Long Wall - Lead Program Systems Engineer, Cyclops
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline. • 8+ years of experience in systems engineering for aerospace, defense, or complex technical systems. • Demonstrated experience defining requirements, architecture, and verification plans for multi-discipline systems. • Experience with interface control documentation, configuration management, and system level technical reviews. • Proven ability to build and maintain system level requirements, traceability matrices, and structured technical artifacts. • Strong understanding of aerospace subsystems and how they integrate into coherent system architectures. • Ability to define, review, and manage interface documentation and configuration structures. • Experience developing verification plans, test flows, and requirement closure strategies for complex systems. • Excellent communication skills; able to translate detailed technical architecture into clear guidance across engineering disciplines and program leadership. • Ability to operate effectively in fast‑paced environments that combine rapid internal development with structured external demands. • Prior systems engineering leadership experience on missile, interceptor, launch vehicle, spacecraft, or other multi‑discipline aerospace systems. • Familiarity with government customers, milestone reviews, and structured technical documentation environments. • Familiarity with requirements tools (e.g., DOORS, Jama, JIRA) and model‑based systems engineering approaches. • Understanding of mission assurance, safety analysis, and reliability engineering for flight systems. • Experience scaling systems engineering practices as products move from prototype to production. • Ability to sit or stand for extended periods. • Ability to use a computer for assignments and communicate effectively in person, via telepresence, and by phone. • Ability to travel between Long Wall sites as needed • $150,000 - $230,000 a year • P4: $150,000 to $190,000 • P5: $185,000 to $230,000
Responsibilities
• Own system level requirements for the Cyclops interceptor; define, refine, organize, and maintain requirements throughout the design and verification lifecycle. • Build and maintain full traceability from customer objectives to subsystem requirements, ensuring visibility and coherence across all engineering disciplines. • Develop and maintain the system architecture, integrating propulsion, avionics, structures, mechanisms, GNC, software, manufacturing constraints, and test operations into a stable, scalable design. • Establish, maintain, and control Interface Control Documents (ICDs); ensure physical, electrical, data, and software interfaces remain stable and rigorously evaluated. • Own the system level verification plan, defining verification methods, test flows, analysis strategies, and requirement closure mechanisms. • Coordinate with engineering discipline leads to ensure subsystem designs align with system architecture, requirements, interfaces, and verification constraints. • Partner with the Project Engineer to ensure development schedules reflect requirements flow, architecture constraints, integration needs, and verification planning. • Support the Chief Engineer by supplying structured system artifacts needed to maintain the technical baseline and adjudicate major technical decisions. • Work closely with Mission Assurance to ensure system requirements, architectures, and verification plans support safety, reliability, and readiness criteria. • Lead system level technical reviews and major integration checkpoints; ensure system artifacts are complete, configuration controlled, and defensible. • Maintain discipline in managing changes to requirements, interfaces, architecture, and configuration, ensuring all modifications are evaluated for system level impact. • Support integration, test activities, and government milestone engagements by providing clear technical documentation, readiness artifacts, and configuration clarity
Benefits
• In addition to base pay and equity, we offer: • Heavily employer-subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance plans • Long Wall paid life insurance and LTD coverage • Student loan repayment assistance program • Paid parental leave • Family planning assistance program • Long Wall paid financial wellness program • Paid time off for non-exempt employees and flexible vacation policy for exempt employees • ITAR Requirement • This position requires access to information protected under US export control laws, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and/or the Export Administration Regulations. As such, US person status (including US citizens, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted U.S. asylum status, or individuals admitted in U.S. refugee status) is a required qualification for this position.
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