Systems Engineering Lead

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

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a senior systems engineer to lead the Systems Engineering, Integration and Test team in support of DoD missions. You will shape architectures, develop MBSE-driven designs, and mentor multi‑disciplinary engineers across hardware, software and cybersecurity domains.

The role emphasizes lifecycle SE activities, risk mitigation, and cross‑functional collaboration, with opportunities to grow in areas such as command and control and space system missile defense.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in systems engineering and product development.
• Experience leading technical strategies, roadmaps, and engineer skill‑development plans across multi‑million programs.
• Experience developing SEPs, identifying risks, and driving mitigations.
• Experience leading cross‑functional teams with hardware, software, test, cybersecurity, and customer stakeholders.
• Experience in full lifecycle systems engineering: requirements, architecture, design, integration, and V&V.
• Ability to build traceability across requirements, architecture, design, and test using MBSE.
• Secret clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in STEM.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Systems Engineering, Integration and Test team for national security programs.
• Shape architecture and drive the DoD mission with advanced technology solutions.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with hardware, software, and cybersecurity stakeholders.

Skills

Systems engineering

Leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Tools

IBM DOORS NextGen

Dassault MagicDraw

Windchill

TeamCenter

Syndeia

Jira

Job description

The Opportunity

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 them 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 traceability across requirements, architecture, design, and test artifacts using model‑based methodologies
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics (STEM)

Nice If You Have

• Experience with Digital Engineering toolsets, including IBM DOORS NextGen, Dassault MagicDraw family of products, Windchill or TeamCenter, Syndeia, 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
• Top Secret clearance
• Master’s degree in STEM field

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.

Work Model

• Remote : If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid : If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.
• Onsite : If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

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.