Systems Engineer VI PE Team Manager
Public U.S. defense and space technology company providing mission-critical propulsion, electronics, mission-management, spectrum-intelligence, and lunar-space systems.
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About Voyager Technologies, Inc.
Voyager Technologies operates across national security and space infrastructure, including propulsion and energetics, spacecraft guidance and communications, orbital and lunar systems, mission operations, and AI-enabled spectrum intelligence. Its enterprise includes lunar robotic-mobility capability through the July 2026 acquisition of Astrobotic.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead systems engineering for large defense and aerospace programs while managing an engineering team. You will guide architecture, integration, verification, risk, technical baselines, design reviews, subcontractor work, customer engagement, proposals, cost estimation, and engineering process improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience
- 15 years of project engineering experience
- Expertise in system integration, verification planning, and risk-based engineering
- Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, programs, and subcontractors
- Analytical, communication, and presentation skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Primavera, or equivalent planning tools
- Experience leading, mentoring, and developing engineering team members
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance
- Ability to travel approximately 20%
- ITAR/EAR eligibility
Responsibilities
- Serve as chief project engineer or senior technical lead for defense and aerospace programs
- Provide people leadership and management support for an engineering team
- Define system architecture, integration, and verification strategies
- Oversee engineering execution across integrated product teams and subcontractors
- Lead technical baseline definition, configuration management, integration planning, and design reviews
- Chair or support major design and integration reviews
- Serve as the engineering interface to executive management and Department of Defense customers
- Manage statements of work, subcontractor deliverables, and supplier design inputs
- Develop risk and opportunity management frameworks
- Mentor and coach project engineers and functional leads
- Support proposal development, cost estimation, and business capture
- Guide systems engineering standards, model-based engineering practices, and configuration control
- Drive engineering process improvements and knowledge management
Benefits
- Incentive plan eligibility
- Flexible Time Off
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Gym memberships
- 401(k) plan with a 50% company match on contributions up to 8%
- Wellness programs
- Voluntary benefits and employee support resources