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Sierra Nevada Corporation Sr Principal Systems Engineer in Folsom, California
Are you a bold thinker? We dream big at Sierra Nevada Corporation—advocating the exploration of space, keeping service members safe and creating the systems that keep our world united and sustain our way of living. Join our team! As a Systems Engineer, you will be using your skills and expertise to research, architect, model, simulate, test, certify and improve cutting edge products and services. You'll be developing complex system architectures within contextual modeling platforms, ushering them from operational concept through preliminary and detailed design, simulation, and test using progressive tools. As a cross-functional engineer, you are in charge of system-level ownership of new products and processes through the product lifecycle.
In this role, you will be designing, developing and documenting the digital architecture of a distributed multi-function SIGINT/RADAR/EW family of systems. The ideal candidate will have an in-depth understanding of digital messaging standards, digital networking, signal processing techniques, software architectures, RADAR Systems, SIGINT Systems, and digital communication protocols for high speed, synchronous, applications. The position requires a solid understanding of the RF principals governing both coherent and non-coherent RF technologies throughout the RF spectrum. A solid background in the latest FPGA technologies as well as the tools such as Xilinx Vivado is a significant plus for this position. The role requires a strong team player who can work closely with hardware engineers, software engineers, system architects, and other developers to bring innovative solutions to the intelligence, military, and defense sectors.
The Mission Solutions and Technologies (MST) business area provides affordable, turn-key command/control, communications, integrated ISR, force protection and security solutions worldwide. The MST team has a long legacy of supporting the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, commercial and international customers with years of experience in platform operations, engineering and full lifecycle management across domains – air, land, sea, space and cyber. https://www.sncorp.com/company/business-areas/
Responsibilities:
This role will also support integration, test, and verification in the final products
Analyze, design, simulate, and implement algorithms in hardware descriptor languages, HDL (VHDL, Verilog), based on customer requirements and/or MATLAB model(s)
Plan out complex data movements of digitized artifacts of the RF spectrum for a multi-mission integrated system. etc
Collaborate with a multi-disciplined design team (electrical engineers, systems engineers and scientists) to design and integrate challenging DSP FPGA designs and RF sensor systems
Collaborate with a multi-disciplined design team to design and integrate DSP applications for latest System on a Chip (SoC) implementations such as Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+, Intel Stratix-10, and Xilinx RFSoC, Versal
Analyze, design, simulate, and implement designs which interface to common signaling standards, typical IP hard macros such as SERDES, PLLS, etc and/or protocols such PCIe, JESD204B, LVDS, etc
Guide firmware solutions that interface with hardware and SW systems (FPGAs, GPUs, GPPs)
Guide firmware and software in compliance with security, quality, and performance requirements
Contribute to the development of software/firmware architectures, design patterns, and engineering best practices
Participate in code reviews, testing, and debugging efforts as part of a collaborative team environment
Develop and maintain requirements documents, functional specification documents, interface control documents, etc
Develop project test plans and test procedures, provide test planning support, and assist in the execution of both lab testing and field testing
Must-haves:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related field
15+ years of experience developing DSP firmware systems, preferably in a SIGINT/RADAR/military context - Proficiency in VHDL, Verilog HDL coding
Familiarity with C/C++, MATLAB, Simulink and other scripting languages - Understanding of signal processing (frequency domain, time domain, Filtering and Channelizing IQ data)
Familiarity with networking, packets, TCP/IP, UDP, Multicast and network architectures, 100GigE, 10GigE
Familiarity with government open standards: SOSA, VITA, MORA, etc.
Working knowledge of internal logic analyzer (ILA/chipscope/signaltap)
Experience and willingness for lab testing
Familiarity with FPGA and ARM processors and memory access (e.g. DMA)
Strong analytical skills and problem-solving ability
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Advanced knowledge of engineering principles and practices
Progressive Experience working in multi-disciplinary design and development teams
Thorough understanding of requirements management, functional requirements parsing, derivation, and allocation; systems design, systems integration, technical risk identification and management strategies, and Verification and Validation (V&V) principles
Preferred:
Demonstrated capability in requirements management and system modelling tools, such as DOORS, Rhapsody, NoMagic, MATLAB
Advanced knowledge of industry standard mechanical design principles, to include, but not limited to requirements management, Model Based System Engineering (MBSE)
Experience or certification in INCOSE standards
Background in the Aerospace and Defense Industry
Progressive experience leading baseline definition and maturation in a complex development setting, including the use of high impact trade studies and other measures
Advanced experience with establishing and tracking key Technical Performance Measurements (TPM)
Estimated Starting Salary Range: $183,344.68 - $252,098.93. SNC considers several factors when extending job offers, including but not limited to candidates’ key skills, relevant work experience, and education/training/certifications.
SNC offers annual incentive pay based upon performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.
SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more (https://www.sncorp.com/careers/total-rewards/) .
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
This position requires current/active Secret U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. Citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations and illegal drug use.
Learn more about the background check process for Security Clearances. (https://www.dcsa.mil/About/)
SNC is a global leader in aerospace and national security committed to moving the American Dream forward. We’re known and respected for our mission and execution focus, agility, and disruptive and rapid innovation. We provide leading edge technologies and transformative solutions that support our nation’s most critical security needs. If you are mission-focused, thrive in collaborative environments, and want to make our country stronger with state-of-the-art technologies that safeguard freedom, join our team!
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome our employees to bring their whole selves to their work. SNC is committed to fostering an inclusive, accepting, and diverse environment free of discrimination. Employment decisions are made without regarding to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law. Contributions to SNC come in many shapes and styles, and we believe diversity in our workforce fosters new and greater ways to dream, innovate, and inspire.
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