Draper is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to develop and manage requirements, architecture, interface documentation, and system specifications for systems in mission domains such as: embedded secure communications, advanced electronics miniaturization, edge processing and computing, trustworthy secure platforms, and autonomous air/sea vehicles.
Requirements
- Practical experience with simulation-based performance analysis.
- Practical experience with the systems engineering process.
- Roles may require proficiency with modeling and simulation, computer language coding, descriptive modeling (e.g. SysML), STPA, and/or other engineering analysis tools
- Possess a broad understanding of microprocessors, Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), and real-time software & firmware needed to enable solutions.
- Have experience with serial digital data interfaces (e.g. SPI, RS422, Ethernet) used to interconnect distributed and modular avionics.
- Understand power electronics, A/D, D/A, clock and timing electronics that support and interface with the digital electronics.
- An understanding of the fundamentals of cryptographic key management, public key infrastructure, and NSA’s Key Management Infrastructure, and the applications of cryptology
Responsibilities
- Independently drive solutions to complex problems - develop requirements, propose ways forward when customer requirements are unclear or incomplete, and adapt appropriately to changes in requirements
- Sustained record of successful task leadership. Identifies risks and develops and executes mitigation strategies for them.
- Provide insight and suggest design modifications based on analysis outcomes, and to apply analysis techniques across a range of technical challenges and disciplines
- Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
- Develop, document, and teach best practices to less experienced engineers
- Experience maintaining traceability between requirements and system architecture & design work products
- Expertise in full life-cycle systems engineering (architecture, design, development, integration, approval, and deployment) of security technologies and components within cyber-physical systems and systems-of-systems
Other
- Lead medium-sized teams (5-10 people). Reliably aligns team towards program goals and builds trust within the team.
- Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Systems Engineering
- Demonstrate strong organization, planning, and time management skills to achieve program goals
- Actively mentors. Recognizes strengths and weaknesses in others and provides thoughtful constructive feedback.
- Applicants selected for this opportunity will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.
