Sr. Systems Engineer

*Active TS/SCI Clearance required for consideration to this role*

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Sr. Systems Engineer to support an exciting USSF customer mission that provides weapons systems directly to the warfighter. The ideal candidate will exhibit proactiveness, leaning forward in a high-impact customer mission environment. This position requires strong experience in systems engineering and manufacturing. The candidate will work closely with the customer and other project teammates to support acquisition, integration, test, qualification, deployment, and operations of customer mission systems as they transition into production.  This position is ONSITE - located in Tucson, AZ.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in developer reviews, meetings, & boards (technical interchange meetings, manufacturing readiness reviews, change management, etc.), maintaining situational awareness of daily happenings and flowing updates/concerns to the home program office.
• Monitor/overseeing progress on corrective actions, problem closures, change board items, obsolescence issues, diminishing sources, etc.
• Following hardware pedigrees and participating in hardware verification efforts such as first article inspections, functional configuration audits, and physical configuration audits.
• Monitor lab and manufacturing areas, to include build schedules, build progress, and issues that would frustrate the schedule.
• Benchmark known best practices against developer’s processes.
• Review and assess developers manufacturing and transition to production readiness/progress.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and 14 years of experience in Systems Engineering capacities
• Active TS/SCI with willingness to sit for CI Poly if needed

Compensation Includes:

• $150,000 - $170,000 *Depending on Experience*
• Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, Paid Holidays, Sick Leave if Required by Law

This job opens for applications on 1/20/26. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date

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