Sr. Principal Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and technical management for mission system applications.
• Facilitate and participate in key engineering integration meetings:
• Milestone design and technical reviews
• Team Lead Meetings
• Material Improvement Program Review Boards
• Engineering and Crew Station Working Groups
• Lead System Engineer Technical Engagements:
• Integrated Test Team Meetings
• Act as the Gatekeeper to on-aircraft engineering integration activities:
• Facilitate on-aircraft integration and engineering test build events
• Knock down administrative and engineering barriers
• Raise integration issues to technical and programmatic POCs and/or leadership for decision/action
• Plan and schedule resources to support integration and test
• Report on status of ongoing integration and test

Required Qualifications

• Exceptional integrity, professionalism, and a commitment to MTSI’s core values.
• Minimum 15+ years of experience in systems engineering, acquisitions, and RDT&E.
• Proven experience in aviation system design, development, integration, test and evaluation, aerospace duties, and/or related technical work.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience briefing technical content to senior leadership.
• Strong customer service skills; being able to work with personnel across multiple disciplines and organizations.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently.
• Ability to work well in a cross-disciplinary team with other engineers and military operators.
• Ability to apply expert knowledge and proactively work independently.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic, “tip of the spear” environment.
• Demonstrated willingness to learn and adapt to evolving mission and technical requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with open architecture frameworks and model-based systems engineering (MBSE) methodologies.
• Experience with communication, datalink, sensor, radio frequency, electronic warfare, and sUAS technologies.
• Integration of weapons systems, sensor, and C2 capabilities, including cross-platform interoperability.
• Familiarity with agile development and systems engineering tools such as Atlassian Suite and Cameo.

Education Requirements

• Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of additional Systems Engineering experience may be substituted for a Master’s degree.

Certification Requirements

• INCOSE ASEP or similar systems engineering certification desired.

Clearance Requirements

• US Citizenship.
• Must possess an active DoD Top Secret Clearance with SAP and SCI eligibility.