Senior Payloads & Countermeasures Systems Engineer

Valkyrie Enterprises; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Valkyrie Enterprises seeks a Principal Engineer in Huntsville, AL to provide engineering oversight for target system payloads and countermeasure development.

You will act as a trusted advisor to the program office, deliver critical assessments of designs and plans, and lead cross‑organization collaboration through major milestones, while ensuring timely, accurate delivery of technical tasks.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in STEM required.
• 12+ years experience in missile defense or large DoD programs.
• Experience managing end-to-end program lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Engineering Oversight & Design Assessment: provide expert advisory on payload and countermeasure requirements, analysis, design and testing.
• Program Milestone & Lifecycle Support: participate in major milestone reviews and TIMs with cross-agency coordination.
• Program Management & Operations Collaboration: support cost estimation and schedule alignment with leadership.

Skills

Engineering Oversight

Technical Advisory

Instrumentation Analysis

Cost Estimation

Schedule Tracking

Education

Master's degree in STEM

12+ years DoD missile defense experience

Job description

Valkyrie Enterprises seeks a Principal Engineer in Huntsville, AL to provide engineering oversight for target system payloads and countermeasure development.

You will act as a trusted advisor to the program office, deliver critical assessments of designs and plans, and lead cross‑organization collaboration through major milestones, while ensuring timely, accurate delivery of technical tasks.