Principal Systems Engineer

🕒 September 30

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $112.5k - $209.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

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⚙️ Systems Engineer

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Trident Systems

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51 - 200 employees

🚀 Aerospace

🎖️ Defense

🔧 Hardware

Aerospace • Defense • Hardware

Trident is a provider of aerospace and defense electronics and processing systems focused on mission-critical space, airborne, and multi-domain applications. Its three operating units—Space Electronic Systems (SES), Integrated C4ISR Systems (ICS), and Optical Precision Systems (OPS)—develop radiation-hardened space electronics, digital RF and advanced processing systems, command-and-control and multi-domain communications/C4ISR solutions, and airborne optical/laser/LIDAR sensors. Trident’s systems are positioned for use across space, air, land, and sea and are trusted by the U. S. Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, and allied customers for applications including flight-proven space payloads, surveillance and wide-area monitoring, predictive maintenance, and avionics for national defense aircraft.

📋 Description

• Technically lead a diverse engineering team developing advanced multifunction RF, processing, networking, and/or data storage units for space applications • Own the systems engineering process for programs • Ensure completion of systems analysis and trades, technical baseline management, and requirements verification and validation • Act as the program technical champion, representative, and point of contact • Prepare for and present at major internal and external customer design reviews • Provide technical expertise for IR&D and new product initiatives • Support proposal efforts for new business opportunities • Collaborate with program managers and project chief engineers to ensure successful program execution • Guide program teams in solving problems through a holistic systems engineering approach • Work with engineering leadership to grow an effective engineering organization • Support travel to Fairfax, Virginia corporate headquarters as needed, up to 25% • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field • Minimum of 9 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree, or 7 years with a master's degree • Demonstrated experience leading the development and delivery of complex spaceflight or aerospace hardware from concept through qualification, production, and customer delivery • Highly accomplished in one or more engineering or scientific domains, with fluency across multiple relevant technical/scientific domains • Proficient in applying systems engineering methodology to product design and development • Ability to balance technical performance with program cost and schedule targets • Excellent organization and communication skills • Preferred: MS degree in a STEM field • Experience in software-defined systems • Experience with space industry product development life cycles • Experience with high-reliability, high-survivability, and/or space environment applications • Experience with complex electronics product design, including PCBAs, mechanical structures, mission software, and FPGA firmware • Experience with Xilinx devices, including Zynq UltraScale+ or Versal architecture • Knowledge of VPX standards (VITA 46 and VITA 65) • Experience implementing embedded hardware • Experience with schematic capture, PCB layout, PCB routing, high-speed data design, mixed-signal analysis/design, and signal integrity analysis • Experience in signal processing and/or algorithm development • Experience with CAD tools such as PSpice, LTspice, Altium, SOLIDWORKS, and Keysight ADS • Experience with systems engineering tools such as STK, MATLAB Simulink, requirements management/databases, and MBSE • Experience with one or more OSI model layers and understanding of networking protocols

🏖️ Benefits

• Health benefits • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Basic life insurance with AD&D • Short-term disability • Long-term disability • Voluntary life insurance with AD&D • Accident insurance • Critical illness insurance • Hospital insurance • Pet insurance • HSA • FSA • DCFSA • Paid time off • Holidays • 401(k), including company match • Tuition reimbursement • Parental leave • Maternity leave • Military leave • Annual discretionary bonus for eligible roles • Remote position • Up to 25% travel to Fairfax, Virginia corporate headquarters as needed

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