Primary Function:
Long Wave Inc. is seeking a Systems Engineering Manager to provide technical leadership in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), requirements management, and architecture development for Department of Defense (DoD) programs. This role is designed for an engineering manager with experience defining and managing system architectures, overseeing requirements baselines, and ensure compliance with program and DoD standards, while mentoring junior engineers and engaging directly with customers and stakeholders.
This position requires strong leadership, organizational, and technical skills to coordinate engineering teams, support customer meetings, drive engineering processes, and ensure successful delivery of integrated system solutions.
Essential Responsibilities:
1. Lead Systems Engineering activities across the full program lifecycle, including requirements analysis and architecture development.
2. Manage and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams including Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Specialty Engineering, Cybersecurity, Training/ISD, and Technical Publication disciplines.
3. Provide technical and functional leadership for MBSE implementation, requirements management, architecture development, and system integration activities.
4. Oversee development and maintenance of system requirements baselines, ensuring end-to-end traceability between customer requirements, derived requirements, architecture artifacts, and verification methods.
5. Support technical planning and execution for major program reviews including SRR, SFR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FCA, PCA, and customer milestone events.
6. Manage technical risks, opportunities, assumptions, and dependencies associated with system integration, architecture maturity, source data availability, and verification activities.
7. Coordinate engineering staffing, task assignments, workload balancing, and employee development activities within the SEIT organization.
8. Mentor and develop junior and mid-level engineers in systems engineering processes, MBSE methodologies, integration and test practices, and technical leadership skills.
9. Ensure engineering deliverables comply with program requirements, customer expectations, DoD standards, cybersecurity requirements, and organizational engineering processes.
10. Support proposal development, Basis of Estimate (BOE) generation, technical volume creation, staffing planning, and program startup activities as required.
11. Collaborate with Program Management to support Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) development, technical performance tracking, risk mitigation planning, and earned value management activities.
12. Serve as a primary technical interface with customers, suppliers, subcontractors, and internal leadership for SEIT-related activities.
13. Support configuration management, change management, and technical baseline control processes across the program lifecycle.
14. Perform other duties as assigned.
Work Conditions:
Employee will be working within an office environment. Employee may be expected to travel on occasion to locations where specific PPE or attire is necessary.