Principal Engineer for Airborne Systems

7 days ago

Bloomington, Illinois, United States QinetiQ Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Systems Engineer to join our team at QinetiQ. As a key member of our Global Surveillance portfolio, you will play a critical role in the integration of existing and new technologies to provide a fully integrated airborne solution with primary radio detection and ranging (RADAR) and Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) payloads across a robust command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) platform.

Key Responsibilities
  • Project Leadership:
    • Serve as the lead role in planning, organization, and integration of multiple assignments involving diverse groups and personnel.
    • Provide lead technical responsibility for large complex projects or complete systems.
  • Requirements Development:
    • Responsible for the design, development, and implementation of engineering processes, methods, and products.
    • Develop product design descriptions, requirements, and system test documentation, safety analysis reports, and technical analyses against requirements.
    • Support a system reliability program; gathering and analyzing reliability data and risk mitigation for complex systems.
    • Define and analyze technical requirements for a broad range of engineering tasks of increased complexity.
  • Design Development:
    • Develop engineering designs, implement architecture configuration specifications, and enable modeling, activity diagrams, and simulation use cases.
    • Participate in design reviews and technical interchange meetings to assess and guide development activities performed by development contractors.
    • Conduct and support internal and customer design reviews.
    • Research state-of-the-art sensor technologies and sensor concepts/capabilities and provide technical advice to guide next-generation use of those technologies.
    • Lead the design and development of a system data architecture that can receive, process, and output data compatible with the following protocols:
      • Structured Eurocontrol Surveillance Information eXchange (ASTERIX).
      • Air Command and Control System (ACCS) - wide common information exchange (AWCIES)
      • National Maritime Electronics Association (NMEA) standards
      • MIL-STD-6040 (USMTF)
      • Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Instant Messaging and Presence 2004
      • Standard North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) STANAG RADAR and ELINT data
    • Generate, modify, and upgrade mathematical models to predict design performance.
    • Use commercial and proprietary simulation tools in developing and evaluating designs.
    • Analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solution to meet design requirements.
  • Quality Control:
    • Manage requirements verification and traceability throughout design, development, and testing phases.
    • Develop requirements flow down, verification methodologies, calibration plans, Concept of Operations (CONOPS), Interface Control Documents (ICDs), and test plans to ensure program success.
    • Perform technical review and assessment of concepts, systems, technologies, designs, architectures, interfaces, and operation of ISR systems.
    • Support production, testing, and field operations in improving designs.
    • Conducts testing, develops prototypes, and verify/validate system and component performance to specifications.
  • Project Documentation:
    • Lead in the preparation of major complex written documentation to include engineering drawings, engineering standards, engineering specifications, technical proposals, technical manuals, disclosures, and scientific discoveries.
    • Support the preparation of major complex written documentation to include engineering drawings, engineering standards, engineering specifications, technical proposals, technical manuals, disclosures, and scientific discoveries.
    • Create briefings and reports, including technical and programmatic assessments, presenting analysis, results, conclusions, and recommendations; brief senior staff and customer as requested.
Requirements

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional with a strong background in systems engineering and integration. The ideal candidate will have:

  • Bachelor's Degree in a Systems and/or Electrical Engineering discipline with a minimum of 10 years of relevant systems engineering experience; or Master's Degree with 6 years of relevant systems engineering experience.
  • Broad understanding of DoD airborne and ground systems, hardware, software, operations, and their interdependence.
  • Engineering experience supporting radar or communications integrations for air or ground-based systems.
  • Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
  • Ability to apply scientific principles, tools, and techniques to achieve practical end results.
  • Ability to apply innovative approaches to designing, integrating, testing, and producing complex engineering sensor systems.
  • System modeling & simulation and/or system performance analysis.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management.
Preferred Qualifications

We are also seeking candidates with experience in:

  • Generating requirements using Model-Based Systems engineering and/or requirements management software Rational/DOORS/JAMA.
  • Familiarity with tethered airborne systems and payloads.
  • Experience with specific Systems engineering and integration applied to DoD airborne and ground systems.
  • Experience with national security C5ISR programs.
About QinetiQ

QinetiQ is a world-class team of professionals who deliver next-generation technology and products in robotic and autonomous platforms, ground, soldier, and maritime systems in 50+ locations worldwide. We are committed to supporting the safety and security of the world around us by partnering with our customers to save lives, reduce risks to society, and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend.

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