Systems Engineering - Aerospace/Defense

Swarm Aero is redefining air power, building the largest swarming UAV and the most versatile swarming aircraft network in the world. The company is moving quickly to launch the first aircraft designed specifically for swarming, as well as the Command & Control software to mobilize swarms of thousands of heterogeneous autonomous assets and empower human operators to achieve superhuman results.

The team has created and exited multiple startups, negotiated defense deals worth billions of dollars, and designed and built 30+ novel aircraft, with aerospace experience from Scaled Composites, Airbus, Archer Aviation, Blue Origin, and Boom Supersonic.

Our aircraft are complex platforms that will operate at the edge of what's possible in non-segregated airspace and at a variety of altitudes. We need a Systems Engineer who can support the architecture that holds it all together — from requirements through integration and flight.

Develop and maintain system requirements, interface control documents (ICDs), and functional decomposition across aircraft subsystems

Lead cross‑discipline integration across avionics, propulsion, structures, autonomy, and ground systems to ensure that subsystem interfaces are well‑defined and validated

Develop and implement the digital thread that supports configuration management

Perform system‑level trade studies and participate in design reviews to drive architecture decisions that balance performance, risk, schedule, and mass constraints

Support hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL) and software‑in‑the‑loop (SIL) integration testing, including investigation and resolution of anomalies

Coordinate with ground and flight test teams to define system verification plans and close requirements through analysis and test artifacts

Identify, track, and mitigate technical risk across the program lifecycle, escalating issues with data‑driven recommendations

5+ years of systems engineering experience on aerospace, defense, or UAS platforms

Familiarity with authoring, negotiating, managing, and maintaining system requirements using modern digital tools (e.g., for software and hardware

Strong command of model‑based systems engineering (MBSE) principles including modeling, analysis, and simulation with digital connections to requirements

Hands‑on experience driving integration across multi‑disciplinary hardware and software teams

Experience maintaining configuration control and digital continuity across models, requirements, and verification artifacts

Familiarity with systems verification and validation methodologies (test, analysis, inspection, demonstration) including digital traceability to requirements

Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance

Experience with ARP4754 in a vehicle or platform development program

Active security clearance

Meaningful equity stake in a high‑growth defense technology company

Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k)

Daily catered lunch at the office

Direct impact opportunity – be a key leader in building a critical technology for national security

Legal Requirements

Government controlled technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.As set forth in Swarm Aero’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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