Principal Systems Engineer

Leonardo DRS; Frederick (MD); Presencial; USD 120.000 - 170.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Health Savings Account contribution

Telemedicine

Life and disability insurance

401(k) savings plan

Flexible 4/10 work schedule

Paid vacation and parental leave

Community service hours

Descripción de la vacante

Leonardo DRS Airborne and Intelligence Systems seeks an experienced system architect to engineer receivers and transmitters from VLF to Ka bands, balancing noise figure and dynamic range. You will collaborate with Mechanical, Firmware, Software and Test teams to derive and decompose requirements and guide multi-disciplinary integration through IV&V.

The role includes driving technology decisions, leading major problem resolution, mentoring engineers, and contributing to proposals and program

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field with a minimum of 10 years of experience.
• Mastery of technologies and domain knowledge across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Ability to lead major problem resolution efforts and support customer partner status.

Responsabilidades

• Analyze, design, develop and implement systems/sub-systems; determine specifications and support hardware/software acquisitions.
• Drive technology, schedules and budgets; mentor engineers and lead teams.
• Develop designs to meet customer requirements, document specifications and support testing.
• Provide input for proposals and engage with management, customers and suppliers.

Conocimientos

Systems engineering

Engineering leadership

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Educación

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field

Descripción del empleo

The Leonardo DRS Airborne and Intelligence Systems business is a global leader and strategic partner committed to delivering world-class, full life-cycle defense and intelligence products that protect the security of our nation and our allies. From air combat training to state-of-the-art electronic warfare systems, our technology is deployed by virtually all U.S. military and government agencies around the world.

Job Summary

The candidate must be proficient in system architecting of both receivers and transmitters across the VLF to Ka frequency bands. This includes a strong understanding of the tradeoffs between noise figure and intermodulation performance, and how these factors affect instantaneous and spur-free dynamic range.

The ideal candidate will have experience collaborating with multiple functional groups - including Mechanical, Firmware, Software, and Test - to derive and decompose customer- and module-level requirements.

This role also requires the ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team through the integration, verification, and validation of these systems.

Job Responsibilities

• Involved with the analysis, design, development and implementation of new and/or existing systems/sub-systems. May include Architectural Design, Requirements Engineering, or others. Determine system specifications. Support acquisition of hardware and software (or subcontractor services as needed).
• Responsible for driving technology and completion of activity on time and budget
• Design, develop, analyze, document and support testing of products, systems or subsystems
• Ability to complete a technical project independently
• Mentor and coach other engineers.
• Review customer specifications and requirements, and develop designs to best support them, including cost as a key design variable
• Ability to lead major problem resolution efforts and support regaining or attaining customer partner status.
• Be a key member of the new business capture team.
• Provide budget, cost and schedule input for design assignments
• Document component and subsystem specifications and material requirements
• Analyze designs as necessary. Responsible for higher-level product line architecture, and providing guidance and oversight to multiple development teams working on different products or technologies to ensure the technologies interoperate or connect to each other appropriately.
• Attend appropriate engineering, customer or business meetings
• Actively support pursuit of new business by developing and presenting new concepts, technologies or applications as part of Business Development and Program Management team.
• Develop trusted engineering contacts with the customer. Become a part of the customer’s design team, looking out for their best interests
• Specify and evaluate supplier components, subsystems and services
• Support the program design to cost and design for manufacture requirements
• Develop prototypes to retire key development risks
• Communicate clearly (written and oral) with manufacturing, supply chain, program management and the customer as required
• Participate heavily in preparation of the more complex and significant proposals
• Provide technical expertise and assistance to other engineers and support personnel
• Interact with technical management, other professionals, technicians and support personnel to coordinate, recommend and confer regarding technical activities and progress
• May mentor and coach the work of others as assigned
• Support, communicate, reinforce and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization
• Attend appropriate engineering, customer or business meetings
• Mentor and coach less-experienced engineers

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field with a minimum of 10 years of experience
• Mastery of technologies and domain knowledge
• Expected to have knowledge and significant experience in multiple engineering disciplines
• Ability to lead major problem resolution efforts and support regaining or attaining customer partner status.

Taking care of our people is a top priority at Leonardo DRS. We are proud to offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a company contribution to a health savings account, telemedicine, life and disability insurance, legal insurance, and a 401(k) savings plan. We champion wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being. We develop our talent by offering programs and activities to support career-growth, professional development, and skill enhancement. And we understand there is more to life than work, and the importance of offering flexible work schedules with our 4/10 program, competitive vacation, health/emergency leave, paid parental leave, and community service hours.

*Some employees are eligible for limited benefits only