Systems Engineer Principal

Description

SAIC is looking to hire a Systems Engineer Principal in Midwest City, OK. The candidate selected will perform Systems Engineering activities related to Aircraft software including : requirements definition, analysis and engineering, system architecting, system analysis and design, interface and data architectures, validation and verification, systems integration, system op.

performance analysis, decision analysis and physical configuration analysis (PCA), airworthiness and nuclear certification process.

Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.

Roles and Responsibilities :

• Review of software and programmatic documentation, researching technical questions, attending Technical Interchange Meetings (TIM) and briefing government personnel on current B-52H related issues.
• Supply engineering and technical expertise to the customer on all matters concerning Sustainment Block (SB) or Agile Software Releases (ASR) updates to include any future upgrades to the B-52H Aircraft Avionics Systems.
• Perform review of software documentation; examples include Software Development Plans (SDP), Software Requirement Specifications (SRS), Software Design Descriptions / Documents (SDD), Software Test Descriptions (STD), Interface Design Documents (IDD), Software Test Reports (STR), and Software Version Descriptions (SVD).
• Participate in requirements, design, test, and source data peer reviews to include analyzing and providing comments on peer review materials.
• Support the government at milestone meetings such as Software / System Requirements Reviews (SSR), Preliminary / Critical Design Reviews (PDR / CDR), Software and System Test Readiness Reviews (SSTR), Functional Configuration Audit / Physical Configuration Audit (FCA / PCA), Program Increments, Iteration Reviews.
• Monitor and report on the vendor's Software Test Plan (STP) used during Unit Code, Computer Software Component (CSC) Computer Software Configuration Items (CSCI) Functional testing, Formal Qualification Testing (FQT) and System Level (SLT) testing.
• Observe performance of vendors Software Test Programs to ensure compliance with customer's requirements.
• Create metrics based on databases to assist in performing analysis and to provide insight to the customer on the present status of the B-1 avionics' software development schedule.
• Monitor the vendor's ability to meet B-1 avionics' software development schedule, software developmental efforts for accuracy and completeness and observe software testing as required by the customer.
• Monitor and report on software-test progress including resolution of Software Test Reports.
• Prepare Airworthiness and Configuration Control Boards (CCB) packages for the customer.
• Prepare Nuclear certification packages for software CCBs / fielding.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Education :

• Bachelor's degree and 9 years of relevant experience; Additional work experience will be considered in lieu of degree.
• A minimum of five (5) years' experience working with military aircraft systems and software.
• Must be able to obtain a Secret clearance.
• Excellent organizational and verbal / written communication skills.
• Experience with the Agile software development process.
• Working knowledge of Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System (DOORS)
• Familiarity with Technical Orders (TOs), Flight Manuals and / or Maintenance Manuals.
• Familiarity with B-52H or B-1B software / hardware.

Target salary range : $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy : SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.