Principal Systems Engineer
About The Position
deciBel Research has an immediate opening for a Principal Systems Engineer in Huntsville, Alabama. The position supports the IFICS Data Terminal (IDT) product team on the Ground Based Mid-Course Defense (GMD) Weapon System (GWS) program. The successful candidate will take on progressively challenging responsibilities, demonstrate initiative, and drive innovative solutions. The role calls for a self-starter able to lead teams, learn quickly, and deliver results in dynamic environments. The engineer will perform systems engineering functions for the IDT product team, including requirements decomposition, system design, and system integration and test. The team follows an Agile framework and uses Jira and Confluence to manage its backlog and document progress. The position requires an active Secret security clearance and U.S. citizenship, and includes travel of up to 10% to support business needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university and at least 5 years of related work experience, or a master’s degree in STEM and at least 1 year of related work experience.
- Strong prior experience using MSOSA (Cameo) and DOORS to develop system-level behaviors, software-to-hardware interface definitions, and interface control documents.
- Experience analyzing electrical schematics, electrical interface control documents (ICDs), circuit diagrams, and FPGA logic or logic gate diagrams.
- Demonstrated technical background in architecture development, functional decomposition, requirements development and allocation, and interface definition using system modeling tools.
- Experience developing test plans and verification plans, and tracking verification status.
- Strong background in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and use of SysML to describe behaviors of complex DoD systems.
- Experience mentoring in a team environment.
- Experience with Agile development.
- Experience interfacing with and briefing external customers, and interfacing with and managing subcontractors.
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% of the time to support business needs.
- Active Secret security clearance.
- U.S. citizenship.
Nice To Haves
- Experience modeling or simulating missile defense applications or related domains, such as air combat, air defense, ballistic or non-ballistic target intercept, space vehicles, or sub-orbital mechanics.
- Systems modeling and analysis experience in one or more aspects of missile defense systems, such as Aegis Weapon System, GMD, GPI, HBTSS, fire control, C2BMC, MDS sensors (EO/IR/RF), kill vehicles, interceptors, or countermeasures.
- Systems engineering experience with large, complex systems.
- Experience using Atlassian products such as Jira and Confluence to develop product backlogs, roadmaps, and reporting metrics.
Responsibilities
- Perform requirements decomposition, system design, and system integration and test as part of the IDT product team.
- Develop system-level behaviors, software-to-hardware interface definitions, and interface control documents.
- Analyze electrical schematics, electrical interface control documents, circuit diagrams, and FPGA logic or logic gate diagrams.
- Develop system architectures, decompose functions, develop and allocate requirements, and define interfaces using system modeling tools.
- Develop test plans and verification plans, and track verification status.
- Mentor team members in a team environment.
- Interface with and brief external customers.
- Interface with and manage subcontractors.
- Use Agile practices and team tools to manage the product backlog and document progress.
- Travel up to 10% of the time to support business needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
