Director of Systems Engineering

Join Epirus as the Director of Systems Engineering, where you will build and scale the Systems Engineering organization, establish technical discipline, and lead a multidisciplinary team. You will provide system-level technical direction, architectural governance, and empower Chief Engineers and senior technical leaders. Additionally, you will serve as the senior system-level technical authority, lead system architecture reviews, and partner closely with various teams to align technical strategy and execution milestones.

• Establish and scale Epirus' Systems Engineering organization, developing a pipeline of Chief Engineers and technical leaders.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team, providing system-level technical direction and architectural governance, and empowering Chief Engineers and senior technical leaders.
• Build and scale Systems Engineering processes, capabilities, and talent pipelines to support a growing product portfolio, and serve as the senior system-level technical authority.

• Demonstrated experience building, leading, or scaling a Systems Engineering organization
• Active SECRET clearance or ability to obtain and maintain a SECRET clearance
• BS or MS in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline
• Experience with DoD programs
• 12+ years of Systems Engineering or closely related experience
• Experience making high-quality technical decisions in fast-moving, ambiguous, cross-functional environments
• Experience leading integration, V&V, test planning, execution, and analysis for complex products
• Experience with INCOSE standards, DoDAF, or comparable Systems Engineering frameworks
• Experience scaling requirements, configuration, and lifecycle-management practices using modern
• Systems Engineering/PLM tools (e.g., Jama, Polarion, DOORS)
• Familiarity with MATLAB, Python, or similar engineering analysis
• Experience maturing Systems Engineering organizations and processes, with a product and customer/market-fit mindset