Principal Systems Engineer: Lead Large-Scale Systems

Que Technology Group; Maryland; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision benefits

Disability & Life Insurance

Travel upgrade on long flights

25 days vacation per year

$5,000 Professional Development Fund +

401K with company match

Referral bonus program

Code Red days for customer closures

Job summary

Que Technology Group, Inc. is seeking an experienced Principal Systems Engineer to lead complex systems engineering initiatives across the full lifecycle. The role directs multidisciplinary teams, manages schedules and resources, and aligns work with program objectives and contractual commitments.

The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise, proven leadership of large-scale programs, and can communicate risk, progress, and performance to government stakeholders and senior management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering with 20+ years systems engineering experience.
• Senior-level experience leading complex systems engineering initiatives across multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience developing and managing integrated engineering schedules with milestones.
• Ability to translate technical information into executive status reports and briefings.
• Active Top Secret clearance with a Polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic oversight of complex systems engineering initiatives, including schedules, milestones and deliverables.
• Lead and synchronize multidisciplinary engineering teams and manage resources and priorities.
• Direct engineering status reports and executive briefings on accomplishments, schedule, risks and issues.
• Establish and oversee performance tracking, project controls and mitigation strategies.
• Serve as senior technical advisor and coordination point with government stakeholders and program management.
• Direct SE activities per ISO/IEC 15288: requirements analysis, architecture, integration, verification, validation, risk management, life cycle planning.
• Lead senior-level reviews and program performance assessments to improve processes and scheduling.

Skills

Leadership

Systems engineering

Schedule management

Risk management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

ISO/IEC 15288

Job description

Que Technology Group, Inc. is seeking an experienced Principal Systems Engineer to lead complex systems engineering initiatives across the full lifecycle. The role directs multidisciplinary teams, manages schedules and resources, and aligns work with program objectives and contractual commitments.

The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise, proven leadership of large-scale programs, and can communicate risk, progress, and performance to government stakeholders and senior management.