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Sierra Nevada Corporation · 20 hours ago

Sr Principal Systems Engineer - Systems Architect

Lone Tree, CO

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$190K/yr - $261K/yr

16+ years exp

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is a global leader in aerospace and national security committed to innovation. As a Sr Principal Systems Architect, you will guide the development and support of the Survivable Airborne Operations Center program, focusing on complex system designs and leading a team of engineers.

AerospaceCyber SecurityHardwareNavigationProduct DesignSecuritySoftware

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Guide the development and support of the Survivable Airborne Operations Center program

Focus on total life cycle for the program from requirements development and architecture creation to system sell off

Lead a team of engineers and subcontracts through architect definition

Develop architectures, beginning with logical and working with Integrated Product Teams to define the physical architecture

Allocate requirements to architecture elements and derive requirements to drive details into the model

Create and refine modeling standards and design patterns

Distribute model elements to internal and external teams and merge model elements back into the baseline

Coordinate with the customer engineering team, internal team, and suppliers

Qualification

Systems EngineeringRequirements ManagementArchitecture ModelingTechnical Risk ManagementModel Based Systems EngineeringAerospaceDefense ExperienceVirtualization TechnologiesTeam LeadershipCommunication SkillsProblem Solving

Required

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

Preferred

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