Senior Ground Vehicle Systems Architect & Tech Lead

DCS Corporation; Sterling Heights (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

DCS Corporation seeks a Senior System Engineer to provide hardware and software engineering support to the Ground Vehicle Division. You will apply expert technical knowledge across lifecycle management, integration of advanced technologies, and strategic planning for both prototype and legacy Army ground vehicle systems.

You will interact with Army customers and DCS engineers, manage major projects, lead architecture discussions, and coordinate with multiple organizations to advance vehicle

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering with 15 years of experience or Master's degree with 12 years of experience.
• Experience in Large Scale Software System development for ground combat systems.
• Experience in project management and strategy development, risk mitigation and problem solving.
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to advance architectures and technologies.
• Critically examine systems architectures to guide development across ground vehicle domains.
• Familiar with military C4ISR equipment integration for Ground Combat Vehicle Platforms.
• Understanding of MIL-810, MIL-1275, J1939, RTSP, RTP, UDP, TCP, H.264 standards.
• Ability to travel to various customer and contractor facilities (10% travel).

Responsibilities

• Work in a team with Army customer and DCS engineers on a combined project team.
• Apply SME in ground vehicle domain for architecture, standards and requirements development, technology planning and management.
• Coordinate with CCDC RTI Groups, PEO and external Army organizations for architecture and technology advancement.
• Support legacy and new vehicle programs for integration and evaluation of new technologies.
• Present advanced concepts and architectures for system enhancements and improvements.
• Participate in systems technical reviews (IDR, PDR, CDR) and review technical documents.
• Support developmental testing activities at ARMY proving grounds (APG, EPG, YPG).

Skills

U.S. Citizenship

DoD Secret clearance

Large scale software

Program/Project management

Interdisciplinary teams

Systems engineering

Software engineering processes

Military communications equipment

Architecture analysis

Military standards familiarity

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

Job description

DCS Corporation seeks a Senior System Engineer to provide hardware and software engineering support to the Ground Vehicle Division. You will apply expert technical knowledge across lifecycle management, integration of advanced technologies, and strategic planning for both prototype and legacy Army ground vehicle systems.

You will interact with Army customers and DCS engineers, manage major projects, lead architecture discussions, and coordinate with multiple organizations to advance vehicle