• Typically requires a Bachelors, Masters or PhD in engineering or a related technical field as well as eleven or more years of progressively complex engineering experience. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education. • Experienced system engineering leader that has lead the development, assembly, integration and testing for systems slated to undergo verification and validation including creation of system engineering and test artifacts for space or airborne payloads. • Experienced in leading teams through the preparation and execution of program milestone reviews such as system requirements review (SRR), system functional review (SFR), preliminary & critical design review (PDR, CDR), test readiness review (TRR), and customer acceptance review (AR). • Demonstrates an extensive technical expertise and application of engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice as well as project management and leadership skills including organizing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones. • Must demonstrate the ability to resolve managerial, technical, and interpersonal challenges. • Knowledgeable and experienced with Requirements Management applications (DOORS, JAMA, etc.), requirements development, and product lifecycle planning and integration for complex systems are required. • Strong communication, leadership, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required to enable an effective interface with other departments, all levels of management, professional and support staff, customers, potential customers, and government representatives. • Customer focused, must be able to work on a self-initiated basis and in a team environment, and able to work extended hours and travel as required. • A Professional Engineering License, and original work(s) published in professional engineering journals are desirable. • The ability to obtain and maintain a top-secret DOD or DOE-Q clearance is required. Desired Qualifications: • Knowledge of SysML and model based system engineering (MBSE) with experience developing multiple SysML diagram models. • Requires strong skills in management, project management, leadership, communication, systems engineering, and engineering technical disciplines. • Education and/or work experience in firmware and software engineering development. • Broad, multi-disciplinary technical expertise and a history of applying of engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice • Demonstrated experience leading multi-disciplinary, product-oriented engineering teams. • Demonstrated success in aligning procedure and processes to improve team throughput and visibility. • Experience writing technical documents and computer literate with versatile knowledge of the computer applications and MRP systems used in the industry (MS Word, Excel, Access, Project, SAP, Windchill, etc.). • Demonstrated knowledge and implementation of best practices to help transitions from design development to sustainment. • Expertise or significant experience in systems engineering, industrial process engineering, nuclear engineering, or mechanical engineering. • Existing Security Clearance preferred (DOE-Q or DOD –Secret)