Principal Engineer

Job Description

Requisition #: TLS-26-030 | Clearance: Active DoD Secret (US citizenship required) | Level: Principal | Experience: 12+ years | Education: Master's | Work site: Redstone Arsenal - Huntsville, AL (on-site)

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What you'll do

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Engineering oversight & design assessment

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• Expert advisory: serve as the technical expert on payload and countermeasure requirements development, analysis, design, qualification, and fielding
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• Independent evaluation: review and provide assessments of prime contractor designs, plans, reports, and technical procedures
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• Instrumentation analysis: evaluate target instrumentation requirements, physical layouts, component selection, and testing methodologies
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Program milestone & lifecycle support

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• Milestone reviews: provide technical evaluation and engineering support during all major program milestones (including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRB, MRB, and PAR)
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• Cross-agency coordination: answer technical inquiries from external MDA organizations and lead multi-disciplinary Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs)
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Program management & operations collaboration

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• Cost estimation: provide technical assessments to the cost analysis team to ensure accurate program management budget estimates
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• Schedule alignment: partner with the program scheduler to track delivery deadlines and proactively keep leadership advised of status
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Required qualifications

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• Security clearance: active DoD Secret clearance
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• Education & experience: Master's degree in STEM and 12+ years supporting missile defense or large-scale, complex DoD programs
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• Program execution: experience managing end-to-end program lifecycles, including the development, testing, and fielding of complex systems
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• Adaptability: thrive in a fast-paced environment where priorities change quickly
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• Multitasking: handle multiple urgent tasks at once without losing focus
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• Travel: able to support travel requests up to 20% of the time
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Preferred qualifications

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• Understanding of IR/RCS signatures for flight objects and countermeasures
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• Experience with material properties and material property measurements
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• Knowledge of real-world threat systems and how they impact target designs
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• Understanding of MDA flight test requirements applied to payload hardware development
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• Technical proposal development and evaluation
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