Director, Systems Engineering & Architecture - Hivemind Enterprise
f7d8749a-72d6-407c-bf98-292ea630c73a · Posted Nov 6, 2026
- San Diego, California, United States
- On-site
- Full-time · Director
- 15+ years
Leadership role to oversee Systems Engineering, System Architecture, Cybersecurity Engineering, and Safety/Airworthiness Engineering for the Hivemind Enterprise organization, focusing on autonomy platforms and AI Pilots.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
- Lead the team: Hire, develop, and lead the SE&A engineering disciplines, establishing clear responsibilities, technical standards, and effective cross-functional partnerships.
- Establish the operating model: Define how SE&A engages with product and engineering teams, prioritizes competing demands, and allocates resources.
- Guide requirements development and management, system modeling, architectural trade studies, interface definition, traceability, and change impact analysis.
- Drive verification and validation planning: Establish system-level verification and validation strategies, measurable acceptance criteria, and evidence expectations.
- Integrate systems engineering and architecture into iterative planning, design, implementation, testing, release readiness, and sustainment.
Requirements
- Degree in a relevant engineering or computer science discipline
- Nice to have: Model-based systems engineering (MBSE)
- Nice to have: SysML
- Nice to have: Cameo
- Nice to have: Aerospace and defense experience