Systems Engineer, Principal

Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Systems Engineer to lead systems engineering activities for a family of Unmanned Systems supporting defense and commercial applications. In this role, you will:

• Lead mid-career and junior systems engineers across the full systems engineering V, including requirements decomposition, functional analysis (using MBSE), and verification and validation planning and execution.
• Collaborate closely with mechanical, electrical, software, and integration teams to develop, review, and implement system architectures and requirements.
• Represent systems engineering in customer meetings and design reviews, presenting technical content and systems engineering artifacts.
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), mentoring junior engineers and driving process and tool improvements across the organization.

Worker Type

Regular

Summary

Job Description

Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Systems Engineer to lead systems engineering activities for a family of Unmanned Systems supporting defense and commercial applications. In this role, you will:

• Lead mid-career and junior systems engineers across the full systems engineering V, including requirements decomposition, functional analysis (using MBSE), and verification and validation planning and execution.
• Collaborate closely with mechanical, electrical, software, and integration teams to develop, review, and implement system architectures and requirements.
• Represent systems engineering in customer meetings and design reviews, presenting technical content and systems engineering artifacts.
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), mentoring junior engineers and driving process and tool improvements across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development of requirements specifications, MBSE architecture models, and interface definitions.
• Plan and manage requirements decomposition, derivation, allocation, and traceability across hardware, software, and integration.
• Define and manage system interfaces, including creation and control of Interface Control Documents and related artifacts.
• Own and/or support system trade studies and analyses (performance, cost, schedule, risk).
• Lead verification and validation planning including strategy for establishing requirements compliance assessments; support the development of test plans and test procedures; support test execution as needed.
• Develop and maintain foundational systems engineering documentation (e.g., SEMP, OSMP, integration plans, interface control plans).
• Serve as a primary systems engineering interface in customer discussions and internal/external design reviews.
• Lead and mentor systems engineering teams, promoting best practices, MBSE adoption, and continuous process improvement.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve system design weaknesses; influence future products and architectures spanning multiple products or systems.
• Make complex design and architecture decisions to meet stated and derived requirements, leveraging appropriate analysis, modeling, and simulation tools.
• Travel up to 15% to support customer meetings, design reviews, integration, and test events.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, or related field; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DoD Secret security clearance.
• 15+ years of relevant experience architecting, modifying, and supporting complex systems, preferably defense and/or aerospace systems.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) using SysML v1.x and Cameo Enterprise Architect / Cameo Systems Modeler.
• Experience with requirements management tools (preferably Jama), including:
• Authoring and managing system, subsystem, component specifications.
• Establishing and maintaining end-to-end traceability to architecture, design, and verification artifacts.
• Demonstrated experience developing systems engineering and architecture artifacts, such as:
• Specifications, ICDs, architecture diagrams, CONOPS, trade studies, analyses.
• Experience planning and…