Senior Principal Space Systems Engineer

General Dynamics

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Work type: On-site
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Salary: $183,371–$203,428 / yr
Posted: 1 day ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.

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The Senior Principal Space Systems Engineer joins the GDMS engineering team to analyze, design, develop, and test complex systems. This role involves ensuring the integration of software, hardware, reliability, maintainability, and safety requirements within the total engineering effort. Key responsibilities include formulating operational concepts, performing mission, functional, cost-benefit, and risk analyses, and developing signal processing and overall system architectures. The position requires leading requirements management, modeling and simulation activities, and technical planning for large projects. Candidates must possess expertise in digital signal processing algorithms, specifically utilizing techniques from Detection and Estimation Theory, Random Processes Analysis, and Communications and Information Theory. The work focuses on developing hardware and software for space-based systems, with a specific emphasis on SIGINT and space payloads.

Skills

Systems Engineering Digital Signal Processing Modeling and Simulation Requirements Management Signal Processing Architecture Detection & Estimation Theory Random Processes Analysis Communications and Information Theory Systems Integration Space Payloads SIGINT Trade Studies Risk Analysis

What you'll do

Analyze, design, develop, and test systems to ensure integration of software, hardware, reliability, and safety requirements.
Formulate operational concepts and perform mission, functional, cost-benefit, and risk analyses.
Develop signal processing architecture and overall system architecture for space-based systems.
Lead requirements analysis, definition, management, and functional analysis with little to no supervision.
Lead modeling and simulation activities and technical planning for large teams or projects.
Prepare technical specifications, requirements, and interface definition studies for system elements.
Lead small technical proposals and contribute to medium-sized proposals.
Support integration and verification activities to validate system performance.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering or a related field plus 10 years of relevant experience.
Master's degree plus 8 years of relevant experience.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance within a reasonable amount of time.
Experience with digital signal processing algorithm development for statistical analysis of signal parameter measurements.
Electrical Engineering and/or Systems Engineering degree with a digital signal processing focus (preferred).
Experience in SIGINT and Space Payloads (preferred).

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