Principal Systems Engineer

Essential Functions: The selected candidate will be the point of contact for aspects of systems engineering with a focus on managing and leading agile processes for the program. The responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Implement and manage Agile practices across all AP 2025 IRAD projects

• Plan, coordinate, lead program increments across all AP 2025 IRAD projects

• Manage workflows 1) within teams, 2) between teams, and 3) across work centers using Jira Scrum and Kanban boards

• Increase throughput by identifying constraints, mitigate dependencies causing bottlenecks, and reducing wait time

• Identify opportunities to standardize recurring processes

• Schedule and lead program increment (PI) planning and backlog reviews

• Experience with managing and pruning backlog

• Facilitate project leads with time phasing milestones and develop/map epics, features, stories to milestones

• Creates Confluence and Jira templates for project leads

• Coordinate multiple agile teams to ensure alignment with agile practices

• Drive continuous improvement by enhancing processes, removing impediments, and optimizing value delivery

• Act as a key liaison between teams and stakeholders to help navigate organizational challenges

• Foster a culture of respect and psychological safety to enable collaboration among individuals on the train

• Experience with Lean and Scaled Agile Framework approaches

• Understand project budget and how budgeting works within an agile environment

• Experience with transitioning mature teams from Waterfall to Agile

• Create metrics beneficial to managing project progress and identifying efficiencies and inefficiencies

• Derive and allocate requirements into detailed design.

• Oversees and manages the engineering design, development of software, systems, and hardware engineering.

• Drives the engineering process development, continuous improvement, and affordability initiatives within their program.

• Communicates regularly with program management, customers, and engineering management.

• Coordinates with HW/SW team to perform retests and regression tests once defects are corrected.

• Generates applicable documentation.

• Provides problem resolution and improvement recommendations with strong time management skills.

• Minimal (10%) travel to NG and Government locations within U.S. This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.
Basic Qualifications (BQs): This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Systems Engineer or a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer level. BQs for a Principal Systems Engineer:

• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree and 3 years of experience, or a PhD and 1 years of experience.

• Excellent technical writing skills for generating analysis and reports.

• Knowledge of a requirements management tool (i.e. DOORS)

• Experience with MS Office suite of tools (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)

• Applicants must have a current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD issued Secret security clearance at the time of application and is required to start.

• Ability and willingness to travel up-to 10% to support business needs BQs for a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer:

• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree and 6 years of experience, or a PhD and 4 years of experience.

• Excellent technical writing skills for generating analysis and reports.

• Knowledge of a requirements management tool (i.e. DOORS).

• Experience with MS Office suite of tools (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)

• Applicants must have a current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD issued Secret security clearance at the time of application and is required to start.

• Ability and willingness to travel up-to 10% to support business needs Preferred Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Math or related discipline.

• A current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD issued TS/SCI clearance

• Experience in modeling tools (preferably Rhapsody or Cameo).

• Experience in using a requirements management tool, such as DOORS to update and write system level requirements.

• Experience with SysML, UML.

• Experience in programs using the Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodology. Product Owner role for several small IRADs so experience with Kanban/Jira/Scrum are essential.