Senior or Principal Systems Engineer

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US - Billerica, MAtime type:
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** Be visionary
** Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.
** Job Description
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* Job Summary:

** Seeking a talented Senior or Principal Systems Engineer (depending on years of experience in systems Engineering) to work in systems engineering team to lead US Government DOD full system engineering efforts in program and product development. In this role, you will work to understand customer needs, identify & manage performance requirements, and provide overall customer satisfaction. You will contribute technical expertise, drive innovation, oversee all technical work, including setting, maintaining design Specifications and requirements, and incorporating the latest design methods and tools to improve internal and external design practices.

You will provide technical leadership in all phases of product development, including product definition, architecture, design, layout, and production support.

Primary work location:
Teledyne FLIR at Esquire Road, Billerica, MA 01862, USA
** Primary

Duties & Responsibilities:

*** Responsible for leading full system technical activities on medium-to-large product or program development through complete life cycle.
* Technical Conscience (Chief Engineer) of the Program, leading technical dialogues with customer counterparts in all phases of the program.
* Responsible for developing System Engineering Management Plans (SEMP).
* Responsible for creating and managing project and product specifications.
* Provides Technical and Schedule Risk assessments to the Program office.
* Oversee and ensure key subsystems specification flow-down.  Proficient in Requirements analysis and decomposition.  Ensures requirements are verifiable and testable.  Able to allocate requirements to lower level specifications.  Invokes appropriate Requirements tracking and compliance, executes necessary action plans and tasks to closure during design and test phases.
* Responsible for translating and interpreting customer specifications to project engineering team through the design and test phase of the program.
* Provide systems engineering leadership for ensuring optical, mechanical, software, and electrical design conformance to requirements of the overall system.
* Working closely with program/project management, ensure the program/project compliance to the specification and on-time delivery within budget.
* Ensure technical activities fall in program work scope.
* Lead technical efforts on program KOM, SRR, PDR, CDR and TRR, PRR etc.  Track Key Performance Parameters (KPPs) and generate/track action plans to ensure compliance.
* Make significant contributions to technical presentations and technical reports, analysis, and proposals to customers.
* Integrate innovative technical solutions to satisfy market and customer requirements including features, performance, cost, manufacturability, quality, and time to market.
* Coordinate with external vendors on technical matters for both standard and custom products and development.
* Contribute as a core member of the program or product development leadership team.
* Lead & contribute to the development of new IR & EO sensor products in the areas of concept definition, radiometric systems design & analysis, Imaging characterization, image nonuniformity correction, optical engineering, performance modeling, and prototype performance validation.
* Perform optical analyses and/or lead/contribute to optical systems development for the product groups.
* Create specifications and test plans for systems with emphasis on sensor technology, optical systems, and system integration and test.  Flow down system specifications to subsystems.
* Lead or oversee US DOD System Verification and Validation Qualification.  Develop test plans and procedures that verify all requirements of the System and subordinate specifications.  Ensure Test Plans and procedures are achievable, practical, and affordable.  Leads all failure analysis, root cause and corrective actions from Qualification testing to bring equipment/products into full compliance.
* Responsible for planning out all system engineering staffing through all phases of the program.  Collaborates with other engineering/quality functional disciplines on staffing recommendations.
* Responsible for leading extensive laboratory testing and qualification efforts for new and existing optical systems and…