Senior Systems Engineering Lead – DoD Missile Defense

Booz Allen Hamilton; United States; On-site; USD 99,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton in the United States seeks a senior systems engineer to drive the DoD program, shaping its systems engineering, integration and test activities across domains.

You will lead cross-functional teams, translate mission needs into technical specifications, and apply MBSE to create digital twins and robust architectures.

This role emphasizes leadership, security clearances, and mentoring engineers while advancing modeling, simulation, and digital engineering initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in systems engineering and product development.
• Experience leading strategies across two programs >$5M each.
• Experience developing SEPs, risk mitigation, and lifecycle activities.
• Leading cross-functional teams with hardware, software, test, cybersecurity, and stakeholders.
• Secret clearance and STEM degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Systems Engineering, Integration and Test team for the DoD mission.
• Define architecture vision using MBSE and reference architectures.
• Mentor and develop engineering staff; conduct technical reviews.
• Collaborate with SMEs and end users to ensure trusted solutions.

Skills

Systems engineering

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

MBSE

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

IBM DOORS NextGen

Dassault MagicDraw

Windchill

TeamCenter

Syndeia

Jira

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton in the United States seeks a senior systems engineer to drive the DoD program, shaping its systems engineering, integration and test activities across domains.

You will lead cross-functional teams, translate mission needs into technical specifications, and apply MBSE to create digital twins and robust architectures.

This role emphasizes leadership, security clearances, and mentoring engineers while advancing modeling, simulation, and digital engineering initiatives.