Principal Systems Engineer

Key Responsibilities - Apply Oceanic and En Route Air Traffic Control domain expertise to the development, modernization, integration, and sustainment of current and future air traffic management systems. - Help define and shape future ATM capabilities by translating operational experience, emerging needs, and new concepts into system requirements and engineering solutions. - Develop, analyze, document, and manage system and functional requirements, ensuring technical requirements accurately reflect operational ATC needs. - Develop and maintain system documentation, system requirements, interface requirements, operational concepts, and related engineering artifacts. - Translate air traffic controller and operational requirements into clear, testable technical requirements for software development, integration, and test teams. - Work closely with software engineering, systems integration, test, human factors, and operational stakeholders to ensure a common understanding of system functionality and expected operational behavior. - Participate in requirements reviews, design reviews, test readiness activities, technical interchange meetings, and other systems engineering lifecycle activities. - Support verification and validation activities to ensure delivered capabilities satisfy both technical requirements and operational ATC needs. - Contribute to the evolution of air traffic management by supporting modernization, interoperability, and the introduction of new technologies across domestic and international airspace environments. - Provide technical and domain leadership to multidisciplinary engineering teams and mentor less-experienced engineers as appropriate. Required Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience. Significant hands-on Air Traffic Control or air traffic systems experience may be considered in lieu of degree requirements. - 12+ years of related systems engineering experience, air traffic systems engineering, or directly relevant ATC domain experience, or 10+ years with a Master's degree. - Demonstrated knowledge or experience with Oceanic and En Route Air Traffic Control operations, procedures, automation, or supporting systems. - Experience translating operational concepts and user needs into system and software requirements. - Experience supporting complex systems through development, integration, test, deployment, and/or sustainment. - Demonstrated ability to investigate complex operational or system issues and collaborate across engineering disciplines to identify and implement solutions. - Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with air traffic operational personnel as well as technical engineering teams. - Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance US citizenship is required - Successful completion of any required government background investigations Preferred / Desired Qualifications - Hands-on experience with FAA En Route or Oceanic Air Traffic Control operations or automation systems. - Experience with the FAA Advanced Technologies & Oceanic Procedures (ATOP) system. - Experience with FAA En Route automation environments or other large-scale air traffic management systems. - Experience with international Oceanic or En Route Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems, Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs), or international ATM interoperability. - Knowledge of Oceanic operations, including flight data processing, aircraft separation, surveillance, controller tools, and air-ground communications. - Familiarity with FAA modernization initiatives and technologies such as NextGen, System Wide Information Management (SWIM), Data Communications (Data Comm), and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). - Experience working on programs involving both development and sustainment of operationally deployed, mission-critical systems. - Experience working within Agile/Scrum development environments. - Experience supporting requirements development, system integration, verification, validation, and operational issue resolution