Principal Systems Engineer - System Architect
About The Position
The ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance), Aviation, and Security (IAS) business area is a leader in ISR and aviation, it is a leading prime manned and unmanned aircraft systems integrator for innovative, high-performance ISR and aviation systems. Its end-to-end Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities encompass design, integration, test, certification, ground/flight training and complete logistics support. IAS tailors solutions to customer cost, performance, and schedule requirements and designs to consistently exceed expectations – with an unrivaled record of on time and on (or under) budget deliveries. SNC has led thoughtful and disruptive change in the aerospace and defense industry for the past 60 years and now, we’re applying this tenacity and expertise to the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) mission. Join the SNC-led SAOC team and be a part of exciting and meaningful work to modernize and deliver the next-generation SAOC aircraft trusted by the President, Secretary of Defense and Chairs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to ensure continued critical command, control and communication during national emergencies. If you’re passionate about building the airborne command post of the future, consider SNC for your next mission. Learn more about NC3 and SAOC here. Do you have an eye for detail and a passion for developing innovation solutions? Join our team! As a Principal Systems Architect you will guide the development and support of the Survivable Airborne Operations Center program. This includes total life cycle focus for the program from requirements development and architecture creation to system sell off with a focus on complex system designs and leading a team of engineers and subcontracts through architecture definition and support to implementation of technical solutions. This will require high coordination with internal teams, SMEs, program management, customer representatives, and subcontractors. The Systems Architect works closely with the Chief Engineer and the Systems Engineering leadership to drive the technical solution across the program. They ensure the requirements and architecture focus the program on “building the right thing.” Your duties will also include developing architecture, beginning with logical and working with Integrated Product Teams to define the physical architecture, allocating requirements to architecture elements, deriving requirements to drive details into the model, creating and refining modeling standards and design patterns, distributing model elements to internal and external teams with merge model elements back into the baseline. Additionally, you will coordinate with the customer engineering team, internal team, and suppliers.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in System Engineering, Software Engineering, or related discipline and typically 14 or more years of relevant experience
- Higher education may substitute for relevant experience
- Advanced knowledge of engineering principles and practices
- Progressive experience working in multi-disciplinary design and development teams
- Thorough understanding of requirements management, functional requirements parsing, derivation, and allocation; systems design, systems integration, technical risk identification and management strategies, and Verification and Validation (V&V) principles
- Experience creating logical and physical architecture models
- Experience in highly-technical high-pace en
- Ability to work on a computer for extended periods.
- Hand/finger dexterity for system modeling and documentation.
- Ability to work in a hybrid environment with occasional travel.
- This position requires current/active Top Secret with SCI eligibility U.S. Security Clearance.
- U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment.
Responsibilities
- Developing architecture, beginning with logical and working with Integrated Product Teams to define the physical architecture
- Allocating requirements to architecture elements
- Deriving requirements to drive details into the model
- Creating and refining modeling standards and design patterns
- Distributing model elements to internal and external teams with merge model elements back into the baseline
- Coordinating with the customer engineering team, internal team, and suppliers
Benefits
- SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
