Sr Principal Systems Engineer

Sr Principal Systems Engineer

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of related experience, or a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of experience, or a PhD and 4 years of experience.
• Applicants must possess a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start.
• The ability to travel up to 10% to support business needs is required.
• Must have experience in relevant DoD interface, assessment, and test methodologies and terminologies, as well as Missile Defense Agency (MDA) elements or components.
• Must have experience participating in requirements development and capability assessments of the C2BMC or equivalent BMDS elements.
• Experience must include specific roles on a program, with a focus on: Use case development, Requirements solicitation, Derivation and Decomposition of requirements into lower-level subsystems and components, Utilizing a structured and logical approach.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze high-level needs utilizing use cases/scenarios and relate them to the requirements.
• Must be able to lead efforts associated with developing objectives and requirements for capability assessments and have prior experience writing assessment plans.
• Must have experience developing Use cases to support test case flow development.
• Must be an expert in all Microsoft Office applications and familiar with DOORS.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to work effectively and cooperatively with people within and outside the program.

Responsibilities

• Will complete use case development and prepare systems engineering artifacts, including defining Epics and Features to be developed by program Cross-Functional Product Teams to implement customer-requested capabilities.
• Support the development and review of interface documents, system requirements, and the Verification Cross Reference Matrix (VCRM), as well as develop architectural documentation, estimate system engineering requirements, and author and perform formal and informal engineering reviews.
• Following DOORS processes and procedures, reviewing the content and details of technical products, and acting as a technical interface to MDA working-level counterparts as necessary.
• I will work with teams that span multiple functions to facilitate data connectivity from architecture to requirements and testing.
• In this role, a successful candidate will work to understand the data stream, build an engineering pipeline, create a maintenance routine, and offer support for troubleshooting tools.
• Will be involved in tool development.
• Will provide mission analysis, along with skills in developing capability concepts, use cases, sequence diagrams, and system-level requirements.
• Will have experience in missile defense command and control, battle management, architectures, and communications system concepts, along with mission and standard system testing and data analysis techniques, including requirement verification.
• Will provide maintenance of system and component baselines within a requirements management system.
• Will define the connections between internal and external components.
• Will communicate system-level use cases and the related Epics and Feature relationships to a diverse range of customers, developers, engineers, subject matter experts, and users.
• Will generate system and element-level functional, performance, and interface specifications that document and control the achievement of desired capabilities.
• Will develop capability assessments, assessment objectives, and related plans and procedures for assessment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Systems Engineering
• Certification: INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) Certification
• Certification: Object Management Group Certified Systems Modeling Professional – Model Builder Fundamental (OCSMP – MBF)
• Experience or knowledge in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) or model-based engineering is preferred
• Experience with Agile methods and defining epics and features is a significant advantage
• Experience in system architecture and network communications is highly desired
• Skills in logical architecture modeling and interface definition, along with knowledge of cybersecurity concepts and security accreditation, are highly desirable
• Experience with scripting and automated test development is advantageous