Job Description
Job Description
Principal Systems Engineer
Fort Worth, TX | Merrimack, NH | Roanoke, VA | Direct Hire | Full-Time | 9/80 Schedule
2 Openings
About the Role
We're seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to join a leading defense technology organization supporting advanced electronic warfare and warfighter systems programs. This role operates at an advanced technical level — leading requirements analysis, technical planning, systems-level design, integration, verification and validation, and risk management across the full product lifecycle, from concept through fabrication, test, and sustainment. You'll provide technical leadership to a multidisciplinary team developing electro-optical devices for warfighter systems.
This position offers relocation assistance, a sign-on bonus, and reimbursed travel for onsite interviews. We welcome candidates open to relocating to any of the above locations.
What You'll Do
- Lead a multidisciplinary sensor development team
- Lead development of the project lifecycle plan, including major milestones, reviews, and deliverables
- Develop, design, allocate, and manage user- and system-level requirements
- Lead development of system architecture
- Evaluate design tradeoffs and lead technical discussions across a multidisciplinary engineering team
- Define and assess interfaces with functional leads and outside organizations
- Lead technical reviews throughout the project lifecycle
- Provide oversight of verification and validation activities, including requirements traceability and compliance
- Support transition of products into manufacturing alongside operations and manufacturing engineering
What You'll Need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering
- Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
- 8+ years of systems engineering experience
- Experience working within the aerospace or defense industry, delivering solutions to appropriate industry standards
- Experience with customer discovery and stakeholder needs/requirements
- Experience with requirements management, flow-down, and verification & validation across the product lifecycle
- Excellent communication skills with multidisciplinary engineering teams and government customers
- Experience providing technical leadership to multidisciplinary design teams (electrical, mechanical, optical, image science, software, firmware, or test engineers)
- Strong written (reports, proposals, white papers) and verbal (technical presentations) communication skills
Nice to Have
- Master's degree in Engineering
- Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), particularly Cameo
- Experience with VIS-NIR cameras
- INCOSE CSEP or ESEP certification
- Experience with electro-optical imaging systems — design, integration, and test
- Experience delivering compliant electro-optical imaging systems to customer requirements
Additional Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship required
- Must be able to obtain a security clearance
- Background check and drug screening required
- Onsite interview required
USPRO is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, disability and/or other protected categories. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodation(s) to qualified individuals with disabilities or needs, as required by law.