Principal/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer

Description

The company is a global provider, manufacturer and integrator of secure, agile software-defined systems, including advanced sensing, targeting and tracking products for EOIR tracking, countermeasures and RF electronic warfare. Its SEIT group builds complex avionics for targeting, EOIR and RF.

This is a Principal or Sr. Principal Systems Engineer role in the Mission Modeling department at the Rolling Meadows, Illinois site, covering team leadership, management and technical work. Department placement is decided after interviews, based on fit and your preference.

The Mission Modeling team builds and analyzes detailed virtual models of systems and their environments.

Responsibilities

• Build, integrate, test and analyze complex virtual models of systems and environments.
• Write simulation code and scripts, and design system models.
• Document model assumptions and performance, and write test reports.
• Automate tests and run integration test activities in virtual environments, System Integration Labs (SILs) or offsite locations.
• Carry out mission-level operational analysis using System of Systems modeling and agent-based simulation.
• Apply your knowledge of EOIR, optics, RF, algorithms, detection and tracking to this work.
• Provide team leadership and management alongside your technical work.

Requirements

• For Principal: a Bachelor's in a STEM field with 5 years of related experience, a Master's in a STEM field with 3 years, or a PhD in a STEM field with 1 year.
• For Sr. Principal: a Bachelor's in a STEM field with 8 years of related experience, a Master's in a STEM field with 6 years, or a PhD in a STEM field with 4 years.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem solving and a systems thinking approach.
• Knowledge of and experience with model-based systems engineering, such as SysML, and with tools like Cameo and Rhapsody.
• Knowledge of and experience with MATLAB, C, C++, CUDA, VHDL, OpenCL, SysML, Python or other scripting languages.
• Experience with virtual environments, operational analysis or mission modeling using AFSIM, STK, BRAWLER, ATCOM or ONESAF.
• Ability to lead and work with engineers in an integrated product team (IPT).
• US citizenship, and the ability to obtain and keep a Secret or Top Secret clearance.
• For Sr. Principal: US citizenship is required.
• Preferred qualifications: Preferred: experience with real-time signal processing in firmware and software.
• Preferred: Agile development experience.
• Preferred: Electronic Warfare experience.
• Preferred: experience with abstract modeling environments such as Rhapsody, Cameo or UML for evaluating complex electronic systems.
• Preferred: experience with system verification and validation.
• Preferred: working knowledge of EOIR systems, optics, RF systems, algorithms, detection and/or tracking.
• Preferred: proficiency in MATLAB, C, C++, CUDA, VHDL, OpenCL, SysML, Python or other scripting languages.
• Preferred: working knowledge of DOORS and ClearCase/ClearQuest.
• Preferred: experience in an integration and test environment for complex electronic systems.
• Preferred: experience in development and earned value management of cost accounts and schedules for systems engineering tasks.
• Preferred: an active Secret or Top Secret clearance.

Conditions

Full-time, on-site at the Rolling Meadows, IL location.

Travel is 10% of the time.

Relocation assistance may be available.

A Secret clearance is required before start.

The role depends on funding or contract award and on special access programs, and requires getting and keeping the US Government clearance that customers require before start.

The application period is estimated at 20 days from the posting date, and may be shortened or extended based on business needs and candidate availability.

Benefits

• The primary level salary range is $108,800.00 to $168,200.00, and the secondary level range is $135,800.00 to $203,600.00. These are general guidelines, and offers depend on scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills and market conditions.
• Depending on the position, you may be eligible for overtime, shift differential and a discretionary bonus on top of base pay.
• Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and let you share in company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company-paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and personal business.