Principal Systems Engineer

Description:

MTSI is seeking an experienced Principal Systems Engineer to provide technical and programmatic support for multiple ongoing and new B-52 avionics and communications/navigation acquisition and modernization programs. The candidate will work directly with branch leadership and program managers, engineers, and logisticians to link Air Force Global Strike Command requirements to fielding of new, war-winning capabilities.


Responsibilities:

• Provide systems engineering and program management support
• Provide daily, direct technical and programmatic guidance and recommendations to avionics/communications program managers in support of multiple ongoing and new acquisition/modernization programs
• Interface daily with Branch leadership, program managers, engineers, logisticians, and members of the overall weapon system enterprise, including requirements managers at Air Force Global Strike Command, to communicate system design progress, risks, and solutions
• Advise for and participate in technical and programmatic reviews for assigned programs
• Prepare and assess technical and programmatic products and collaborate with stakeholders to support associated reviews
• Participate in technical/engineering and program meetings, support analysis, make recommendations, and track actions to closure
• Develop technical and programmatic briefings and provide primary briefing support as needed
• Implement and execute systems engineering across the program life cycle
• Assist with review of contractor deliverables, schedules, and reports
• Support cost estimation, technical risk management, and resource planning for systems engineering activities
• Oversee requirements traceability and validation, ensuring designs meet specifications and mission objectives
• Ensure all systems align with DoD standards, military specifications, risk management guidelines, and cybersecurity requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related technical field required, and 10+ years' experience deriving DoD system requirements from customer documents and/or developing statements of work and generating system requirements documentation; strong aircraft avionics technical or programmatic background
• Experience in analyzing, decomposing, and documenting system requirements and assessing system design and readiness for test and production
• Experience briefing and interfacing with technical and program managers, senior executives, and senior military personnel
• Strong oral and written communication skills, analytical and physical science/technical problem solving skills
• Proven ability to work in cross-functional teams under tight timelines, delivering mission-critical solutions

Desired Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related technical field required, and 10+ years' relevant experience
• Experience with GPS receivers, integration, and interface units and cryptographic systems
• Extensive experience with communications, navigation, guidance, and control systems and associated software
• Experience with communications/navigation analysis and simulation/programming tools
• Knowledge of MIDS/JTRS/Link 16 requirements and implementation
• Knowledge of critical signals analysis, in support of Air Force Manual 91-118 and 91-119 nuclear design certification
• Experience with hardware/software development, including RF, and integration with avionics and air vehicle systems
• Proficiency in preparation for and execution of system requirement and design reviews

Clearance Requirements:

• Possess or be eligible for an active Top Secret security clearance, based upon a Single Scope Background (SSBI/SBPR).
• Must be eligible for Sensitive Compartment Information (SCI)

Location/Travel:

• Work location is customer site at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
• CONUS travel required up to 20%

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