Sr Principal Systems Engineer - Systems Architect

Do you have an eye for detail and a passion for developing innovation solutions? Join our team! As a Sr Principal Systems Architect you will guide the development and support of the Survivable Airborne Operations Center program. This includes total life cycle focus for the program from requirements development and architecture creation to system sell off with a focus on complex system designs and leading a team of engineers and subcontracts through architect definition. This will require high coordination with internal teams, SMEs, program management, customer representatives, and subcontractors. The Systems Architect works closely with the Chief Engineer and the Systems Engineering leadership to drive the technical solution across the program. They ensure the requirements and architecture focus the program on "building the right thing."

Your duties will also include developing architectures, beginning with logical and working with Integrated Product Teams to define the physical architecture, allocating requirements to architecture elements, deriving requirements to drive details into the model, creating and refining modeling standards and design patterns, distributing model elements to internal and external teams with merge model elements back into the baseline. Additionally, you will coordinate with the customer engineering team, internal team, and suppliers.

The ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance), Aviation, and Security (IAS) business area is a leader in ISR and aviation, it is a leading prime manned and unmanned aircraft systems integrator for innovative, high-performance ISR and aviation systems. Its end-to-end Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities encompass design, integration, test, certification, ground/flight training and complete logistics support. IAS tailors solutions to customer cost, performance, and schedule requirements and designs to consistently exceed expectations - with an unrivaled record of on time and on (or under) budget deliveries.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor's of Science degree in System Engineering or related discipline and typically 16 or more years of relevant experience
  • Higher education may substitute for relevant experience
• Advanced knowledge of engineering principles and practices
• Progressive experience working in multi-disciplinary design and development teams
• Thorough understanding of requirements management, functional requirements parsing, derivation, and allocation; systems design, systems integration, technical risk identification and management strategies, and Verification and Validation (V&V) principles
• Experience creating logical and physical architecture models
• Experience in Federated Modeling and Model Management Plan Development
• Experience in highly-technical high-pace environments with stringent schedules
• Extensive experience with aircraft modifications with mission systems that included RF communications networks, audio and visual systems, NC3 mission systems, virtualization, and multi-enclave technologies
• Experience coordinating technical solutions across programs to ensure consistent approaches on internal teams and suppliers
• An active Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Master's Degree in Systems Engineering or related discipline and/or Architecture or MBSE certifications
• Advanced experience with requirements management and system modelling tools, such as Jama, Dassault 3DX, Cameo, Dymola, and MATLAB
• Practical knowledge of industry standard system engineering design principles, requirements management approaches, Traditional Systems Engineering and Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) approaches
• Experience with government open system standards such as OMS, FACE, CMOSS
• Experience with model data management and configuration management tools and processes with large, distributed models coordinated across multiple sites and suppliers
• Experienced in the application of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288
• INCOSE CSEP/ESEP Certification
• Extensive background in assessing and addressing Aerospace and Defense System Complexity and System Integration challenges
• Experience leading a multi-disciplinary team through system baseline definition and maturation exercises in a complex development setting
• Experience in executing high-impact trade studies
• Thorough understanding of establishing, tracking, and addressing key programmatic risks
• Virtualization architectures including Virtual Machines and Containerization technologies

At Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) we deliver customer-focused technology and best-of-breed integrations in the aerospace and defense sectors. SNC has been honored as one of the most innovative U.S. companies in space, a Tier One Superior Supplier for the U.S. Air Force, and as one of America's fastest-growing companies. Learn more about SNC

This posting will be open for application for a minimum of 5 days and may be extended based on business needs.

Estimated Starting Salary Range: $189,761.74 - $260,922.39. Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors, such as candidates' key skills, relevant work experience, and education/training/certifications. The disclosed range estimate may be adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.

SNC offers annual incentive pay based upon performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.

SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
This position requires current/active Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. Citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations, and illegal drug use.
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SNC is a global leader in aerospace and national security committed to moving the American Dream forward. We're known and respected for our mission and execution focus, agility, and disruptive and rapid innovation. We provide leading edge technologies and transformative solutions that support our nation's most critical security needs. If you are mission-focused, thrive in collaborative environments, and want to make our country stronger with state-of-the-art technologies that safeguard freedom, join our team!

SNC is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to an environment free of discrimination. Employment decisions are made based on merit without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.