Senior Principal Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Decompose and allocate system requirements into detailed specifications, maintaining end-to-end traceability throughout the lifecycle.
• Develop functional architectures, use cases, and concepts of operations for cruise-missile subsystems, including model-based systems engineering artifacts (CAMEO, DOORS).
• Lead hardware-in-the-loop, developmental flight, and operational test integration, overseeing verification and validation of software and hardware components.
• Create and manage technical-maturation roadmaps and integration plans for the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) phase.
• Identify, analyze, and mitigate program risks, producing risk-management plans and supporting decision-making.
• Facilitate cross-functional working groups and model-capability reviews, ensuring adherence to standards and processes.
• Produce key systems-engineering deliverables such as design reviews, trade studies, interface control documents, and requirements baselines.
• Contribute to proposal development, RFP/RFS responses, and Bases of Estimate for TMRR efforts.
• Act as a Systems Engineering liaison with internal teams, external partners, and customers, providing expertise and guidance.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 8 years of related experience, 6 years with Masters, 4 years with PhD.
• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
• 6+ years of experience assessing and managing program risks in a defense-acquisition environment.
• 6+ years of experience with DOORS and CAMEO and recent MBSE work including architecture development, functional decomposition, requirements development and allocation, and interface definition.

• model-based systems engineering
• functional architectures
• requirements development
• risk management
• verification and validation
• technical maturation roadmaps
• integration plans
• design reviews
• trade studies
• interface control documents

• leadership
• cross-functional collaboration
• decision-making
• communication
• facilitation

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM
• U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance
• Special Access Program (SAP) approval