Principal Systems Engineer - Development

About Epirus

Epirus is a high-growth technology company developing software-defined high-power microwave (HPM) systems with devastating counter-electronics effects on modern drone threats. The Epirus Leonidas HPM family of products, empowered by innovations in AI and microelectronics, is human safe and cost-effective. Distinguishing itself from lasers, Leonidas excels against drone swarms while also bending the cost curve back in DoD's favor - taking drone-defeat costs from millions of dollars per drone to pennies on the dollar.

 

Job Summary: 

Epirus designs and manufactures novel RF systems for a variety of platforms in a rapid development environment.  The Systems Engineer – Development role is a multidisciplinary role, with significant breadth (interacting with all engineering disciplines) and depth (from customer needs to unit-level specifications).  The Systems Engineer – Development role will focus on typical Systems Engineering responsibilities, such as requirements definition & management (at system, subsystem, and component levels), system architecture, system analysis, change management, interface definition, etc. Additionally, in this role the Systems Engineer – Development engineer is a key stakeholder in integration, verification, and validation (IV&V) planning and execution to ensure products meet requirements.  As much as possible, a Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approach is employed to make Systems Engineering processes more thorough and efficient.  As a fast-moving technology company, Systems Engineering at Epirus focuses on supporting the other engineering teams and facilitating rapid development, rather than focusing on overly bureaucratic processes. 

Responsibilities: 

• Requirements
  • Own system requirements for a product, to include requirement definition and maintenance
  • Ensure Key Performance Parameters, as derived through mission modeling and operational analysis, are properly flowed to system requirements
  • Act as key interface with either existing or prospective customers to prove customer requirements / needs are fully satisfied by system requirements
  • Coordinate key requirements with subsystem design teams; ensuring requirement flow-down to hardware and software subsystems is captured and properly traced 

• Architecture
  • Collaborate with design engineering to establish the system architecture, capturing in MBSE diagrams (to include Structural and Behavioral Diagrams)
  • Maintain architectural definition throughout the development process to ensure team alignment
  • Develop interface control documentation and own interface management between hardware/software/firmware subsystems 

• Analysis
  • Perform trade studies and quick-turn impact analyses to facilitate agile hardware/software/firmware development
  • Perform analysis to prove system requirements are addressed by the system design
• Ensure best practices for configuration management are adhered to
• Facilitate multi-discipline coordination across teams
• Participate in IV&V planning and preparation
• Contribute technical writing and figures to proposals and other business development efforts 

Basic Qualifications:

• BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace, or similar field 
• 8+ years industry experience, preferably with experience spanning the entire product lifecycle (Concept to Delivery) 
• Demonstrated experience establishing the technical baseline of a system / product 
• Experience working with Systems Engineering tools for Requirements Management and Product Lifecycle Management (e.g. JAMA, Polarion, DOORS) 
• Experience working with MBSE (e.g. SparxEA, Capella) 
• Experience with Python development or other similar object-oriented languages  
• Experience working with Git/GitHub, or similar version control systems  
• Ability to identify gaps, prioritize in the context of the project / program, and lead an effort involving multiple engineers from other teams to resolve issues 
• US Citizen or Permanent Resident (future security clearance may be required) 
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Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Experience working with RF systems (e.g. radar, comms, EW, etc.), preferably including phased arrays 
• Good written and oral communication skills; not afraid to speak up, either to ask for help or disagree on a technical point that warrants more discussion
• Collaborative; capable of working across all levels of the organization
• Ability to anticipate and communicate blockers, delays, and cost ballooning within the project before they require