Principal / Sr. Principal Systems Engineer

Description

The company's defense systems group is hiring a Principal or Senior Principal Systems Engineer (level 3/4) for its Strategic Mobile Command and Control (SMC2) organization in Huntsville AL.

You will help design, build, integrate, test and maintain mission-critical architectures and network and recording products used by warfighters and customers worldwide.

The role supports the Base Operations Networks (BONEs) programs, which provide network infrastructure and services at tactical operational sites.

Responsibilities

• Co-lead the recurring cross-functional meetings: PM Staff, PM Staff status, weekly customer meetings, and internal bi-weekly or weekly technical reviews on cost, schedule and performance.
• Work with Integrated Product Team (IPT) leads, the customer and program leadership so the program meets every engineering requirement.
• Lead ad hoc and standing engineering working group meetings.
• Serve as alternate Configuration Control Board (CCB) Chair, acting as the interface to U.S. Government (USG) stakeholders and deciding on hardware drawings, network configurations and software versions.
• Set and track engineering priorities and milestones for planning, design, procurement, training, integration and deployment of network, recording and warning equipment.
• Partner with the Integration and Test IPTs to make sure the BONEs systems are built and tested to the right requirements.
• Plan staffing for events and confirm hardware, software baselines and equipment are mission ready.
• Review plans, procedures, reports, drawings and other documents for completeness, accuracy and quality.
• Support development, evaluation, verification and validation of system design changes, from minor fixes to large capability changes.
• Contribute engineering input to requests for proposal (RFPs), bases of estimate (BOEs), technical volumes and statements of work.
• Carry out Cost Account Manager (CAM) duties covering staffing, budgeting and forecasting.

Requirements

• Principal Systems Engineer: 5 years of experience with a STEM bachelor's degree, 3 years with a master's, or 1 year with a PhD.
• Sr. Principal Systems Engineer: 8 years with a STEM bachelor's degree, 6 years with a master's, or 4 years with a PhD.
• Secret-level DoD clearance that is active.
• Experience working in an Agile environment with Atlassian tools such as JIRA or Confluence.
• Your work location is on-site in Huntsville.
• At least 15% travel, possibly including trips outside the continental United States (OCONUS).
• Preferred: experience with Sense and Warn & Intercept (SnW&I) and Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) architectures and company products.
• Preferred: experience with Lucen Timeline (formerly Office Timeline) or MS Project.
• Preferred: experience building milestone schedules.
• Preferred: experience in customer-facing roles and leading a multi-discipline team.
• Preferred: experience with trade studies, system requirements reviews (SRRs), preliminary design reviews (PDRs) and critical design reviews (CDRs).
• Preferred: experience writing test reports.

Conditions

Relocation assistance may be available.

An active Secret clearance is required to start.

Travel is expected at about 10% of the time.

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

Benefits

• Primary level base pay runs from $98,400.00 to $163,200.00, and secondary level from $122,800.00 to $203,600.00.
• The ranges are a general guide. Base pay depends on the scope and responsibilities of the role, your experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
• Depending on the role, 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 also be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, paid company holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation or personal business.