Senior Principal Systems Engineer

$115,100 - $195,700/Yr

BAE Systems - Radford, VA

Full-time - Senior

Radford, VA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Principal Systems Engineer at BAE Systems plays a crucial role in leading and managing complex engineering projects within the Department of Defense. This position involves collaboration with various engineering disciplines and program management to ensure successful project delivery from inception to commissioning. The role requires strong technical expertise, leadership skills, and the ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Interface with the customer and participate in phased gate reviews.
• Write Statements of Work (SOWs), review proposals, and interface with subcontractors.
• Lead or support requirements development and management.
• Develop and manage subsystem and component performance specifications by analyzing and deriving necessary requirements.
• Develop and maintain requirements verification and compliance, and supporting artifacts.
• Support requirements decomposition analysis to help drive concept architectures and system characteristics.
• Lead and facilitate architecture development of assigned system, subsystems, and components.
• Write Systems Engineering Management Plans (SEMPs), track technical risk, develop metrics against Key Performance Parameters (KPPs).
• Develop use cases and high level Systems Engineering models.
• Coordinate and facilitate formal decisions and trade studies to drive design and document results.
• Support the execution and monitoring of cost, schedule, and risk.
• Coordinate Systems Engineering activities to influence the design.
• Know when to tailor Systems Engineering processes or develop new processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related technical field and 8 years work experience.
• Experience in leading Systems Engineering activities.
• Experience in every phase of program lifecycle.
• Experience in use case development.
• Experience in technical risk management.
• Experience in requirements analysis and development.
• Experience in requirements management, traceability, and verification.
• Experience in requirements and configuration management tool use.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working with Department of Defense customer.
• Experience in Systems Engineering early phase concept development and high level modeling.
• Experience in testing, commissioning and validation activities.
• Experience in developing maintainability, safety, and human factors requirements.
• Experience in Systems Engineering metrics development and tracking.
• Experience in complex real time systems or System of Systems.
• Experience in manufacturing, chemical processing, or industrial construction.
• Experience in requirement management software such as Cradle or DOORS.
• Master's degree in Systems Engineering.
• INCOSE certification a plus, such as CSEP or ASEP.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Health savings accounts
• 401(k) savings plan
• Disability coverage
• Life and accident insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Legal plan
• Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Military leave
• Bereavement leave
• Federal and state sick leave
• Company recognition program for awards