Senior Principal Systems Engineer

Quick Facts

Senior Principal Systems Engineer supporting autonomous vehicle system integration and test.

Description

Lead technical and programmatic systems engineering across the development life cycle for advanced autonomous technologies. Provide direction within a cross-functional Integrated Product Team, supporting design reviews, system implementation, integration, verification, and validation. Embrace modern development processes to improve product quality and team productivity while enabling DoD customer solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and programmatic leadership from concept development through verification and validation
• Support requirements definition, functional analysis, and design review activities
• Drive system implementation, integration, and V&V
• Lead cross-functional activities within an Integrated Product Team (IPT)
• Develop and review technical baselines (requirements/architecture) and Engineering Change Requests
• Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including customer design reviews
• Mentor engineers across grade levels

Requirements

• Minimum 15 years of related engineering experience in systems, software, or hardware engineering
• Experience providing leadership, technical direction, and guidance to large multi-discipline teams
• Experience leading all systems engineering tasks and cross-product activities across a program
• Ability to own the engineering scope and drive tasks to meet cross-functional technical requirements
• Experience developing technical baselines (requirements/architecture)
• Experience leading development teams and developing/reviewing Engineering Change Requests
• Strong communication skills with internal and external stakeholders; ability to lead internal and customer design reviews
• In-depth understanding of the System Engineering Lifecycle and processes
• Experience mentoring engineers of all grade levels
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related STEM discipline (Master’s may substitute as equivalent to 2 years of engineering experience)

Benefits

• Opportunity to create advanced autonomous technologies as part of a fast-moving, cross-functional team
• Chance to support DoD customers and international allies in complex operational environments
• Inclusive and diverse workplace commitment