Senior Principal Systems Engineer
About the role
Solidus is seeking a highly skilled Senior Principal Systems Engineer to join a flagship program within our Space Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (SISR) business unit. This role involves applying expertise in requirements development, architecture and design refinement, systems engineering analysis, scripting, and interface definition and control to drive mission-critical solutions.
Responsibilities
- Elaborate capabilities and features, define system interfaces, and help determine how system functional capability and performance will be validated and verified by the test team
- Analyze and define how the system works creating use cases
- Support the execution of the integration and test program by automating test procedures and subsequent analyses
- Identify technical issues during software and hardware integration and collaborate with engineers to drive solutions to closure
- Manage the team's backlog and capacity during each program increment
- Support Earned Value Management System (EVMS) implementation and execution
- Collaborate with program management and engineering teams to ensure alignment of scope, schedule, and budget
- Conduct investigation into system anomalies to identify root cause
- Support and attend technical reviews and technical interchanges in support of the program
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI clearance is required
- Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) in a related field
- 10 years of relevant experience
- Cultural fit amongst a collaborative team environment
- Experience with systems engineering lifecycle, roles and functions, with specific experience in one or more of the following areas: Concept of Operations (ConOps) development, capability and feature elaboration and management, program increment support, functional analysis or interface definition and control
- Development experience on a government contract
- Experience with Agile principles, to include Agile systems engineering practices and/or Agile roles such as Scrum Master / Product Owner
Qualifications
- Required Qualifications:
- Preferred Qualifications:
Benefits
Benefit selection, customer contractual specifications, relevant work experience, skills, competencies, certifications, and clearance status will influence the final salary. Full benefits range from $172,500 to $215,500 annually. Reduced benefits (no medical, dental, vision) range from up to $233,000 annually.
What We Will Bring
Solidus offers you an exciting opportunity to tackle the nation's greatest challenges applying innovation and expertise to produce cutting-edge results that have a long-lasting impact. We offer outstanding benefits, generous PTO and much more!