Lead Digital Engineering Systems Architect

This senior technical leadership role focuses on the development and integration of model-based systems engineering (MBSE) practices, toolsets, and architectures to support end-to-end product development, analysis, and testing in a Digital Engineering environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and lead the Digital Engineering vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned with program and customer goals.
• Ensure technical integrity and execution across multi-disciplinary teams, driving solutions that meet or exceed cost, schedule, and performance requirements.
• Serve as the primary technical interface to senior DoD customers, program leadership, subcontractors, and partners.
• Architect and implement engineering ontologies, modeling patterns, and integration strategies across tools and platforms.
• Design and manage system architecture models supporting full lifecycle development --from concept to production.
• Lead a team of systems engineers in implementing MBSE best practices and advancing AV's Digital Engineering capabilities.
• Develop custom scripts and integrations to optimize workflows and model validations across tools.
• Support and maintain existing Digital Engineering tool customizations, triage technical issues, and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to assess business needs and translate them into scalable engineering solutions.
• Generate clear technical specifications and documentation.
• Mentor junior engineers and help build technical depth across the organization.

Basic Qualifications:

• B.S. in an engineering discipline with 12+ years of experience, M.S. with 10+ years, or Ph.D. with 8+ years.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience developing and leading Digital Engineering environments in support of weapon systems.
• An active Secret level security clearance.
• Strong background in system architecture design, systems engineering, integration, and testing.
• Demonstrated leadership in multi-disciplinary teams and experience managing technical execution across complex programs.
• Direct experience working with DoD customers and defense industry partners.
• Proven ability to manage multi-million-dollar engineering budgets and resources.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with engineering Risk and Opportunity (R&O) management.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to customer or test sites.