Lead Systems Engineer

Lead Systems Engineer Location Florham Park, NJ : Lead Systems Engineer Job Category: Engineering Time Type: Full time Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI Employee Type: Regular Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 25% Type of Travel: Continental US

As a Lead Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for leading a team of Systems Engineering, engaging in design, development, test, and delivery of our products in support of our advanced systems. You will be working within multi-disciplinary RF, hardware, software, system integration, and data analysis/collection teams who are creating systems in support of the Department of Defense and other Intelligence Community agencies. You will translate customer requirements into technical requirements and specifications while coordinating our cross-functional development team to ensure we continue to deliver timely and impactful products to our customers, participating in field test events as necessary.

This role can be supported from NJ, but travel to Spectral Team site in Chantilly, VA, will be required.

More About the Role:

• Lead coordination of multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Produce/author and derive system requirements and system specifications from High Level Mission Requirements.
• Perform engineering tradeoffs analysis and develop Course(s) of Action (COAs) using existing constraints/guidelines.
• Lead and support engineering design reviews such as System Requirements Reviews (SRR), Design Reviews (PDR/CDR) and Program Management Reviews (PMRs).
• Develop and/or gather information to generate technical documents and reports necessary to support deliverables as required.
• Manage risks, identify issues, and develop mitigation plans.
• Lead technical execution of projects. This includes defining and tracking activities ranging from systems engineering, software/hardware development, test/QA and final deployment on customer platforms to include cost and schedule responsibilities.
• Own cost-schedule-performance-risk of assigned projects.
• Spearhead continuous process improvement while exhibiting the ability to identify waste in the system and improve the overall process to reduce wasted time and redundancy.
• Generate technical content of white paper and act as primary point of contact for proposal development as required.
• Lead the establishment and continuing coordination of Development Operations (DevOps) pipelines for product teams.

You'll Bring These Qualifications:

• US Citizenship is required along with active TS/SCI security clearance
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline (Engineering - Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Software, Math, Physics) from an accredited University with minimum 10+ years of professional experience ideally with DoD organization or Contractor

These Qualifications Would Be Nice to Have:

• Experience throughout an entire hardware/software product development lifecycle.
• Extensive RF and Signal Processing experience.

What We Can Offer You:

• We've been named a Best Place to Work by the Washington Post.
• Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives.
• We offer competitive benefits and learning and development opportunities.
• We are mission-oriented and ever vigilant in aligning our solutions with the nation's highest priorities.
• For over 60 years, the principles of CACI's unique, character-based culture have been the driving force behind our success.

Company Overview: At CACI, you will have the opportunity to make an immediate impact by providing information solutions and services in support of national security missions and government transformation for Intelligence, Defense, and Federal Civilian customers. CACI is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.