Senior Systems Engineer & Project Lead (DoD/Space)

Industrious Ventures; California, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 126,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Voyager Technologies is seeking a Systems Engineer - Project Engineer V to serve as a senior technical authority for complex defense and aerospace programs. You will provide strategic direction across engineering disciplines, aligning design, performance, and risk with contract requirements.

The Role represents engineering leadership at the enterprise level, guiding architecture, verification, and process improvements while mentoring engineers and coordinating with DoD customers.

Qualifications

• Must have or be able to obtain and maintain an active DoD Secret Clearance.
• Experience leading large-scale, multi-disciplinary engineering projects through the full lifecycle—from concept development through verification, qualification, and delivery.
• Proven ability to develop and execute technical strategies aligned with business and program objectives.
• Exceptional leadership, influencing, and mentoring abilities across engineering, program management, and customer teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as chief project engineer or senior technical lead for large, multi-phase defense and aerospace programs.
• Define and guide system architecture, integration, and verification strategies aligned with customer and mission objectives.
• Oversee engineering execution across multiple IPTs and major subcontractors, ensuring technical, cost, and schedule compliance.
• Lead technical baseline definition, configuration management, and system integration planning.
• Chair or provide executive-level support for major design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR) and ensure readiness and compliance with technical performance metrics.
• Serve as the primary engineering interface to executive management and DoD customers, supporting technical interchange meetings and milestone reviews.
• Manage and approve Statements of Work (SOWs), subcontractor technical deliverables, and major supplier design inputs.
• Develop and implement advanced risk and opportunity management frameworks across enterprise-level programs.
• Provide mentorship, coaching, and technical oversight to project engineers and functional leads.
• Support proposal development, cost estimation, and new business capture activities.
• Guide and enforce adherence to systems engineering standards, MBSE practices, and configuration control.
• Drive organizational engineering process improvements, knowledge management, and best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Systems engineering

DoD acquisition knowledge

Architecture guidance

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Project planning tools

Data-driven decisions

Configuration control

Education

Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering or aerospace

Master’s degree in project engineering or related STEM

14 years of experience in lieu of a degree

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

Job description

Voyager Technologies is seeking a Systems Engineer - Project Engineer V to serve as a senior technical authority for complex defense and aerospace programs. You will provide strategic direction across engineering disciplines, aligning design, performance, and risk with contract requirements.

The Role represents engineering leadership at the enterprise level, guiding architecture, verification, and process improvements while mentoring engineers and coordinating with DoD customers.