Senior Systems Engineer

Fuse is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead mission definition, architecture clarity, and integration risk reduction across complicated tactical communication systems.

Requirements

• Establish and maintain Design Reference Missions (DRMs) that anchor mission intent and guide hypothesis formation
• Translate customer intent into system-level behaviors
• Identify mission-level risks and architectural uncertainties
• Lead system architecture definition across disciplines
• Define critical interfaces and integration strategies
• Conduct and lead trade studies to support architecture decisions
• Frame Epics as architectural hypotheses, explicitly stating assumptions, mission impact, and risk posture
• Ensure risks and opportunities are surfaced and managed at the architecture level rather than at execution detail
• Design and drive modeling and simulation strategies
• Lead early integration experiments to reduce uncertainty
• Ensure traceability from mission intent through validation
• Own system-level risk posture and drive cross-discipline alignment to reduce integration uncertainty early in the lifecycle
• Drive integration learning cycles that validate or invalidate architectural assumptions
• Ensure Stories and integration events produce evidence tied directly to mission intent
• Establish objective delivery readiness criteria based on integration risk retirement rather than schedule milestones alone
• Ensure integration and verification activities are aligned with mission threads
• Ensure delivery readiness is based on validated system behavior under stress conditions, not artifact completion
• Communicate confidence levels in system performance based on evidence generated through spiral iterations
• Establish criteria for delivery readiness based on risk posture
• Drive resolution of cross-discipline issues impacting system behavior
• Ensure traceability from mission intent through formal validation
• Communicate system risk posture to program and technical leadership

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• 11 paid Federal Holidays
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401k with employer matching
• Annual bonuses
• Cell phone reimbursement: $100/month