Senior Systems Engineer - Radar & DoD Programs

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead multi-disciplinary teams in delivering radar system integration and verification activities for complex DoD programs. You will manage requirements, interfaces, and verification plans while coordinating with stakeholders across program lifecycles.

The role demands deep experience in DoD environments, DoD/SAP clearances, and hands-on expertise with HW/SW integration, agile practices, and EVMS processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 14 years of related professional experience, or Master’s degree with 2 years, or Ph.D. with 6 years.
• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD Secret or higher clearance
• Ability to obtain and maintain SAP clearance
• Experience developing/integrating radar systems
• Experience in requirements and verification management in DOORS

Responsibilities

• Perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation planning, cost and risk analysis, and supportability analyses for total systems
• Lead a team of multi-disciplinary engineers to deliver requirements and deliverables on schedule and within cost
• Make engineering project management decisions affecting new business, program performance, design, development, and mission operations
• Collaborate across engineering disciplines to integrate capabilities and analyses with stakeholders and customers
• Perform requirements development, allocation, verification/validation planning, and interface definition
• Write complex specifications, interface control documents, and engineering reports
• Manage assigned Control Accounts and report Earned Value performance
• Adhere to the IPT SOW and perform change management with program leadership
• Coordinate staffing for product team deliverables and IPT staffing
• Coordinate technical, cost, and schedule integration across programs
• Conduct risk and opportunity management, including mitigation and realization
• Translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications

Skills

Requirements Management

Verification & Validation Planning

Interface Definition

HW/SW Integration Testing

Requirement Decomposition

Technical Project Management

Risk Management

Change Management

Configuration Management

Continuous Integration/Deployment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

Ph.D. in STEM

Tools

DOORS

Cameo

Agile Methodologies

Scrum

Earned Value Management

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead multi-disciplinary teams in delivering radar system integration and verification activities for complex DoD programs. You will manage requirements, interfaces, and verification plans while coordinating with stakeholders across program lifecycles.

The role demands deep experience in DoD environments, DoD/SAP clearances, and hands-on expertise with HW/SW integration, agile practices, and EVMS processes.