A Lead Systems Engineer defines and develops complex system architectures, requirements, and integration strategies across hardware and software platforms, providing expert-level technical leadership to ensure robust system performance and influence future product frameworks.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Lead system architecture definition, requirements development, and documentation for complex, multi-layered systems (20%).
Develop and maintain system specifications, interface control documents, test plans, test procedures, test reports, and related engineering documents (20%).
Oversee system and subsystem integration and acceptance testing, ensuring hardware and software elements meet functional and performance requirements (20%).
Guide system, hardware, and software design activities by analyzing requirements, resolving design weaknesses, and ensuring cross-platform compatibility (20%).
Perform and coordinate advanced engineering analyses supporting detailed design of components, assemblies, and system-level solutions (20%).
Representative Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline; Master’s preferred.
8–12+ years of progressive systems engineering experience supporting complex hardware/software products.
Expert knowledge of system architecture, requirements development, and integration practices.
Strong proficiency in generating and maintaining engineering documentation, including ICDs, test plans, and requirements specifications.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional engineering efforts and resolve multi-disciplinary design issues.
Experience conducting detailed system analyses, integration testing, and verification/validation activities.
Excellent problem-solving, communication, and technical leadership skills.
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Compliance Statement
This position may require exposure to export-controlled information and subject to additional security screening. In the event information provided during the security screening reveals ineligibility to access export-controlled information, any offer of employment may be reconsidered or withdrawn.
Curtiss-Wright is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, age, ancestry, legally protected medical condition, family care status, marital status, religion, veteran status, national origin, or any other legally protected status. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline
- Master's degree
- 8-12+ years progressive systems engineering experience supporting complex hardware/software products
- Expert knowledge of system architecture, requirements development, and integration practices
- Proficiency in generating and maintaining engineering documentation, including ICDs, test plans, and requirements specifications
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional engineering efforts and resolve multidisciplinary design issues
- Experience conducting detailed system analyses, integration testing, and verification/validation activities
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and technical leadership skills
What We Do
Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a diversified, multinational provider of highly engineered, technologically advanced products and services. We are the corporate descendants of the Wright brothers, the fathers of flight, and Mr. Glenn Curtiss, the father of naval aviation. In 1929, the companies founded by these three great aviation pioneers merged to form the largest aircraft company at the time, Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Today, we design and manufacture highly engineered, advanced technologies that perform critical functions in demanding conditions in the commercial, industrial, defense, and energy markets, and have operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and internationally. We are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and trade under the symbol CW.
