Principal Engineer - Systems Engineering

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Job Description

 

The Principal Engineer  - Systems Engineering works with our Design team to develop a missile system for defense applications. This position will interact with the other engineering disciplines as well as suppliers to allocate/develop/evaluate requirements as well as maintain development schedules. These development efforts will generally be small focused design teams, which will require engineers to use a range of skills and tools across traditional engineering, computer science, and mathematical disciplines. Because of the nature of the development efforts, the engineer will need to work on a variety of stages of development including requirements definition, concept design, prototyping, detailed design, validation and verification testing.
Position Responsibilities
·    Support requirements traceability and evolution through the system development cycle
·    Provide weekly status of system development progress with requirements burn down
·    Allocate requirements to subsystem & engineering coordination
·    Manage/facilitate supplier efforts to support the design cycle and test events
·    Evaluate system performance thresholds and providing direction
·    Provide input for model development and simulation analysis
·    Review and interpret customer specification effectively
·    Identifies, analyzes and resolves system design weaknesses. Influences the shaping of future products by contributing to the framework (architecture) used across multiple products or systems
·    Work on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles
·    Exercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
·    Determine methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of other personnel (Team Lead and cross-functional partnerships)
·    Other duties as assigned
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience)
·    Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
·    10-12 years of experience in a systems engineering role (Aerospace systems engineering preferred)
·    4-7 years of experience in applying Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) to design.
·    5-7 years of experience with Cameo or 5 yrs of Software creation experience.
·    Has managed requirements traceability and evolution through the system development cycle
·    Provided an effective weekly status of system development progress with requirements burn down
·    Allocated requirements to subsystem & engineering coordination
·    Evaluated system performance thresholds and providing direction
·    Developed instrumented flight test vectors and data acquisition
·    Provided input for model development and simulation analysis
·    Strong Matlab skills and is proficient with office software and computer based productivity tools
·    Familiarity with electronics and systems related to image collection and analysis
·    Has developed systems test plans, procedures, and reports and reviewed and interpreted specifications
·    Writing Systems Safety protocols and ensuring personnel safety during field testing
Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies
·    Advanced degree is preferred
·    10+ years of experience with Cameo
·    7+ years of experience successfully applying MOSA or 7+ yrs of experience creating Software
·    Understanding and experience applying MIL-STD-882, MIL-STD-1316, JTOP-052, and AOP 52
·    Experience using JAMA and JIRA preferred
·    Taking a product from concept to production with contract manufacturers is a plus
·    Exposure to Guidance Navigation and Control Systems along with Modeling Simulation & Control and Model-Based Systems Engineering is helpful but not required
·    Knowledge of Simulink, Ansys and Solidworks preferred
·    Proficiency with C/C++ and Matlab
·    Possesses an interest in creating Architectures using Model Based Engineering tools.
·    Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties
·    Displays strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives
·    Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products
·    Is committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance performance of oneself, others, and the company
·    Has effective problem-solving, analytical, interpersonal and communication skills.
·    Consistently demonstrates teamwork, collaboration and puts the success of the team above o