Systems Engineering Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 99,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Systems Engineering Lead in Huntsville to guide the Systems Engineering, Integration and Test team in delivering advanced DoD missile defense systems. The role emphasizes turning real-world needs into robust technical specifications, leading cross‑functional teams across hardware, software, and cybersecurity, and maturing system models into executable designs.

The candidate will shape architecture, drive SEPs, and mentor engineers while expanding expertise into

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in systems engineering and product development.
• Experience leading technical strategies, roadmaps, and engineer skill‑development plans across multiple programs.
• Experience developing SEPs, identifying risks, and driving mitigation strategies.
• Experience leading cross‑functional technical teams with hardware, software, test, cybersecurity, and customer stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Systems Engineering, Integration and Test team for the DoD mission area.
• Define architecture vision and modeling to support design across lifecycle.
• Conduct technical reviews and manage action-item closure with leadership briefs.
• Establish traceability across requirements, architecture, design, and test artifacts using MBSE.

Skills

Systems engineering

Leadership

Requirements development

Architecture

Model-based methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

Tools

IBM DOORS NextGen

Dassault MagicDraw

Windchill

Teamcenter

Sineda

Jira

Job description

Systems Engineering Lead

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact in national security? You understand your customer’s environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer focused engineering solution.

As a leader in systems engineering, we’re looking for you to solve complex challenges and shape the Department of Defense's Golden Dome for America mission by leading the Systems Engineering, Integration and Test team. Your customer will trust you to not only design and develop this system, but also evolve it with advanced technology solutions. Share your expertise through leadership and mentoring, while broadening your skillset into areas including Command and Control, and Space System Missile Defense. Grow your skills by merging Systems Engineering and Modeling & Simulation to create true Digital Twins to be utilized across the system lifecycle. Join our team and create the future of Missile Defense for the DoD.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• 10+ years of experience in systems engineering and product development
• Experience leading technical strategies, technology roadmaps, and engineer skill‑development plans across at least two programs exceeding $5M each
• Experience developing Systems Engineering Plans (SEPs), identifying cost, schedule, and performance risks, and driving mitigation strategies
• Experience leading cross‑functional technical teams and collaborating closely with hardware, software, test, cybersecurity, and customer stakeholders
• Experience in full lifecycle systems engineering, including requirements development, architecture, design, integration, and V & V
• Experience defining architecture vision and approach for complex, multi‑functional or multi‑product systems that conform to and utilize reference architectures, executable architectures, and modeling complex systems and aligning models with detailed design
• Experience facilitating, conducting, and organizing technical reviews, including briefing leadership and managing action‑item closure
• Ability to build trace ability across requirements, architecture, design, and test artifacts using model‑based methodologies
• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics (STEM)
• Secret clearance

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with Digital Engineering toolsets, including IBM DOORS NextGen, Dassault MagicDraw family of products, Windchill or Team Center, Sineda, and Atlassian Jira or similar
• Experience in applying MBSE methodologies to drive requirement flow‑down, architecture modeling, and design integration
• Experience with Department of War Architecture Framework (DAF) or Unified Architecture Framework (UAF)
• Knowledge of DoD 5000.02 acquisition lifecycle and associated systems engineering artifacts and expectations
• Knowledge of the Agile development frameworks, toolsets, and roles
• Ability to lead, coach, and guide engineering teams to develop trusted technical solutions
• Ability to effectively engage with SMEs and end users to support hardware and software solution development
• INCOSE ASEP or CSEP certification or similar systems engineering or architecture accreditation
• Master’s degree in STEM field
• Top Secret clearance

Clearance

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well‑being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work‑life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full‑time and part‑time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract‑specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

EEO Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.