Vice President, System Architecture, Mission Assurance

Slingshot Aerospace

Vice President of Systems Architecture and Mission Assurance at Slingshot Aerospace. Responsible for enhancing systems architecture and mission-critical software capabilities across the organization.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeRemote • Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $225,000 - $315,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the end-to-end systems architecture for Slingshot's mission software and data ecosystem.
Define architecture principles, technical standards, integration patterns, and design review processes across Slingshot Portal.
Ensure Slingshot's architecture supports secure deployment models, interoperability with customer mission systems, and integration of proprietary, customer, government, and third-party data sources.
Partner with product and engineering leaders to align architecture roadmaps with customer mission needs.
Strengthen, scale, and lead Slingshot's mission assurance function for software-intensive and hardware-enabled space operations capabilities.
Mature repeatable assurance processes for requirements management, design control, safety and risk analysis, verification and validation, configuration management, technical review governance.
Define the assurance approach for AI/ML-enabled space operations capabilities.
Establish bi-directional traceability from customer needs and mission threads to requirements, architecture, data and model dependencies, verification evidence, operational procedures, and product releases.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
15+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience in systems architecture, systems engineering, mission assurance, software assurance, technical program leadership, or related disciplines.
Demonstrated experience architecting complex software-intensive systems in aerospace, defense, national security, autonomy, AI/ML, space operations, aviation, automotive, critical infrastructure, or similarly high-consequence environments.
Strong command of systems engineering lifecycle practices, including requirements development, architecture definition, interface management, integration, verification, validation, release readiness, and operational support.
Experience applying mission assurance, safety, reliability, software assurance, cybersecurity, or quality frameworks to complex technical systems.
Ability to work across executive, customer, and technical audiences and translate mission needs into actionable architecture and assurance strategies.
Demonstrated success building technical teams, leading cross-functional execution, and influencing product and engineering roadmaps.
Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance or higher required.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion are key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds, who share a passion for creating a safer, more connected world. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also national origin, citizenship, sex, color, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic that is part of one’s identity. All of our employees’ points of view are key to our success, and we embrace individuality.

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Hard Skills & Tools

systems architecturesystems engineeringmission assurancesoftware assurancerequirements managementdesign controlsafety analysisrisk analysisverificationvalidation

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationcross-functional executioninfluencingtranslating mission needs

Certifications

Master's degreeU.S. Secret Security Clearance