Sentinel - Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - 14855-1

Description

The company is hiring a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer for the Data Acquisition and Processing System, within the System Test Team, supporting the Sentinel program. The role is based in Roy, UT. Relocation assistance may be available.

The company's defense systems group works across land, sea, air, space and cyberspace, and this role supports flight test data handling at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Travel is 10% of the time. A Secret clearance is required before you start.

Responsibilities

• Help develop and deploy the Data Acquisition and Processing System that handles flight test data at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
• Define system architecture and requirements.
• Process flight test data, including selecting the best bits of raw telemetry and running data quality checks.
• Assess system performance, analyse requirements, verify and validate, and handle design, development and integration.
• Write technical reports and present metric reports.
• Work with internal and external customers.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in a STEM field (science, technology, engineering or mathematics) with at least 8 years of related experience, or 6 years with a master's, or 4 years with a PhD.
• US citizenship and an active DoD Secret clearance at the time of application, current and within scope (less than 6 years old). You must be able to obtain a DoD Top Secret clearance and obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period, as the company determines based on its business needs.
• 4+ years of systems engineering or procedure and process development experience using DOORS or CAMEO.
• Experience with systems engineering principles or a working understanding of the systems engineering V.
• Understanding of functional requirement development, requirements analysis, functional analysis, trade studies and architecture definition.
• Knowledge of data gathering, cleansing and transformation techniques.
• A track record of working with cross-functional teams and customers.
• Preferred: a degree in aerospace, systems, mechanical or software engineering, or a similar field.
• Preferred: ICBM experience.
• Preferred: familiarity with Agile engineering and Jira.
• Preferred: experience gathering input from internal and external stakeholders, synthesizing data, and explaining complex results to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Preferred: advanced use of standard Microsoft Office products, including development tools.
• Preferred: experience with modern model-based systems engineering (MBSE) principles and the SysML modeling language.
• Preferred: an active Top Secret clearance adjudicated within the last 6 years.

Conditions

This is a full-time role on a 9/80 schedule: nine-hour days Monday through Thursday, with every other Friday off.

Salary range is $122,800.00 to $184,200.00. The company sets pay based on the scope of the role and your experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Relocation assistance may be available for the selected candidate.

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

The company is an equal opportunity employer.

Benefits

• Possible overtime, shift differential and discretionary annual bonus, depending on the position.
• Long-term incentives may be available for Vice President and Director roles.
• Medical, dental and vision coverage, health insurance, life and disability insurance, and a savings plan.
• 401k, educational assistance, employee assistance and work/life programmes, health and wellness resources, and employee discounts.
• Company-paid holidays and paid time off for vacation and personal business.