Senior Vehicle Electronics Architect for DoD Systems

DCS Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

DCS Corp in Sterling Heights is seeking a skilled Vehicle Electronics Architecture Engineer to lead research, design, integration, and engineering activities on military ground vehicle electrical power systems and architectures.

You will coordinate with PMOs, develop high-level architectures, and oversee contractor performance while ensuring compliance with DoD requirements. This role is on-site at client locations and involves travel.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required due to sensitive customer requirements.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical Engineering with 8+ years of networked systems engineering experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoW Secret clearance.
• Experience developing vehicle electronic architectures.
• Proven project management experience.
• Ability to work independently and within a team to lead and support integration efforts.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with negotiation abilities.
• Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
• Experience interpreting user needs and DoD requirements documents to define system development or integration efforts.
• Ability to travel to customer/contractor sites and test centers (~10%).
• Willingness to work 100% on-site at the client location.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with PMOs to align schedules, integration costs, and requirements.
• Develop high-level vehicle electronic architectures and strategies for integration.
• Conduct research, trade studies, and technology assessments for electrical power systems.
• Prepare and manage program plans, schedules, budgets, milestones, and docs.
• Review contractor performance and provide technical recommendations.
• Monitor testing, modeling, and simulation to verify power system performance.
• Stay current on domestic and international power technologies.
• Author SoWs for vehicle system integration and oversee contractor execution.
• Support resolution of programmatic issues within the ground vehicle office.
• Coordinate development and synchronization of vehicle architectures for future networks.
• Deliver status briefings to PMOs and Program Executives.
• Manage documentation and activities needed for project management.

Skills

Project management

Written & verbal communication

Interpersonal skills

MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint

Travel 10%

On-site readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Job description

DCS Corp in Sterling Heights is seeking a skilled Vehicle Electronics Architecture Engineer to lead research, design, integration, and engineering activities on military ground vehicle electrical power systems and architectures.

You will coordinate with PMOs, develop high-level architectures, and oversee contractor performance while ensuring compliance with DoD requirements. This role is on-site at client locations and involves travel.