Project Engineer - Senior Principal Systems Engineer

Overview

Project Engineer - Senior Principal Systems Engineer role at Cubic Defence (UK & Europe).

Company details: When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners.

Responsibilities

• Manages overall technical execution of the program
• Supports engineering activities for proposal efforts
• Clearly defines/relays the program’s goals/objectives to technical staff and management
• Collaborates with Business Development on product features and functionality
• Aids in coordinating the activities of technical staff
• Acts as liaison between different engineering disciplines, manufacturing, program management personnel and the customer
• Identifies solutions for new and existing customers
• Takes a leading role in the preparation and presentation of clear and high-quality solutions
• Highlights the role of both technology and service delivery
• Estimates, plans, schedules, and executes systems engineering activities
• Performs hardware/software integration planning and oversees activities
• Performs system-level test planning and oversees test implementation
• Oversees activities to establish and maintain the technical baseline
• Leads analysis activities to define system requirements, architecture, and allocated baseline to subsystem/component levels
• Ensures the technical accuracy of specific design details in project areas
• Recognizes technical problems in other disciplines; initiates appropriate corrective actions
• Works with PM to ensure the baseline meets customer needs and is within contract scope
• Manages systems configuration, system architecture and system design
• Ensures quality of material and maturity of system meets expectations
• Ensures design and analysis activities are performed against approved baseline
• Establishes program controls
• Maintains metrics to track performance of the project
• Maintains project’s risk metrics and performs technical risk management activities
• Provides reports and briefings to management and customer regarding status of project
• Enforces change control through established CCB
• Responsible for quality of end product and verification against approved baseline
• Works with Program Team to create program schedule and WBS
• Establishes milestones and deliverables (gates, technical reviews, CDRLs, etc); may tailor existing processes
• Defines tasks required to accomplish milestones and deliverables
• Identifies staffing required to accomplish tasks (resource-loaded schedule with appropriate skillsets and SMEs identified)
• Mentors and trains less experienced systems engineers
• Oversees gate and design reviews for assigned project(s)
• Coordinates with stakeholders and closure of action items
• Interfaces with internal and external stakeholders including engineering, program management, quality, finance, business development, services, sub-contractors, end users and customers

Minimum Job Requirements

• Minimum of 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years experience; or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience in the project engineering role performing requirements derivation/analysis and leading technical efforts to develop, test, and deliver systems which meet customer requirements.
• Experience developing systems through the systems engineering process.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to use personal computer software such as spreadsheets and word processing programs and requirement management database tool.
• Experience with PLM tools, such as ARAS, is highly desirable.
• Mental ability to perform engineering problem solving and analytical tasks.
• Must be able to work under project deadlines and associated cost and schedule constraints.
• Must be able to obtain a Security Clearance

Cubic Pay Range: $114,000-$260,000