Principal Systems Engineer, Weapon System Integration - Product Owner

About the role

The Principal Systems Engineer at V2X will lead the technical and programmatic aspects of various DoD and international programs. This role involves providing technical direction, guiding large multi-discipline teams, and ensuring that cross-functional teams meet technical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and programmatic leadership throughout the development life cycle, from concept development to system implementation, integration, verification, and validation.
• Work within a cross-functional Integrated Product Team (IPT) to drive tasks and ensure successful completion of engineering scopes.
• Develop and review Engineering Change Requests, plan, execute, and lead integration, verification, and validation tasks.
• Lead trade studies, perform risk and opportunity analyses, and track and mitigate risks.
• Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including leading design reviews.
• Develop system verification test plans, procedures, and reports.
• Have an in-depth understanding of the System Engineering Lifecycle and processes.
• Mentor engineers of all grade levels.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance.
• At least twelve (12) years of related engineering experience in systems, software, or hardware engineering.
• Experience providing leadership, technical direction, and guidance to large multi-discipline teams.
• Experience leading all systems engineering tasks and cross-product activities across the program.
• Ability to take ownership of the engineering scope within the program and drive necessary tasks.
• Experience developing technical baselines (requirements/architecture); leading development teams; and developing and reviewing Engineering Change Requests.
• Experience leading Trade Studies, performing Risk and Opportunity analyses, and tracking and mitigating risks.
• Strong communication skills and ability to effectively communicate to internal and external stakeholders, including leading both internal and customer design reviews.
• Experience developing system verification test plans, procedures, and reports.
• In-depth understanding of the System Engineering Lifecycle and processes.
• Experience mentoring engineers of all grade levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related STEM discipline.

Skills

• Experience with Agile software development including previous roles as a Product Owner and/or Scrum Master.
• Familiarity with UI/UX principles and user-centered design.
• Experience with failure investigation processes and driving findings to closure.
• Familiarity with tools like Azure DevOps, Jira, or other product management tools.
• Experience supporting integration of weapon systems on airborne and ground platforms.
• Experience with the design, development, and integration of UAI Mission Stores, Type I and Type II Carriage Systems.
• Knowledge and experience working with UAI interface standards such as: MIL-STD-1553 EBR, MIL-STD-1760, and JMMI.
• Direct experience working with government customers including the US Army, US Navy, USMC and/or USAF.
• Experience working the front end of the business, creating/reviewing RFPs, SOWs, BOEs, technical volumes, proposals, cost, and schedule estimates.
• Project management experience including cost, schedule, supplier management, risk, and opportunity assessment.

Pay

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Benefits

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