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Principal Systems Engineer
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Lead or support systems engineering tasks such as requirements development and management, architecture development, interface development, formal decisions and trade studies, and system design development, specialty engineering integration, and verification and validation.
- Develop and manage subsystem and component level performance specifications by managing requirements in a requirements repository.
- Create and maintain requirements traceability in the requirements repository.
- Develop and maintain requirements verification and compliance and supporting artifacts.
- Lead and facilitate architecture development of assigned system, subsystems, and components.
- Support requirements decomposition analysis to help drive concept architectures and system characteristics. Support compliance assessments.
- Lead development and maintenance of interface requirements and interface design information for assigned sub-system, system and components.
- Document concept design decisions and support generating System/Subsystem Design Descriptions (SSDDs) and capability assessments.
- Coordinate and facilitate formal decisions and trade studies to drive design and document results.
- Provide Systems Engineering input to support vehicle level Systems Engineering activities and program milestone reviews.
- Support the execution and monitoring of cost, schedule, risk, and Contract Data Requirement List (CDRL) delivery.
- Coordinate Systems Engineering (SE) activities within assigned team IPTs and Specialty Engineering POCs to help influence the design.
Required Skills/ Knowledge:
- Familiarity with Department of Defense Architecture (DoDAF).
- Experience with DOORS requirements management tool.
- Systems engineering experience performing requirements analysis, derivation, and allocation, and translating requirements to viable concepts and design solutions within applicable constraints.
- Experience developing architecture concepts and evaluating alternatives.
- Ability to balance system design considering system usage concept of operations (CONOPS), performance, constraints, and logistics concerns
- Ability to plan, conduct and document complex trade studies.
- Ability to generate System/Subsystem Design Descriptions (SSDDs) and capability assessments per the program statement of work (SOW).
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Skills Preferred:
- Experience with military vehicle systems.
- Logical architecture experience, including the development of use cases.
- Experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), including SysML methodology and tools like Cameo.
- Familiarity with Department of Defense Architecture (DoDAF).
- Experience with DOORS requirements management tool.
- Have and maintain INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) certification.
- Leadership and mentoring of younger engineers.
Experience Required:
Experience with requirement derivation, allocation and management.
Experience Preferred:
- Experience with military vehicle systems.
- Logical architecture experience, including development of use cases.
Education Required:
Bachelor' s degree in engineering or closely related field and 4+ year' s relevant experience is required.
Education Preferred:
Bachelor' s degree in Aerospace Engineering or Electrical Engineering with a Master' s degree in Systems Engineering.
US CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENT:
This assignment is a US Government Contract which requires all applicants to be US Citizens.
NO SUBCONTRACT REQUIREMENT:
No third-party applicants will be considered. If you are a third-party contracting company, please do not respond to this position.
Meet Your Recruiter
Joe Fisher
Technical Recruiter
I am a seasoned Technical Recruiter and retired U.S. Army Human Resources Specialist with two decades of experience building high-performing teams within government and defense; holding active Secret Clearance. Recognized for demonstrating a natural aptitude for directing the full recruiting cycle while providing the optimal candidate and stakeholder experience, as well as for building robust candidate pipelines and relationship networks to proactively meet hiring and staffing needs.
Currently, I am a Technical Recruiter with Contract Professionals Inc. I conduct full cycle recruiting, sourcing specialized engineering and IT positions for civilians and veterans, while piloting the successful placement of qualified candidates into approved government projects and programs. In addition, I liaise with senior leadership, business partners, and hiring teams to ensure the company’s recruitment support structure is driving the business forward with minimal expenditures.
Colleagues describe me as a loyal, progressive, driven, down-to-earth, strategic and innovative recruiting expert who can be relied on to offer superior human resources solutions for complex corporate challenges.