Systems Engineer Principal

Ultra Maritime•Wake Forest, NC

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Develops plans and leads systems Engineering teams to ensure optimum use of time and resources and provides technical leadership, ensuring that team performance is aligned and contributes to the overall goals of the business unit. Serves as a subject matter expert and influencer to make complex decisions based on advanced analytical expertise to develop innovative solutions and supporting the decision-making process. Applies a breadth and depth of engineering skills to develop engineering solutions to complex problems within time, cost, and quality constraints. Supports the bid and proposal process by leading a portion of the technical proposal effort, including coordinating with other engineering disciplines to identify and manage dependencies to ensure work packages within assigned area will be delivered. Remains current on trends and emerging technologies and tools. May include safety, environmental protection and compliance. Ultra Maritime is searching for a highly motivated and detail oriented Principal Systems Engineer to support the development of Radar systems. Working closely with RF, Mechanical, Electrical, and Software Engineers, the Principal Systems Engineer will guide the development of the Radar System from initial design, through finalization of the design, and finally through the integration and test events. The Principal Systems Engineer is expected to provide system level trade-space assessments of approaches working with the Project Engineer to determine the benefit trade-offs. At Ultra Maritime, the Principal Systems Engineer will have the opportunity to guide the development and selection of key technologies for the Navy and will have the opportunity to work with complex software algorithms and cutting-edge digital signal processing hardware. The Systems Engineer will have the opportunity to contribute to key strategic approaches for future proposals, IR&D, and additional development activities.

Requirements

12+ years with BS Degree in Systems/EE Engineering or related discipline
Typically, a Bachelor Degree (or equivalent) in a related field and 12+ years of experience in a range of roles within a relevant complex engineering environment
Strong attention to detail and work ethic
Knowledge of proper systems engineering discipline and rigor required for disciplined systems development
Significant experience with Radar systems or similar signal processing systems
Experience and knowledge of algorithms used for navigation, periscope detection, discrimination or other parts of traditional Radar signal processing
Laboratory knowledge including setup and use of Linux-based system integration, test, and execution
Experience planning, reviewing, and executing integration and test events for combined hardware and software systems
Willingness to travel (10%)

Nice To Haves

Strong team and individual-based problem solving skills
Automated testing of software baselines
Knowledge of Navy platforms or common Navy platforms interfaces
Knowledge or understanding of X-band system trade-offs
Experience working with MIL STDs for all types of test requirements (MIL-STD-454, MIL-STD-901, etc.)
Matlab, Mathcad, or other Modeling Languages

Responsibilities

Develops plans and leads systems Engineering teams to ensure optimum use of time and resources
Provides technical leadership, ensuring that team performance is aligned and contributes to the overall goals of the business unit
Serves as a subject matter expert and influencer to make complex decisions based on advanced analytical expertise to develop innovative solutions and supporting the decision-making process
Applies a breadth and depth of engineering skills to develop engineering solutions to complex problems within time, cost, and quality constraints
Supports the bid and proposal process by leading a portion of the technical proposal effort, including coordinating with other engineering disciplines to identify and manage dependencies to ensure work packages within assigned area will be delivered
Remains current on trends and emerging technologies and tools
May include safety, environmental protection and compliance
Guide the development of the Radar System from initial design, through finalization of the design, and finally through the integration and test events
Provide system level trade-space assessments of approaches working with the Project Engineer to determine the benefit trade-offs
Guide the development and selection of key technologies for the Navy
Contribute to key strategic approaches for future proposals, IR&D, and additional development activities
Review/provide technical inputs and cost estimation support
Document and specify system and subsystem level requirements
Work with a team to jointly develop a system during all phases of the development lifecycle
Provide systems engineering leadership to a small group of systems or mixed discipline engineers