Senior Principal Systems Engineer – Space & ISR Programs
Overview
Lead system capability definition and architecture design for a premier national security space program. Own mission-critical capabilities supporting Space Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance. Drive technical excellence across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
What You'll Do11
- 1Define and elaborate system capabilities features and functional requirements
- 2Develop system architecture concepts and interface definitions
- 3Analyze system behavior through operational scenarios and use cases
- 4Partner with Integration & Test teams to automate test procedures and analyze results
- 5Investigate software and hardware integration issues and drive technical resolutions
- 6Support Agile Program Increment planning backlog management and team capacity planning
- 7Assist with Earned Value Management execution and program performance tracking
- 8Collaborate with engineering leadership and program management to achieve technical schedule and cost objectives
- 9Perform root cause analysis of system anomalies
- 10Participate in technical reviews design reviews and customer technical interchange meetings
- 11Own and lead Agile Systems Engineering initiatives
Requirements14
- 1Bachelor`s degree in Engineering Computer Science Mathematics Physics or another STEM discipline
- 210+ years of systems engineering experience supporting complex software or hardware development programs
- 3Experience across the systems engineering lifecycle
- 4Experience with one or more of the following: Concept of Operations Capability and feature development Functional analysis Interface definition and control Program Increment planning and execution
- 5Experience supporting U.S. Government programs
- 6Experience working within Agile development environments
- 7Preferred: Experience with Space ISR mission management or large-scale ground systems
- 8Jira Confluence Bitbucket or similar Agile collaboration tools
- 9Model-Based Systems Engineering Cameo Systems Modeler
- 10Python Bash Perl Groovy or Ruby scripting
- 11Automation development and engineering productivity tooling
- 12Test automation frameworks such as Cucumber Gherkin or Behave
- 13IBM DOORS or other requirements management platforms
- 14Strong communication collaboration and technical leadership skills
Salary Insight
$190 - $205k per year
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