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Principal System Engineer
Tewksbury, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$131K/yr - $237K/yr
10+ years expLeidos Security Enterprise Solutions is looking for a Principal System Engineer to lead the design and development of advanced Ion Mobility Spectrometer instruments. The role involves technical planning, instrument architecture, and coordination of multidisciplinary teams throughout the product lifecycle.
Computer Software
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Lead system-level instrument architecture and design for IMS instruments, including decomposition into subsystems, interfaces, and verification strategies
Coordinate and lead the efforts of science and engineering teams on multidisciplinary projects, ensuring alignment across chemistry, physics, mechanical, electrical, firmware, and software development
Translate customer and mission needs into clear, testable system requirements, including allocation to subsystems and definition of interfaces and performance budgets
Develop and maintain an organized engineering roadmap and technical baseline for instrument development and sustaining activities
Perform (and/or lead) functional analysis, timeline analysis, trade studies, risk assessments, and requirements traceability to guide design decisions
Provide system-level design input to scientific, mechanical, electrical, and software teams-ensuring that instrument performance, reliability, and testability are built in from the start
Plan and lead integration, test, verification, and validation activities, including defining test approaches, troubleshooting cross-domain issues, and closing performance gaps
Establish and manage system configuration baselines, versioning, and change control; initiate and execute engineering change efforts to sustain and evolve the instrument
Mentor and guide other scientists and engineers; promote strong engineering rigor, documentation discipline, and effective design-review practices
Collaborate with program leadership and stakeholders to balance performance, cost, schedule, manufacturability, reliability, and supportability
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical discipline (e.g., Chemistry, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or similar) with 12-15 years of relevant experience, or Master's with 10-13 years of relevant experience. (A PhD in a relevant technical domain may be considered.)
Demonstrated experience leading (or serving as a key technical contributor on) the design, build, and test of complex analytical instruments or sensing products from concept through prototype and system-level validation
Strong background in IMS and/or MS instrument development, including applying modern IMS/MS theory and practices to real hardware performance and test outcomes
Experience working effectively on multi-disciplinary teams, including technical leadership, coordination across organizations, and mentoring less experienced engineers/scientists
Ability to work independently to solve complex, ambiguous technical problems and drive decisions through data, analysis, and engineering judgment
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to present technical content to diverse audiences (engineering, leadership, and customers)
able to obtain relevant public trust and clearances
Preferred
Demonstrated experience with ion mobility development, including modeling, analysis, test correlation, and performance optimization at the instrument-system level
Experience with full lifecycle instrument engineering: requirements architecture subsystem design integration V&V production transition sustaining
Familiarity with instrument control, data acquisition, and analysis workflows (and effectively partnering with software teams to implement them)
Background in designing for reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, and configuration control in a product-oriented environment
Working knowledge of laboratory development environments (e.g., Linux-based workflows and scripting/automation) and test automation approaches
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