Senior Principal Systems Engineer

Cubic Corporation; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 193,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Cubic Corporation in the United States seeks a senior Systems Engineer to lead RF-enabled, software-intensive systems projects. You will provide technical leadership, design and analyze architectures, and coordinate proposals with customers and vendors while maintaining security clearances.

This role emphasizes cross-disciplinary collaboration, risk assessment, and advancing state-of-the-art engineering practices in a fast-paced defense environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum tenured experience in systems engineering and defense programs.
• Ability to lead technical teams and communicate with customers and vendors.
• Active DoD security clearance or eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical direction to systems engineering programs and teams.
• Determines technical direction and risk mitigations for complex issues.
• Prepares design proposals reflecting cost, time, and alternatives.

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related

Master’s degree with 10 years of experience

Tools

DOORS

EPDM

AllChange

Job description

Business Unit: Cubic Defense Company Details:

When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com.

Job Details: Job Description Job Summary:

Works independently as a technical project leader, applies engineering principles, procedures and techniques to perform systems engineering assignments related to the development of electronic and software intensive systems and subsystems. Works closely with other engineering disciplines to ensure interdisciplinary communication and coordination. Provides technical guidance, leadership and supervision. Coordinates activities for proposals/new business. This position typically works under limited supervision and direction. Incumbents of this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides technical direction to systems engineering programs, team members and managers.
• Outlines and communicates the most appropriate technical approach for business development activities.
• Determines the technical direction and strategy for solving complex, significant or major issues.
• Identifies, investigates and resolves technical issues.
• Plans and evaluates architectural design, reviews system performance, and identifies technical risks and associated ways to mitigate those risks.
• Communicates technical advancements through briefings and technical papers to co-workers, management staff, customers, and technical community, as appropriate.
• Maintains state-of-the-art awareness in areas of technical expertise such as changes, advancements and improvements.
• Applies expertise to all areas of systems engineering.
• Analyzes system design problems and performs design studies.
• Our Secures Comms group deals primarily with data links.
• Expertise with RF and specifically RF used for line of site and beyond line of site communications is essential.
• Skills should include doing a cascade analysis on an RF system or doing link margin calculations to estimate range for a line of site RF link.
• Develops algorithms and plans, conducts and directs research and development.
• Develops and applies advanced systems methods, theories and research techniques.
• Directs, coordinates and contributes to compilation and writing of proposal documents.
• Prepares design proposals to reflect cost, time and alternative solutions.
• Provides functional or resource planning guidance to program, engineering and management staff.
• Interfaces with team members, management staff, customers, subcontractors and vendors.
• Solves complex and difficult engineering problems.
• Identifies systems engineering process improvements and enforces the execution of them across the organization.
• Maintains knowledge of and follows applicable policies and procedures governing work assignments.
• Serves as team lead and assumes additional technical and leadership responsibilities as needed to solve engineering problems or develop improved engineering processes.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Four-year college degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline, plus a minimum of twelve years of related experience, or a master’s degree with ten years of experience.
• Active DOD Security Clearance.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to use personal computer software such as spreadsheets and word processing programs.
• Ability to use DOORS, EPDM and AllChange.
• Ability to effectively interface with customers, subcontractors and vendors, and deal with employees and managers at all levels both within and outside of the engineering organization.
• In depth knowledge of customer needs and competing products.
• Mental ability to perform engineering problem solving and analytical tasks.
• Must be able to work under project deadline pressures, and associated cost and schedule constraints.

Cubic Pay Range: $193,000.00 - $220,000.00 + benefits.

The Cubic pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Worker Type: Employee

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic under applicable law. Cubic creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation that make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities that help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global challenges through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Cubic is dedicated to providing a comprehensive employee benefits program. All regular, full-time and part-time employees (working an average of 20 hours per week) are eligible for benefits that are effective on the first day of employment. Cubic offers medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid disability (company continues full pay and benefits for up to six weeks), life insurance options, critical illness and accident coverages, Flexible Spending Accounts, a pre-paid legal plan, travel accident insurance, an award-winning well-being program which includes an employer-funded lifestyle spending account, up to six weeks of paid parental leave, and a 401k Retirement Plan with a company match. Employees can also take advantage of backup childcare, pet care, pet insurance, virtual tutoring, and a tuition reimbursement program. Many locations follow a 9/80 work schedule with time‑off policies to help encourage employees to take time for rest and relaxation. Full‑time salaried employees are eligible to participate in Cubic’s flexible time‑off arrangement. Part‑time and hourly employees accrue paid time‑off (PTO)/Sick leave at a rate of 5.23 hours bi‑weekly. Lastly, Cubic provides its employees 11 paid holidays throughout the calendar year. With a presence in over 60 countries and more than 5,000 employees worldwide, Cubic is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action‑Employer. We are committed to ensuring a workplace free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, military or veteran status, and any other basis protected by applicable law.

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