Sr Principal Systems Engineer

Taxable Entity

MCCALLIE ASSOCIATES INC

Job Title

Sr Principal Systems Engineer

Location

VA Wallops Island NASA Goddard - Wallops Island, VA 23337 US (Primary)

Category

Engineering

Job Type

Part-time

Typical Pay/Range

$60.00 to $64.61 / hr

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Travel

None

Security Clearance Required:
None

POSITION OVERVIEW AND PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS):

The Sr. Principal Systems Engineer is the level 5 systems engineering position that is required to support on-going or new NASA space mission projects.

The Sr. Principal Systems Engineer is responsible for ensuring that systems requirements are achieved.

The Sr. Principal Systems Engineer is responsible for interface control during development and maintenance activities and for the integration and test planning necessary to verify that system requirements have been realized.

Other duties include: a) Perform engineering for a system or subsystems using methodologies and techniques appropriate to the engineering discipline. Provide expert advice and support during the entire life cycle from the specification and analysis of requirements, through the design of the hardware or software, procurement, fabrication, assembly, to integration and test, and launch and operation of the spacecraft. Identify and solve technical problems during all phases. Develop technical reports and documentation. Support technical meetings and reviews. b) If functioning as a lead engineer, provide technical direction for the definition and development of a system or subsystem and coordinate all appropriate engineering activities. If functioning as a senior subject matter expert, perform engineering analysis, design, development, test or troubleshooting.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

A Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering from an accredited institution.

The Sr. Principal Systems Engineer shall have 26 years of spacecraft design and development experience including at least 10 years of experience analyzing system requirements, developing functional performance requirements, and allocating those requirements to the system elements.

Preferred Qualifications or Skills

Currently hold or ability to obtain a NASA Goddard badge (NACI background investigation) is required.

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