Senior Principal Engineer - Digital CDH Lead

Company: Orbital Sciences Corporation Location: Dulles, VA 20166 Job Category: Engineering Reference Code: A08-188 Senior Principal Engineer - Digital CDH Lead Since our founding in 1982, Orbital has pioneered new classes of rockets, satellites and other space systems that have made us one of the world's leading developers and manufacturers of space and missile systems. Our commercial, civil government and military customers depend on our low-orbit, geostationary and planetary spacecraft to help them meet their communications, remote sensing and scientific missions. We also launch exciting new careers every day. Join us in bringing the benefits of space down to Earth! Serve as a professional authority in one engineering discipline or specialty area. Collaborate in preliminary and advanced design studies and prepare portions of engineering proposals. Conceive and develop solutions to analytical, design, and test problems that program(s) experience. Aid in establishing systems philosophy and design objectives. Analyze and resolve failures in test and service, sometimes without recourse to intense theoretical studies and test programs. Assure continuity of design features from advanced design through contract completion. Write major portions of complex specifications and engineering reports as a result of advance studies, special engineering investigations, and similar activities. Develop aspects of new theory and design criteria for general application. May lead subsystem design team within project to include technical, cost and schedule responsibility for assigned subsystem. Required Qualifications:Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering. Minimum of 10-12 years experience in military or aerospace field that must include Digital Design. Active TS/SCI/SSBI required. Preferred Qualifications:Ability to work in conjunction with other engineers on development of digital electronics for satellite and interplanetary applications. Manage and direct: As a Command and Data Handler (C&DH) Leader - responsible for all aspects of component electronic delivery, including: scope definition, cost and schedule. Lead an engineering team in the development, delivery of electronic components. Serve as primary point of contact for Program and Functional Management Lead architectural trades spanning design from system, component and board levels. Lead design development and implementation at the system, component, board levels. Maintain requirements analysis and verification of the product through simulation, analysis, test, inspection. Generate engineering documentation required to illustrate design closure. Experience with Cost Account Management and Earned Value Management Systems..