Overview:

Company engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that is committed to hiring a diverse and talented workforce. EOE/Disability/Veteran

Responsibilities:

Requires a bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field. Also requires 10+ years of job-related experience, or a Master’s degree plus 8 years of job-related experience. Agile experience preferred.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Department of Defense Top Secret security clearance is preferred at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications:

As a Senior Principal Systems Engineer, you’ll participate in requirements analysis and management, functional analysis, performance analysis, system design, trade studies, systems integration and test (verification) in the development and evaluation of networks and information systems. It’s your chance to step up to the challenge and prove you’re ready to lead the world.

What you’ll experience:

• Technologies that aren’t just top-notch, they’re often top-secret
• A team of bold thinkers committed to exploring what’s next
• Opportunities to gain new knowledge – as it’s discovered

What you bring to the table:

• A Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, a related specialized area or field and a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience or a Master’s degree and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience; Agile experience preferred
• Substantial use, understanding and tailoring of systems engineering concepts, principles and theories
• Substantial proficiency with requirements management & system modeling tools
• Ability to recognize various architectural patterns, apply them appropriately, understand strengths/weaknesses within those architectures and develop architectural variations as necessary

What sets you apart:

• Active contributor to the achievement of business objectives
• Creative thinking with the ability to multi-task
• Contributes to the development of innovative principles and ideas
• Effectively leads complex assignments; interacts with both customers and end-users

Additional Skillsets need:

• Satellite communications knowledge
• Ground to Satellite communication knowledge
• Tracking data fusion knowledge
• Ground system experience including:
  • National Defense Space Architecture to Mission Data Processing interfaces
  • Mission Data Processing to Real Time Tracking Service interfaces
  • 2D /3D track correlation
  • Technical performance measures such as probability of warning, launch azimuth, latency
  • End to end system understanding of tracking solutions from space vehicle through ground antennas and processing through ground systems
• Ground operations:
  • LEOP understanding
  • Operator in the loop operations for selecting track data
  • Task Authority operations
  • Test as you fly experience
  • Constellation management
• Tools/Processes:
  • MBSE
  • DOORs and requirement management
  • Agile and PI planning techniques
  • Latency analysis capability
  • Confluence
  • Jira experience
• MUST HAVEGround to Satellite communication knowledge

  Tracking data fusion knowledge

  Ground system experience including:

  National Defense Space Architecture to Mission Data Processing interfaces

  Mission Data Processing to Real Time Tracking Service interfaces

  2D /3D track correlation

  Technical performance measures such as probability of warning, launch azimuth, latency

  End to end system understanding of tracking solutions from space vehicle through ground antennas and processing through ground systems

  Ground operations:

  LEOP understanding

  Operator in the loop operations for selecting track data

  Tools/Processes:

  MBSE

  DOORs and requirement management

  Agile and PI planning techniques

  Latency analysis capability

  Confluence

  Jira experience