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TAD PGS seeks a Senior Systems Engineer for a radar-system team in the Huntsville area. The engineer will work across multiple engineering teams and programs, helping lead trade studies, plan and execute technical work, support proposals, and develop systems engineering artifacts. Traditional systems engineering and technical leadership are required; experience in other engineering areas such as MBSE, human factors, risk management, and reliability analysis is preferred.
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We have an outstanding Contract position for aSenior Systems Engineer to join a leading Company located in theHuntsville, ALsurrounding area.
US Citizenship is required.
Candidate must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.
Seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join a team of systems engineers developing a radar system. In this role, the Senior Systems Engineer will interface with the Software Development Team, Hardware Development Team, Analysis Team, Logistics Team, and Test & Integration Team to help lead trade study development, plan and execute the technical effort, and support proposals leveraging the radar technology. This Senior Systems Engineer will help develop systems engineering artifacts, including Requirements Specifications, Test Procedures, Test Reports, and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) content.
The Senior Systems Engineer will work in a matrixed organization , which supports multiple programs at once in a variety of engineering fields with all different team environments. When the radar program ends, the Senior Systems Engineer will have the opportunity to support a different program in the matrixed engineering portfolio. A candidate with experience in other engineering areas such as Test, Model-Based Systems Engineering, Human Factors, Risk Management, and Reliability Analysis will be treated preferentially . However, a strong background in traditional systems engineering and technical leadership is what is required for this position .
Basic Hiring Criteria:
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A Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited university with 12+ years of experience or an MS with 10+ years.
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Experience in deriving requirements for complex electrical, electro-mechanical, mechanical, and software systems.
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Position requires candidates to be capable of performing in a collaborative engineering environment working closely with multi-disciplinary teams.
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Demonstrated experience effectively communicating within a team environment.
Desired Qualifications:
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Preferred candidates will also have experience and/or working knowledge with:
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MagicDraw and/or other Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) modeling tools.
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Demonstrated experience effectively leading a team of engineers .
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Demonstrated cross-discipline collaboration.
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Demonstrated experience accurately estimating the engineering effort ( i.e. hours) associated with Systems Engineering tasks.
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DOORS and/or other requirements database tools.
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Understanding of the DoD acquisition processes and methods.
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Experience supporting one or more DoD programs.
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Object Management Group (OMG) Certified System Modeler Professional (OCSMP) certification.
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INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional (SEP) certification (ASEP or CSEP).
Military connected talent encouraged to apply.
VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled
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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:
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The California Fair Chance Act
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Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
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Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
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San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
How this job compares
Set against the 11,823 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Alabama median$109–195K/yr248 salary ranges
- US median$56–70/hr453 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 378 open Systems Engineer jobs in Alabama and 11,823 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Alabama
- Northrop Grumman47 open
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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 9,867 postings).
- Education
- 4,496 of the 11,823 open Systems Engineer jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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