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McBride

Principal Systems Engineer

McBride, Bedford, Massachusetts, us, 01730

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McBride Consulting has an exciting opportunity for a

Principal Systems Engineer

providing support to the

Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management Division (C3BM) .

This is a full‑time position located at Hanscom AFB, Bedford, MA. The role involves supporting the design, operation, and sustainment of systems and components throughout the acquisition life cycle.

Responsibilities

Align with one of five Mission Integration Teams (MITs): Air, Maritime, Land, Homeland Air Defense, and Cross‑Cutting.

Translate operational and functional requirements into technical requirements.

Design capability architecture ensuring integration/interoperability with the broader DAF C3BM enterprise architecture.

Assess risk and collaborate with the Science & Technology Community to mitigate identified risks.

Provide execution management strategy to deliver capability requirements to the acquisition community.

Collaborate on Test and Evaluation Strategy with the Test and Evaluation Community for exercise and experimentation activities.

Drive interconnectivity between represented PEOs and weapon systems.

Capture current and future state architecture models and develop migration paths enabling seamless sensor‑to‑shooter connectivity.

Engage joint and coalition community to design and evaluate architecture that connects any sensor to any shooter irrespective of service or coalition.

Identify, assess, and mature innovative and affordable concepts meeting current and future AF needs through multi‑domain expertise, analytics, and modeling, simulation & analysis tool development.

Qualifications

Must be a U.S. citizen.

Must have and be able to maintain an active Top Secret level clearance and be SCI eligible.

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree.

20+ years of experience with 12+ years of DoD related experience.

Familiar with cloud‑based systems, including management and projection of cost and performance.

Familiar with agile methods and CI/CD, DevSecOps, and DevOps principles.

Comprehensive knowledge of principles, policies and practices of systems acquisition and program management as defined in DoDI 5000.02 and 5000.75.

Possess knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques for gathering, analyzing, and measuring effectiveness, efficiency and productivity of acquisition programs.

Possesses strong oral and written communication skills, providing quality acquisition and program documentation including briefings, documents, and plans.

Additional Information Location: Hanscom AFB, Bedford, MA

Benefits

401(k)

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Professional development assistance

Referral program

Vision insurance

McBride is an Equal Opportunity Employer. McBride Consulting does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non‑disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

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