Principal Engineer 3 (SW)

This position is for a Principal Engineer III to support TURBULENCE (TU) installation and deployment. The TU Thread Engineer will work as a lead systems engineer supporting a Government lead to achieve the thread's goals for each TU Spin.

Specific duties include:
Leading the tactical engineering activities to accomplish spin goals to include coordinating and participating in design meetings and technical review meetings; developing technical plans to guide capability development; coordinating preparation of test plans and procedures; coordinating thread testing and verification of test results; reporting status of capability development activities; and verifying/reporting the thread's spin goals and results. Working with system architects, system developers, testers, and systems engineers to develop and maintain thread block diagrams, sequence diagrams, interface definitions, and other analysis and design artifacts to be used for development, integration, and testing. Writing and coordinating the preparation of technical documentation for one or more threads. The documentation will include but not be limited to: technical management plans, requirements documents, and technical briefings. Ensuring technical reviews are done in accordance with the TU Systems Engineering Plan (SEP) and the Thread Engineering Process. In addition, should ensure the thread can support the T4 test and deployment processes.

Minimum Requirements:
Three years of direct experience with an intelligence community or signals intelligence capability with an emphasis on collection, processing, and exploitation. Fifteen years experience in technical roles for Government or Industry customer. Ten years experience as a Systems Engineer supporting programs to develop and field large-scale systems to include experience in system architecture, requirements analysis, system documentation, system evaluation, and process execution and evaluation. BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or other technical discipline. Experience in full system life cycle from concept development through testing and deployment. The candidate must have demonstrated ability to write system engineering documentation and The candidate must be results-oriented, self-motivated and an effective communicator. The candidate must have working experience with MS Office products including MS Project.

Preferred Skills:
Experience with testing performed according to SE standards. Knowledge of NSA's SIGINT mission systems. Knowledge of DNI technologies and protocols. Experience in integrating systems into a system of systems. General knowledge of XML and JMS messaging.

Security:
Candidate must have TS/SCI clearance with full scope polygraph.

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