirements traceability.
• Evaluation and definition of optical, mechanical, electrical, and environmental inputs into an EO/IR system and their influence on overall requirements compliance.
• Program planning including scope definition, resourcing, and budgeting.
• Proficient technical writing skills including proposal content, requirements specifications, verification matrices, verification plans, and verification reports.
• CONOPS development.
• Technical leadership of cross-functional/discipline teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversight and direction of project-specific teams of engineers executing design development of EO/IR systems.
• Evaluate and shape customer requirements; assist BD in defining future opportunity spaces.
• Develop top-level system architecture of mission solutions, including optical/electronic design and on-board processing.
• Define, execute, and oversee system design trades.
• Interface with customers as the lead technical representative of the development team.
• Lead program teams and other disciplines to decompose system requirements to assemblies and components.
• Prepare and present material for formal design reviews and customer meetings.
• Define and lead internal IR&D projects.

Skills

U.S. citizen

Security clearance eligibility

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

CACI International Inc is seeking a Chief EO/IR Architect Engineer to guide end-to-end EO/IR system development, from pre-proposal through final design, manufacturing, integration and delivery. You will provide technical direction to integrated product teams of varying sizes and shape requirements into feasible architectures.

You will lead cross-functional design trades, interface with customers, and present at design reviews, while ensuring traceability, CONOPS development, and strong technical