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Job Details
Job#: 2087734
Job Description:
Apex Systems is a world class technology services business that incorporates industry or insights and experience to deliver solutions that fulfill our clients' digital visions.
Apex has an opportunity for a Principal Systems Engineer. For applicants who are interested in this opportunity, send your updated resume to Mike Konjoian, Account Manager, at .
Here are the details:
Position: Principal Systems Engineer
Location: Tucson, AZ (on-site 5 days)
Project Duration: 12 months w/ possibility of extension or conversion
Rate: Negotiable Based on Experience
Security Clearance: Secret Clearance Required
Role Overview
We are seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to lead the definition, design, and documentation of test environment capabilities and requirements. This role demands a systems thinker-someone who can see the big picture while understanding the intricate details of development, production, user operations, and embedded test practices.
You'll collaborate across engineering disciplines to ensure robust, efficient, and affordable test solutions that support the full lifecycle of Raytheon's weapon systems. Your expertise will guide the development of test strategies, system architectures, and integration plans that meet rigorous technical and operational standards.
Key Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
Job Description:
Apex Systems is a world class technology services business that incorporates industry or insights and experience to deliver solutions that fulfill our clients' digital visions.
Apex has an opportunity for a Principal Systems Engineer. For applicants who are interested in this opportunity, send your updated resume to Mike Konjoian, Account Manager, at .
Here are the details:
Position: Principal Systems Engineer
Location: Tucson, AZ (on-site 5 days)
Project Duration: 12 months w/ possibility of extension or conversion
Rate: Negotiable Based on Experience
Security Clearance: Secret Clearance Required
Role Overview
We are seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to lead the definition, design, and documentation of test environment capabilities and requirements. This role demands a systems thinker-someone who can see the big picture while understanding the intricate details of development, production, user operations, and embedded test practices.
You'll collaborate across engineering disciplines to ensure robust, efficient, and affordable test solutions that support the full lifecycle of Raytheon's weapon systems. Your expertise will guide the development of test strategies, system architectures, and integration plans that meet rigorous technical and operational standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and document test environment capabilities and requirements across engineering teams.
- Apply systems engineering principles to test planning, integration, verification, and validation.
- Lead the development of test setups, embedded test protocols, and transition strategies to production.
- Collaborate with Department of Defense (DoD) customers and internal stakeholders to align technical solutions with mission needs.
- Drive affordability improvements through built-in-test capabilities and lifecycle cost reduction.
- Mentor and guide engineering teams through new project implementation, serving as a technical lead on Major Development Acquisition Programs (MDAPs).
- Utilize modeling tools and system views (e.g., block diagrams, use cases, sequence diagrams) to communicate design intent.
- Support capital investment planning and risk identification for test systems.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in STEM and 4+ years of relevant engineering experience, or a Master's degree in STEM with 2+ years of experience.
- Proven systems engineering experience in test requirements development, planning, and execution.
- Familiarity with embedded functional test, integration, and verification/validation processes.
- Experience with development, environmental, qualification, and production testing.
- Proficiency in systems engineering tools and views (e.g., DOORS, block diagrams, flow diagrams).
- Demonstrated ability to manage system requirements across the product lifecycle.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with full-scale Engineering Development Models (EDMs).
- Knowledge of warfighter methodologies and hardware manufacturing processes.
- Strong understanding of software and hardware integration in test environments.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills.
Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
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