Principal Systems Engineer

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Principal Systems Engineer

Apollo Professional Solutions

Woburn, MA 01801

Pay Rate: $122.75/Hr.

Posted 10/30/2026

Job ID: 77814

Job Description

Senior Principal Systems Engineer

Woburn, Massachusetts

Contract

Onsite

$122.75/hr Position Summary Senior Principal Systems Engineer

• Support the Systems Engineering and Test Capabilities (SE&TC) Surface Radars & Sensors Center within the Long Range Radars (LRR) department.
• Contribute to the enhancement and modernization of the AN/TPY-2 radar system.
• Develop and analyze system requirements, design system architectures, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver radar solutions.
• Support activities including concept development, architectural design, requirements development, modeling and simulation, systems analysis, integration, testing, and evaluation.

Responsibilities Senior Principal Systems Engineer

• Lead development of architectures and system-level requirements for the AN/TPY-2 radar.
• Contribute to:
• System architecture updates
• Performance requirements
• Algorithm designs and descriptions
• Scenario definitions
• Verification strategies

Perform requirements analysis, modeling, and benchmarking. Validate algorithm and system performance. Collaborate with software, integration, and test teams. Support documentation, technical reviews, and customer engagements. Required Qualifications Senior Principal Systems Engineer

• Bachelors degree in a STEM field.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant engineering experience.
• Direct experience with radar or missile-defense sensor systems.
• Proficiency in:
• MATLAB (including object-oriented programming), or
• ADA, C, or C++ for algorithm development, system modeling, or performance analysis.

Experience with:

• System modeling
• Algorithm design
• Test vector development
• Radar performance analysis

Ability to lead technical work and contribute to architecture or design decisions. Experience developing or maintaining engineering processes, methods, or tools. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Strong technical writing and presentation skills. Ability to work independently and collaboratively across cross-functional and geographically distributed teams. Our client requires that candidates must have an active/current DoD Secret Personnel Clearance (PCL) to start, for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. Preferred Qualifications Senior Principal Systems Engineer

• Advanced STEM degree.
• Experience with:
• Radar detection
• Discrimination
• Tracking
• Signal processing algorithms

Experience with MBSE tools, including Cameo. Experience with DOORS requirements management and multi-level traceability. Experience working in Linux-based engineering or development environments. Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools such as JIRA and Confluence. Experience interfacing with customers and leading technical solution development. Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and engineering collaboration tools.

Meet Your Recruiter

Adnan Mansuri

About Woburn, MA

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Salary Notes: The compensation listed reflects the good-faith rate currently anticipated for this position and may be adjusted, where permitted by law, based on business needs, applicable qualifications and experience.

EEO Statement: Apollo Professional Solutions, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, protected veteran status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other status or characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law.

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