Director, Systems Engineering & Architecture - Hivemind Enterprise

The role

Lead the systems engineering and architecture team for Hivemind Enterprise. Set how the team works with product and engineering, and guide requirements, architecture, verification and validation, and integrated assurance.

What you will do

• Hire, develop and lead the systems engineering and architecture disciplines
• Define how SE&A works with product and engineering teams and sets priorities
• Own requirements development and management, system modeling and architecture
• Establish system-level verification and validation strategies and acceptance criteria
• Integrate systems engineering into iterative software development and release
• Ensure cybersecurity, safety and airworthiness shape requirements and architecture from the start
• Lead risk-based design reviews and resolve cross-team technical issues
• Improve engineering methods and workflows and measure delivery results

Required qualifications

• At least 15 years of applied systems engineering experience with complex, multidisciplinary systems
• Demonstrated success leading engineering teams and senior technical talent
• Experience with requirements development and management, including traceability and change control
• Ability to develop system architectures and use system models
• Experience defining verification methods and measurable acceptance criteria
• Experience applying systems engineering in software development lifecycles
• Ability to lead specialists in cybersecurity, safety and airworthiness
• Experience with autonomy software, AI-enabled systems, robotics, mission systems or autonomy platforms
• A degree in a relevant engineering or computer science discipline, or equivalent practical experience

Nice to have

• An advanced technical degree
• Experience with model-based systems engineering (MBSE), SysML and Cameo or similar tools
• Experience delivering aerospace or defense systems with government customers
• Practical experience with safety-critical development, hazard analysis and airworthiness or certification evidence
• Experience translating threat assessments into requirements, architectural controls and verification

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits for full-time regular employees
• Temporary benefits package after 60 days of employment for temporary employees

Before you apply

• All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check
• Salary depends on skill set, experience, licences, certifications and work location
• Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits

About the company

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company that builds intelligent systems to protect service members and civilians. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies.