Senior Systems Engineer - DoD Weapons & Naval Programs

Aviation Systems Engineering Company; Maryland; On-site; USD 170,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Aviation Systems Engineering Company (ASEC) in Patuxent River, MD, seeks a Senior Systems Engineer - Weapons to provide technical leadership for the Direct and Time Sensitive Strike Weapons Program Office (PMA-242). You will oversee lifecycle support, systems integration, and risk management across engineering, logistics, program management, test, and fleet communities.

Responsibilities include guiding requirements definition, capability roadmapping, and integration planning for emerging DoD

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or systems engineering (required)
• 10+ years in weapons systems engineering within DoD or equivalent (required)
• Experience in DoD guided missiles acquisition (required)

Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level guidance to PMA-242 leadership on weapon systems, subsystems, interfaces, and mission capabilities.
• Lead Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (SETRs), requirements development, system architecture, risk management, and configuration management.
• Conduct gap analyses to deliver traceable capability requirements for current and future weapons roadmaps.
• Serve as SME in weapons development and acquisition lifecycle.
• Coordinate requirements definition, capability roadmapping, and integration planning for emerging DoD strike weapons.
• Collaborate with test communities, intelligence, program offices, NAVAIR, JPO, industry partners, and fleet forces.
• Lead risk assessment activities related to aircraft and system-of-systems integration.
• Serve as primary technical interface with fleet users, sponsors, contractors, and weapons safety boards.

Skills

Systems engineering

DoD acquisition processes

Weapons integration

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or systems engineering

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Aviation Systems Engineering Company (ASEC) in Patuxent River, MD, seeks a Senior Systems Engineer - Weapons to provide technical leadership for the Direct and Time Sensitive Strike Weapons Program Office (PMA-242). You will oversee lifecycle support, systems integration, and risk management across engineering, logistics, program management, test, and fleet communities.

Responsibilities include guiding requirements definition, capability roadmapping, and integration planning for emerging DoD