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Principal Systems Engineer

  • $122.75 Per Hour

Highlights

Support activities including concept development, architectural design, requirements development, modeling and simulation, systems analysis, integration, testing, and evaluation. 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.

Numbers & Facts

LocationWoburn, MA
IndustryOther/Not Classified
Company Size100 to 499 employees
Year Founded1983
Websitehttp://apollopros.com/

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
  • Bachelor's 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.

About Company

Apollo Professional Solutions was founded by Gayle A. Williams in 1983 as a technical staffing firm supporting New England aerospace companies. Today, Apollo has grown into a $40 million year company, with 5 regional offices nationwide that offers diversified support to industries that include: defense, military, aeronautical, civil, food & beverage, healthcare, marine, pharmaceutical and scientific industries, as well as local government. We are an equal opportunity employers, that is also certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise by WBENC as well as the State of Massachusetts (SOWMBA Office.)

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