
Senior Principal Systems Engineer
Woburn, MAContract / Temporary$113–126/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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The Senior Principal Systems Engineer will lead architecture and requirements development for Ground Based Radar systems, contributing to system-level requirements, algorithm descriptions, test scenarios, and verification approaches. The role includes analyzing and benchmarking requirements, collaborating with software and integration/test engineers, and supporting technical documentation, reviews, and customer engagements. Candidates must have relevant engineering experience, radar or missile-defense sensor systems experience, MATLAB proficiency, and an active transferable Secret clearance.
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Senior Principal Systems Engineer Location: Woburn, MA Job ID: #73448 Pay Range: $113-126 ph (W2) Duration: 12 mos What You Will Do:
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Lead architecture and requirements development activities that define, characterize, develop and document Ground Based Radar (GBR) systems
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Contribute to architectural framework updates, system-of-system functional and performance requirements, detailed algorithm descriptions, test scenario definitions, and verification approaches
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Conduct requirements analysis and benchmarking to validate algorithm designs and ensure system-level performance aligns with operational objectives
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Collaborate closely with software and integration/test engineers to deliver innovative and high-performing radar solutions
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Support documentation, technical reviews, and customer engagements
Qualification You Must Have:
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Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of ten (10) years of relevant engineering experience
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Direct experience in radar or missile-defense sensor systems, including Model Based System Engineering and/or Cameo
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Proficiency in MATLAB (including object-oriented programming) for algorithm development, system modeling, or performance analysis
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Hands-on experience in system modeling, algorithm design, test vector development, or radar performance analysis
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Experience developing or maintaining engineering processes, methods, or tools
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Documented experience showing analytic, technical and problem-solving skills
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Excellent communication skills, including technical writing, oral presentations, and interpersonal skills
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Ability to work independently and collaboratively across cross-functional and geographically distributed teams
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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:
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Advanced Degree in STEM
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Experience with radar system concepts: detection, discrimination, track and signal processing algorithms and their behaviors and performance
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Experience with the development and coding of system models, algorithms, test vectors and evaluation tools in support of analyzing radar requirements or performance
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Experience with system level requirements development, documentation and maintenance and/or requirements development and design of system level software architecture
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Experience working with Python, C/C++, Java or DOORS
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Experience with the software development process using Agile methodologies and tools such as JIRA and Confluence
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Proficiency with the MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
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Previous experience interfacing with customers and leading the development of technical solutions for complex user requirements
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Experience working with other disciplines and communicating with all levels of the organization and stakeholders
Benefits provided: 401K, medical, dental, and vision, sick time as applicable to state law Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is an equal opportunity employer. Butler evaluates applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. The Butler America Aerospace, LLC. EEO Policy Statement and “Know Your Rights” Poster is available here: Applicant and Employee Notices (https://butler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/BAA-Website.HR-Documents.2024.03142024-new.pdf) . Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact the Human Resources Department at [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 11,779 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$113–126/hr
- US median$60–70/hr383 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $119.50/hr, is 84% above the US median midpoint ($65/hr) — in the top quarter of Systems Engineer hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 427 open Systems Engineer jobs in Massachusetts and 11,779 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Massachusetts
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 9,741 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,409 of the 11,779 open Systems Engineer jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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