Senior Systems Engineer
Core
Designing trustworthy secure platforms that resist cyber, reverse engineering, and supply chain threats for military defense, space exploration, and biomedical engineering missions.
Role type
Senior Systems Engineer (Security & Architecture)
Builds
Secure microelectronics system solutions and resilient architectures
Domain
Defense, Space, Biomedical Engineering, Cybersecurity
Required skills
Systems engineering lifecycle execution, system-level architecture design, security analysis, risk identification and mitigation, technical reporting, team leadership (small teams), mentoring engineers
Preferred skills
Modeling and simulation, computer language coding, descriptive modeling (SysML), STPA, GN&C, avionics architectures, fault tolerance, cryptography, threat modeling
Technologies
SysML, STPA, simulation tools, encryption tools (via careerplan.io/jobs/JR002387-senior-systems-engineer-at-draper)
Responsibilities
Independently execute system engineering lifecycle assignments, lead small teams to align towards program goals, identify program/system-level technical risks and develop mitigation strategies, communicate with program offices and sponsors to present work, generate technical reports and proposals for government sponsors
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
