Principal Systems Engineer / Senior Principal Systems Engineer

Description

This is an individual contributor role on a multi-disciplinary engineering team in the systems engineering organization of the company's aeronautics systems business.

You will help drive new program requirements, refine existing ones, and shape decisions on future technologies and capabilities through an Integrated Product Team (IPT) structure.

The work covers several Modernization and Sustainment efforts running at the same time and requires working across engineering disciplines and technology areas.

The team works closely, with a friendly environment and room to learn.

Responsibilities

• Develop requirements, allocate them, plan verification and validation, and manage interface definitions.
• Write complex specifications, interface control documents and engineering reports.
• Lead major milestone events to confirm program requirements are met or mitigated.
• Keep systems engineering artifacts under proper configuration management.
• Work with key stakeholders to verify and validate those artifacts.
• Support interface and communication work with program, functional and subsystem leads.
• Gather input from stakeholders and team members, then present findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Follow the IPT Statement of Work and carry out rigorous change management with program leadership.
• Run stakeholder communications through organized processes so program and department information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored and retrieved in line with stakeholder needs.
• Coordinate across IPTs and with external customers using strong interpersonal, leadership and communication skills.

Requirements

• Principal Systems Engineer 3: a Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years of related professional or military experience in systems engineering, or a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related experience, or a PhD in a STEM discipline and 0 years of related experience.
• Senior Principal Systems Engineer 4: a Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related professional or military experience in systems engineering, or a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related experience, or a PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related experience.
• Ability to obtain and keep a DoD Secret or higher clearance.
• Ability to obtain and keep Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Experience with requirements and verification management in DOORS.
• Experience decomposing requirements and tracing them from system level to unit and supplier specifications.
• Experience leading a technical team.
• Experience supporting major milestone events.
• Preferred: active DoD Secret or higher clearance, with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or current enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
• Preferred: active Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Preferred: current B-2 Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Preferred: experience managing suppliers against technical requirements and verification expectations.
• Preferred: experience with Agile execution and leading Scrum teams.
• Preferred: experience with Python or another scripting language.
• Preferred: understanding of developing and applying interface control artifacts and requirements.
• Preferred: experience with software development.
• Preferred: experience with HW/SW integration testing.
• Preferred: experience managing EVMS control accounts as a Control Account Manager (CAM).
• Preferred: experience with Cameo and tracing architecture elements to requirements.
• Preferred: experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment software development for Aircraft Sustainment efforts.
• Preferred: experience with the full lifecycle of aircraft development, build and operations.
• Preferred: experience with risk and opportunity management and change control.
• Preferred: experience leading cross-functional technical teams.

Conditions

Locations are Oklahoma City, OK; Melbourne, FL; or Rancho Bernado, CA.

Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance is required before start, and the clearance type is SAP.

Travel is 10% of the time.

The schedule is 9/80, with every other Friday off.

The base salary range for the primary level is $93,300.00 to $171,000.00. This is a general guideline, and the final offer depends on factors such as the scope of the role and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, overtime, shift differential and a discretionary bonus may be available on top of base pay.

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

Benefits

• Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and let employees share in company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and personal business.
• Learning opportunities.