Principal Systems Engineer

MAT Ramp: Principal Systems Engineer

Location: Onsite in Woburn, MA but successful candidates can be located in the Huntsville, AL, Colorado Springs, CO, Fort Wayne, IN, or San Diego, CA areas as well

Type: Contract/possible contract to hire after one (1) year

At our customer, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With their three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, they offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, they push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Our customer brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. They deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedom and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

The Systems Engineering and Test Capabilities (SE&TC) Surface Radars & Sensors Center is currently looking for a Principal Systems Engineer to support the Systems Engineering (SE) Long Range Radars (LRR) department. The SE LRR department delivers cutting-edge expertise in concept development, architectural design, requirements generation and flow-down, modeling and simulation, systems analysis, integration, test, and evaluation of world-class missile defense & sensor systems. Our customer achieves excellence through their people, processes, technology, and performance. In this role, you will play a critical part in the enhancement and modernization of the AN/TPY-2 radar system. Your contributions will include developing and analyzing system requirements, designing system architectures, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver advanced radar solutions.

This role is based on site in Woburn, MA.

What You Will Do

• Lead development of architectures and system?level requirements for the AN/TPY-2 radar

• Contribute to system architectural updates, performance requirements, algorithm designs and descriptions, scenario definitions, and verification strategies

• Perform requirements analysis, modeling, and benchmarking to validate algorithm and system performance

• Partner closely with software, integration, and test teams to deliver innovative radar solutions that meet mission needs

• Support documentation, technical reviews, and customer engagements

Qualifications You Must Have

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and a minimum of eight (8) years of relevant engineering experience

• Direct experience in radar or missile-defense sensor systems

• Proficiency in MATLAB (including object-oriented programming) OR ADA / C / C++ for algorithm development, system modeling, or performance analysis

• Hands-on experience in system modeling, algorithm design, test vector development, or radar performance analysis

• Proven ability to lead technical work, develop engineering artifacts, and contribute to architecture or design decisions

• Experience developing or maintaining engineering processes, methods, or tools.

• Strong analytical and problem?solving skills with experience solving complex, multidisciplinary challenges

• Excellent communication skills, including technical writing and presentation of system concepts

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across cross-functional and geographically distributed teams

• Active and transferable Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Qualifications We Prefer

• Advanced STEM degree

• Experience with radar detection, discrimination, tracking, and signal processing algorithms

• Demonstrated experience with MBSE tools (Cameo)

• Demonstrated experience DOORS requirements management including multi-level traceability

• Experience working in Linux-based engineering or development environments

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools such as JIRA and Confluence

• Experience interfacing with customers and leading technical solution development

• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and engineering collaboration tools

Keywords: systems engineering, software, architecture, radar systems, information and knowledge systems, mathematics, research & development, requirements development

All these job responsibilities are to be executed in harmony with the our customer’s Code of Conduct policy, which sets the standard by which they operate and how they treat others.

Our customer is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Our customer provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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