Principal Systems Engineer

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or related discipline \n
• Minimum 15 years of engineering experience, including at least 5 years in radio or RF hardware development \n
• Broad technical understanding of SDR systems, including RF front ends, digital hardware, firmware, and software \n
• Strong verbal and written communication skills \n
• Demonstrated ability to develop and communicate system architectures, block diagrams, and interface definitions \n
• Experience performing system-level trade studies, requirements definition, and design reviews \n
• Working knowledge of Python and basic modeling or data analysis techniques \n
• Ability to manage multiple efforts simultaneously and prioritize across concurrent projects \n
• Able to work on US Government Contracts which requires U.S. citizenship \n

The role requires a broad technical understanding of SDR systems - including RF, hardware, firmware, and software - and the ability to translate customer and product needs into clear system definitions. Depending on project needs, the Principal Systems Engineer may also serve as a technical lead for SDR development efforts with defined scope and delivery timelines. \n \n \nESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES \n \n \n

• Collaborate with product management to develop and review technical content for proposals, statements of work, and customer engagements. \n
• Engage with customers and internal product development teams to develop system-level use cases that inform feature scoping and platform direction. \n
• Define and document system and feature-level requirements for new radio platforms and major capabilities, with primary ownership through initial definition and handoff to execution teams. \n
• Identify and scope technical trade studies to evaluate architectural, performance, and implementation options. \n
• Support initial project baseline planning by working with subject matter experts to guide scope, assumptions, and feasibility discussions. Balance customer-specific program needs with long-term SDR platform strategy, identifying opportunities for reuse and commonality. \n
• Develop high-level system architectures, including block diagrams, interface definitions, and support for critical component selection. \n
• Work closely with a Technical Lead focused on execution (on some projects, serve as the Technical Lead) responsible for coordinating cross-functional technical efforts. \n
• Support projects through the full product lifecycle from early concept and customer-funded development through New Product Introduction (NPI), production, fielded support, and eventual product retirement. \n
• Define system-level acceptance and verification approaches, including how data should be acquired, structured, and reviewed to validate requirements. \n
• Guide troubleshooting of complex system-level issues, helping teams isolate problems to subsystems through structured analysis and test strategy guidance. \n
• Provide technical customer support related to integrating SDR products into larger customer systems. \n
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of Epiq’s systems engineering processes, templates, and best practices. \n
• Lead a cross-functional engineering team through SDR hardware and system development efforts. \n
• Identify technical risks and develop and implement mitigation plans. \n
• Work with engineering team members to define development tasks, dependencies, and priorities, and assist in removing technical blockers. \n
• Establish and track internal technical milestones to support delivery against contract and customer commitments. \n
• Collaborate with project management to ensure projects remain aligned with schedule, budget, and scope. \n

Requirements: \n \nSKILLS, EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION \n \n \nRequired \n \n, n \nPreferred \n \n \n

• Master’s degree in Engineering \n
• Experience supporting customer-funded prototype development followed by internal productization or new product introduction efforts \n
• Familiarity with customer integration challenges involving RF systems and embedded platforms \n

\n \nBENEFITS \n \n \n

• Join a successful and growing company investing in our future success \n
• Generous vacation policy \n
• Paid five-week sabbatical every five years \n
• 401(k) company match at 100% of first 6% of salary \n
• Health, dental, vision insurance \n
• Company paid life, short term, and long-term disability insurance \n
• Employee assistance program \n
• Wellness reimbursement \n
• Charitable Giving Company Match \n
• Competitive salary commensurate with experience and performance \n
• Fun, laid-back culture and rewarding work! \n

\n \nEpiq Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. \n \n Equal Employment Opportunity/M/F/disability/protected veteran status \n \n PI288166999”, “hiringOrganization”: {“@type”: “Organization”, “name”: “Epiq Solutions”}, “jobLocation”: {“address”: {“addressCountry”: “United States”, “streetAddress”: “Not specified”, “@type”: “PostalAddress”, “postalCode”: “21703”, “addressLocality”: “Frederick”, “addressRegion”: “Maryland - MD”}, “@type”: “Place”}, “industry”: “”, “identifier”: {“@type”: “PropertyValue”, “name”: “Epiq Solutions”, “value”: “288166999”}, “baseSalary”: {“@type”: “MonetaryAmount”, “currency”: “USD”, “value”: {“@type”: “QuantitativeValue”, “value”: “Competitive”, “unitText”