Systems Engineering Manager

Position Title:                                                 Systems Engineering Manager

Department/Location:                             Programs/Oklahoma City, OK

Supervisor:                                     

Status:                                                                Regular/Full-Time (Exempt)

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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. 

 

Job Requirements:

Minimum Requirements:

  1. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.
  2. 8+ years of professional experience in systems engineering, integration, and test activities supporting complex technical or DoD programs.
  3. 3+ years of technical leadership, team leadership, or engineering management experience.
  4. Experience managing engineering scope, budget, staffing, and schedule performance within an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) environment.
  5. Strong experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), requirements management, and system architecture development.
  6. Experience leading system integration, verification, validation, and test activities for hardware and software-intensive systems.
  7. Experience supporting DoD acquisition lifecycle reviews and engineering processes.
  8. Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams across technical disciplines.
  9. Strong written, verbal, organizational, and leadership skills.
  10. Security Clearance: Active DoD Secret clearance or higher is preferred.
  11. US Citizenship and Eligibility for a DoD Clearance is required.

 

Preferred Requirements:

  • Experience serving as a Control Account Manager (CAM) or supporting Control Account Management activities on Earned Value Management (EVM) programs.
  • Familiarity with EVMS tools and processes used within DoD programs.
  • Proficiency with Cameo Systems Modeler (or equivalent MBSE tool).
  • Experience leading teams in Agile development environments.
  • Prior experience interfacing directly with DoD customers and presenting technical solutions at program reviews.

 

Position Benefits

As a full-time employee of Long Wave, you are eligible for our benefits package including:

  • Competitive Salary
  • Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
  • 401k
  • Educational Assistance
  • Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
  • Paid Time Off
  • This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

 

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

 

 

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