Senior Systems Engineer - SE&I Lead

About IWV

Iron Will Ventures is a defense engineering and technical services company supporting some of the Department of War's most challenging missile defense, hypersonic, flight test, and advanced technology programs. Guided by the philosophy of “I Will,” we help scale the defense industrial base through advanced testing, deep technical analysis, and resilient industrial ecosystems—accelerating the delivery of hypersonic, missile defense, and other critical national security capabilities.

Our teams work alongside government program offices, laboratories, ranges, and industry partners to solve difficult technical and integration problems and accelerate capability from development through flight test and fielding.

Out Test. Out Analyze. Out Build.

Iron Will Ventures is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer / Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) Lead to support a highly visible Department of War missile defense and space program.

This individual will serve as a senior technical leader within Iron Will's team, helping the Government plan, integrate, assess, and execute complex system integration and flight-test activities.

The position requires an experienced technical leader who can operate across traditional engineering boundaries—bringing together systems engineering, test and evaluation, mission analysis, integration, certification, schedule, risk, and operational considerations to help the Government make informed technical decisions.

The successful candidate will be comfortable working at both the system level and the program level: identifying technical issues, driving integration activities, assessing contractor products, leading multidisciplinary teams, and communicating technical risk and recommendations to senior government and industry leaders.

• Serve as a senior systems engineering and integration advisor supporting Government program leadership and the Chief Engineer.
• Lead and coordinate systems engineering activities across multiple technical disciplines, organizations, contractors, and test organizations.
• Support integration of payload, launch vehicle, ground, range, and mission-system elements throughout the test lifecycle.
• Review technical requirements, interfaces, test plans, analysis products, and engineering documentation and provide independent technical assessments to the Government.
• Support development, review, and adjudication of Interface Control Documents and resolution of mechanical, electrical, data, operational, and other system interfaces.
• Lead or support technical interchange meetings, integration working groups, design reviews, readiness reviews, and other major program technical reviews.
• Provide independent verification and validation of contractor and vehicle-provider technical products and analyses.
• Support test planning and execution, including pre-mission analysis, integration activities, range coordination, readiness assessment, and post-test evaluation.
• Identify system-level technical risks, integration issues, and schedule dependencies and drive issues toward resolution across Government and contractor teams.
• Lead system-level problem solving and root-cause analysis for complex technical issues and anomalies.
• Support development and maintenance of integrated schedules, risk and opportunity assessments, technical baselines, and configuration-managed engineering products.
• Provide on-site technical leadership during major integration, test, and mission activities as required.
• Translate complex engineering issues into clear recommendations for program leadership.
• Mentor and provide technical direction to engineers and analysts supporting the program.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, physical science, mathematics, or another relevant technical discipline is preferred. Candidates with a combination of significant technical leadership, operational experience, advanced technical training, and demonstrated experience integrating and testing complex weapon or space systems will also be considered.
• 15+ years of relevant experience in systems engineering, test and evaluation, weapon-system integration, space systems,…