Principal Systems Engineer

Description

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.

For more information, visit https://epiqsolutions.com.

JOB SUMMARY

The Principal Systems Engineer provides technical leadership in 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 position 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 Principal Systems Engineer may also serve as a technical lead for SDR development efforts with defined scope and delivery timelines.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & 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 Epiq’s systems engineering processes, templates, and best practices. 
• 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. 

Requirements

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, 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
• Demonstrated ability to develop and communicate system architectures, 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

Preferred

• Master’s 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
• Generous vacation policy
• Paid five-week sabbatical every five years
• 401(k) company match at 100% of first 6% of salary
• Health, dental, vision insurance
• Company paid life, short term, 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.