Principal Systems Engineer Rolling Meadows, IL

COMPANY BACKGROUND

Epiq Solutions develops cutting-edge software-defined radio (SDR) products and processing solutions to enable spectrum dominance for maritime land air and space domains. With 15 years serving government and commercial enterprise customers and 25K devices fielded to date Epiq Solutions is a trusted partner with a proven heritage of delivering open architecture products in radically small form factors where time-to-market cost and performance are critical for mission success.

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JOB SUMMARY

We are seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to support the development and evolution of SDR platforms. This is an emerging role within the organization and will play a key part in aligning customer needs product strategy and technical execution. The Systems Engineer will collaborate closely with product management customers and cross-functional engineering teams to define system requirements guide architectural decisions and support programs from early concept through prototype delivery and commercialization.

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 Systems Engineer may also serve as a Technical Lead for SDR development efforts with well-defined periods of performance.

SYSTEM ENGINEERING RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with product management to develop and review technical content for proposals statements of work and customer engagements
• Engage with customers and internal product development teams to develop system-level use cases that inform feature scoping and platform direction
• 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
• Identify and scope technical trade studies to evaluate architectural performance and implementation options
• 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
• Develop high-level system architectures including block diagrams interface definitions and support for critical component selection
• Work closely with a Technical Lead focused on execution (on some projects serve as the Technical Lead) responsible for coordinating cross-functional technical efforts
• 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
• Define system-level acceptance and verification approaches including how data should be acquired structured and reviewed to validate requirements
• Guide troubleshooting of complex system-level issues helping teams isolate problems to subsystems through structured analysis and test strategy guidance
• Provide technical customer support related to integrating SDR products into larger customer systems
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of Epiqs systems engineering processes templates and best practices

PROJECT TECHNICAL LEAD RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead a cross-functional engineering team through SDR hardware and system development efforts
• Identify technical risks and develop and implement mitigation plans
• Work with engineering team members to define development tasks dependencies and priorities and assist in removing technical blockers
• Establish and track internal technical milestones to support delivery against contract and customer commitments
• Collaborate with project management to ensure projects remain aligned with schedule budget and scope

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Bachelors degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering (or related discipline)
• Minimum 15 years of engineering experience including at least 5 years in radio or RF hardware development
• Broad technical understanding of SDR systems including RF front ends digital hardware firmware and software
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent system architecture and diagramming skills including block diagrams and interface definitions
• Experience performing system-level trade studies requirements definition and design reviews
• Working knowledge of Python and basic modeling or data analysis techniques
• Ability to manage multiple efforts simultaneously and prioritize across concurrent projects
• Able to work on US Government Contracts which requires U.S. citizenship

DESIRED SKILLS

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

BENEFITS

• Join a successful and growing company investing in our future success
• Flexible work hours
• Generous vacation policy
• Paid five-week sabbatical every five years
• 401(k) matching
• Health dental vision insurance
• Life short and long-term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Wellness reimbursement
• Charitable Giving Company Match
• Competitive salary commensurate with experience and performance
• Fun laid-back culture and rewarding work!

Epiq 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.