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Principal Systems Engineer

Location: Woburn, MA

Job ID: #73454

Duration: 12 months contract

Pay Range: $100-117 -W2 hourly

Active Secret Clearance required to start

Job Description:

The Systems Engineering and Test Capabilities (SE&TC) Surface Radars & Sensors Center is currently looking for a Principal Systems Engineer to support the Systems Engineering (SE) Long Range Radars (LRR) department. The SE LRR department delivers cutting-edge expertise in concept development, architectural design, requirements generation and flow-down, modeling and simulation, systems analysis, integration, test, and evaluation of world-class missile defense & sensor systems. We achieve excellence through our people, processes, technology, and performance. In this role, you will play a critical part in the enhancement and modernization of the AN/TPY-2 radar system. Your contributions will include developing and analyzing system requirements, designing system architectures, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver advanced radar solutions.

This role is based on site in Woburn, MA.

What You Will Do:

Lead development of architectures and system level requirements for the AN/TPY-2 radar

Contribute to system architectural updates, performance requirements, algorithm designs and descriptions, scenario definitions, and verification strategies

Perform requirements analysis, modeling, and benchmarking to validate algorithm and system performance

Partner closely with software, integration, and test teams to deliver innovative radar solutions that meet mission needs

Support documentation, technical reviews, and customer engagements

Qualifications You Must Have:

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and a minimum of eight (8) years of relevant engineering experience

Direct experience in radar or missile-defense sensor systems

Proficiency in MATLAB (including object-oriented programming) OR ADA / C / C++ for algorithm development, system modeling, or performance analysis

Hands-on experience in system modeling, algorithm design, test vector development, or radar performance analysis

Proven ability to lead technical work, develop engineering artifacts, and contribute to architecture or design decisions

Experience developing or maintaining engineering processes, methods, or tools.

Strong analytical and problem solving skills with experience solving complex, multidisciplinary challenges

Excellent communication skills, including technical writing and presentation of system concepts

Ability to work independently and collaboratively across cross-functional and geographically distributed teams

Active and transferable Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer

Advanced STEM degree

Experience with radar detection, discrimination, tracking, and signal processing algorithms

Demonstrated experience with MBSE tools (Cameo)

Demonstrated experience DOORS requirements management including multi-level traceability

Experience working in Linux-based engineering or development environments

Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools such as JIRA and Confluence

Experience interfacing with customers and leading technical solution development

Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and engineering collaboration tools

Citizenship – US Citizen only

Benefits provided: 401K, medical, dental, and vision, sick time as applicable to state law

Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is an equal opportunity employer. Butler evaluates applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. The Butler America Aerospace, LLC. EEO Policy Statement and “Know Your Rights” Poster is available here: Applicant and Employee Notices.

Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact the Human Resources Department at accommodations@butler.com .