Senior Principal Systems Engineer- Active Clearance
About The Position
The Secure Subsystems Engineering team seeks a Systems Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead with a passion for innovation and the drive to see new technology and capability matured into fielded solutions. The IPT Lead ensures the Scrum Team is focused on developing the right things and performs Control Account Management (CAM) responsibilities. The IPT Lead is a technical leader embedded within the Scrum Teams to provide technical guidance, influence work backlog, and collaborate with Product Management to plan and deliver solutions. This role will contribute to a team responsible for systems and cyber security engineering tasks related to our next-generation security-enabled mission computing, crypto, and cross-domain technologies, maturing products from low TRL through a program of record accreditation and factory production. We are looking for talented individuals who are influencers, problem-solvers, collaborators and desire to grow and gain exposure to new skills.
Requirements
- Experience as a Control Account Manager (CAM) focusing on Earned Value (EV).
- Worked Agile programs for entire systems engineering lifecycle (Design -> Requirements -> Test)
- Experience with Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) concepts and tools.
- Experience operating as a Product Owner in an Agile Environment
- Bachelor’s degree (typically in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
- Active and transferable SECRET clearance is required prior to start date.
Nice To Haves
- Exceptionally strong communication skills, experience presenting technical data to program management.
- Experience capturing customer requirements, design concept development, and deriving and tracing system and sub-system level requirements.
- Experience with peer review processes, configuration and change management.
- Familiarity with bidding and project/task estimation tools.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a Systems Engineering Scrum Team through Design and Development efforts on a scaled agile program
- Communicate with multiple levels of management, team members, and customers.
- Interface with multiple Hardware and Software Scrum Teams to work through dependencies and technical challenges
- Prepare and maintain project plans, budgets, and staffing requirements to ensure that all action item lists are completed, and project quality expectations are met
- Estimate costs, resources, and time required to complete projects to ensure business targets are met
- Maintain and provide analysis of trends, performance, resource cost and forecasting reports
- Gather and analyze data to monitor projects' progress in terms of cost, schedule, and technical specifications to facilitate operations and ensure that established objectives and budgets are achieved
- Meet with the project team regularly to manage project performance, status, open issues, and tasks
- Conduct critical path analysis and work closely with the program leadership to manage tasks and workflow
- Monitor and assess project issues, escalates when necessary, and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives
- Provide support for proposals and bids, and using estimation tools
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
- Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
- Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
- Adoption Assistance
- Autism Benefit
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
- Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
- Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
- Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
- Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
- Relocation assistance
- Sign-on Bonus Eligible
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
