# Senior Systems Engineer / Chief Systems Engineer - Company: [Ironmountainsolutions]() - Location: Huntsville, AL - Team: Integrated Product Services - Posted: July 8, 2026 ## Job description **501706 Senior Systems Engineer / Chief Systems Engineer – Army Fires Program Office** **Location:** Huntsville, AL **Position Type:** Full-Time **Security Clearance Required:** Active Department of Defense **TOP SECRET/SCI** **Travel: 25%** **Position Overview** We are seeking a visionary and execution-focused **Senior Systems Engineer** to provide technical leadership, architectural oversight, and modernization strategy for the Army’s Long-Range Precision Fires and weapon systems portfolios. In this role, you will act as a force multiplier, bridging traditional defense acquisition requirements with cutting-edge commercial practices. The ideal candidate will bring a 10+ year record of success across complex DoD, MDA, and related programs, with proven expertise in leading high-performing Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), deploying **Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)**, and pioneering Agile Systems Engineering practices to radically accelerate value delivery. **Core Responsibilities** **Technical Leadership & Agile SE Execution** * **Modernize Engineering Frameworks:** Author, maintain, and modernize Agile Systems Engineering Management Plans (SEMP) and CDRLs, successfully tailoring commercial best practices for rigorous, high-compliance defense environments. * **Advanced Methodologies:** Drive the adoption of advanced software and systems architectures, utilizing **Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)**, **Domain-Driven Design (DDD)**, and **Event-Driven Architectures** to reduce technical debt and lifecycle costs. * **Human-AI Collaborative Engineering:** Prototype and integrate emerging digital engineering capabilities, including human-AI collaborative systems engineering processes, to drive unprecedented efficiency gains in team capacity and requirements synthesis. * **Mentorship & Alignment:** Provide technical mentorship to functional leads, Product Owners, and multi-disciplinary teams on requirements management, verification & validation (V&V), and Agile workflows (Scrum/Kanban). **Systems Integration, Modeling & Simulation** * **System-of-Systems Integration:** Lead the integration, verification, and validation of complex hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL), software-in-the-loop (SIL), and tactical physics-based simulations. * **Requirements & Traceability:** Manage complex system specification trees, interface control documents (ICDs), and end-to-end traceability using tools like IBM DOORS and Cameo EA. * **Data-Driven Decisions:** Leverage a deep background in Python/C++ data analysis, automated testing, and Design of Experiments (DOE) to analyze simulation output, reduce program risk, and accelerate cross-platform validation. **Program & Stakeholder Management** * **IPT Lead:** Serve as a core technical leader capable of acting as an IPT Lead or Control Account Manager (CAM) to tightly bind engineering execution with cost, schedule, and risk baselines. * **Strategic Interface:** Collaborate directly with senior government stakeholders, program managers, and sibling contract counterparts to align mission-critical milestones and influence technical direction. * **Business Capture Support:** Contribute high-tier technical writing, architecture concepts, and solution design to proposal and capture efforts for high-value contract opportunities. **Required Qualifications** * **Education:** Bachelor of Science (BS) in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a closely related STEM discipline.  A Master’s Degree (MS) is preferred. * **Experience:** 10+ years of progressive technical experience supporting high-value missile defense, aviation, space, or tactical weapons programs. * **Methodology Mastery:** Demonstrated expertise implementing Agile SE frameworks, including Scrum Master or Kanban leadership, Test-Driven Development (TDD), BDD, and DDD. * **Toolsets & Languages:** + *Systems/Requirements:* Cameo Enterprise Architect, DOORS, IBM Rhapsody, Atlassian Suite (Jira/Confluence). + *Technical:* Python, C++, MATLAB, Git, Linux, and Containerization tools. * **Clearance:** Must possess an active **Top Secret/SCI** security clearance. ## Apply [Apply on Ironmountainsolutions]() Canonical job page: