- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- HuntsvilleAlabamaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Sep 20, 2026
- Salary
- $133,500–$203,750 a year
Full-time
Principal Systems Engineer
Job description
Summary The Principal Systems Engineer works with our Design team to develop a variety of innovative Unmanned Systems for defense and commercial applications. This position will interact with Controls Engineers to allocate requirements and develop architectures to drive simulation models. These development efforts will generally be small focused design teams, which will require engineers to use a range of skills and tools across traditional engineering, computer science, and mathematical disciplines.
AV isn’t for everyone. We hire the curious, the relentless, the mission-obsessed. The best of the best.
We don’t just build defense technology—we redefine what’s possible.
Job responsibilities
- Oversee requirements traceability and evolution through the system development cycle
- Provide weekly status of system development progress with requirements burn down
- Allocate requirements to subsystem & engineering coordination
- Evaluate system performance thresholds and providing direction
- Develops instrumented flight test vectors and data acquisition
- Provide input for model development and simulation analysis
- Develop systems test plans, procedures and reports
- Review and interpret customer specification effectively
Job requirements
- Bachelors in Mathematics, Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- 12 - 15 years of experience in a systems engineering role (Aerospace systems engineering preferred)
- Proficiency with C/C++ and Matlab required
- Has managed requirements traceability and evolution through the system development cycle
- Demonstrated prior experience in providing effective weekly status of system development progress with requirements burn down
- Has developed systems test plans, procedures and reports and reviewed and interpreted specifications
- Experienced in writing Systems Safety protocols and ensuring personnel safety during field testing
- Strong Matlab skills and is proficient with office software and computer based productivity tools