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Sales Engineer
Rain
New York, NY
- $50,000 to $999,000 USD / year
…wallets, and cross-border rails. As both a Visa and Mastercard Principal Member, Rain issues cards that work at more than 175 million merchant locations in over 220 countries and…
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Confluent - Principal Engineer
IBM
Atlanta, GA
As a Principal Engineer, you’ll shape the direction of these foundational systems, lead high-impact initiatives, and raise the bar for reliability, quality, and operations. You’ll work…
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Account Executive (Central)
Verint Systems, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
Principal Duties and Essential Responsibilities:
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Client Director, Cloud & Strategic AI
Arista Networks
San Jose, CA
…management, DCI, and optics. You can hold your own with a customer's principal network…
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Consultant, Software Engineer
Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Co
AZ
Software Engineer needed to design and develop business services and APIs using Java, Spring, and Oracle. Develop REST and SOAP based APIs using JAX-WS and API Management tools. Perform…
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Software Test Engineer I
MED Medtronic Inc
Mounds View, MN · Newton, MA
Medtronic is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Software Test Engineer to join our Affera Mapping and Ablation System team. This role is essential in supporting the testing and quality…
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Research & Development Engineer I - Onsite
SLD Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc.
Memphis, TN
As an R&D Engineer I, you will develop spinal implants, instruments, and systems while collaborating with cross-functional teams and customers throughout the new product development…
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Software Engineer II
MED Medtronic Inc
Mounds View, MN
As a Software Engineer II you will be part of our Device Embedded Systems team responsible for designing, developing and verifying embedded software applications used in implantable cardiac…
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Senior Scientist II / Principal Research Scientist I - Analytical R&D
AbbVie
North Chicago, IL
- $124,500 to $236,500 USD / year
For the Principal Research Scientist I position, we are seeking a highly motivated and experienced data scientist to provide scientific and technical leadership for analytical data science,…
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Flight Software Engineer - Level 3 or 4 (Active Secret) - AHT
Northrop Grumman
Redondo Beach, CA
Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Flight Software Engineer - Level 3 or 4 (Active Secret) to join our team of highly qualified, diverse professionals…
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Principal Embedded Software Engineer - Radar, Onsite
RTX Corporation
el segundo, CA
Raytheon Space and Air division in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Principal Embedded Software Engineer to be part of their product development teams.
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Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Payments Migration
Intuit
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA
Intuit is bringing on a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer to sit inside our highest-stakes payments work: strategic customers moving real payment volume onto QuickBooks Payments, and…
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Sr. Principal Systems Engineer Level 4
Northrop Grumman
Sunnyvale, CA
Northrop Grumman is seeking a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer Level 4 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The Marine Systems organization, part of Northrop Grumman Mission…
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Sr. Software Development Engineer, EC2 Nitro Specialized Instance team
Amazon
Santa Clara, CA
…with supporting script and tests in Python and Lua. Senior Software Development Engineers work closely with EC2 Principal Engineers and other technical leaders to define technical…
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Sr. Principal Subsystems Engineer
Northrop Grumman
San Diego, CA
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Sr. Principal Subsystems Engineer to join our team in Rancho Bernardo, CA. This position will be in our Avionics Integration…
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Communications Electronics Engineer (Level 2 or Level 3)
Northrop Grumman
Palmdale, CA · San Diego, CA
This position may be filled either at the Electronics Engineer level OR at the Principal Electronics Engineer level based on the qualifications listed.***
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Sr. Principal System Engineer - NATO IFC Lead
Northrop Grumman
San Diego, CA
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization,…
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Senior Engineer
Eliassen Group
Carlsbad, CA
- $100 to $120 USD / hour
Our client seeks a Senior Engineer who will operate as a Principal Investigator for a digital signal processing, sensing-centric development program. The role requires system-level…
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Lead Software Engineer
Genworth North America Corporation
Remote, United States
We are seeking a highly experienced and driven Lead Software Engineer to lead the modernization of our Assessment platform. This role requires deep expertise in modern software development…
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Principal Engineer
Blattner Company
Remote, United States
The Principal Engineer is a technical subject matter expert who develops and leads people, trains and mentor’s technical personnel, and sets objectives for the company meeting its…
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Information Security Architect
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
Serve as the principal security architecture advisor for complex, high-risk, and cross-functional initiatives; lead architecture governance activities and ensure adherence to security…
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Facilities Intern
PACCAR
Chillicothe, OH
…information technology, and distributes truck parts related to its principal…
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Principal Engineer, Long Term Planning and Forecasting
Amazon
Bellevue, WA
We are looking for a Principal Engineer to own the technical architecture that makes that possible. You will set the engineering direction across unified forecasting, coordinated planning…
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System Development Engineer - AWS Cloudfront, AWS Cloudfront, Platform Services
Amazon
Seattle, WA
Work closely with a great team of software developers and principal engineers
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System Development Engineer, Backbone, Enterprise and Regional Engineering BERE
Amazon
Seattle, WA
The AWS Global Connectivity and Network Availability (GCNA) Organization is looking for a System Development Engineer to join our Backbone Enterprise, and Regional Engineering (BERE) team.…

Space Systems Command

Senior Engineer, SSC/SW

Chantilly, VA, United States

$142,488 to $195,200 USD / year

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Pay: $142,488 to $195,200 USD / year
Apply by: Nov 11, 2026
Posting language: English
Posted: Nov 4, 2026

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Summary Do not email applications. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.

For additional information on other USSF direct hire opportunities visit the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on LinkedIn.Duties The United States Space Force (USSF) in Chantilly, VA is searching for a Senior Engineer to support SSC/SW (NH-0801-04, GS-14/15 Equivalent).

Description:

In this high-impact senior engineering role, you will serve as a principal technical leader and consultant overseeing the development, production, and long-term sustainment of vital defense space programs across the Department of Defense, the United States Air Force, and the United States Space Force. You will apply advanced, multidisciplinary engineering principles to solve complex, unprecedented technical challenges, evaluate cutting-edge technological advancements, and provide authoritative recommendations directly to senior executive leadership regarding the strategic continuation, redirection, or integration of major defense systems. Acting as a collaborative bridge across military branches, defense agencies, and commercial aerospace industry partners, you will direct technical working groups, resolve controversial engineering issues, and lead crucial acquisition and readiness reviews to safeguard mission success and preserve operational safety, suitability, and effectiveness.

To excel in this executive technical capacity, candidates should possess a professional degree in engineering from an accredited institution and bring extensive, full-lifecycle systems engineering and technical program management experience within complex defense or aerospace environments. The ideal candidate demonstrates exceptional communication skills to defend technical positions, build cross-organizational consensus, and translate intricate technical trade-offs into decisive strategic guidance for top-level officials. Candidates must possess or be capable of obtaining and maintaining a Top-Secret security clearance, pass random drug testing, satisfy annual confidential financial disclosure reporting, and be prepared for occasional military or commercial air travel. Additionally, the selected professional will be required to obtain advanced professional credentials, including third-tier certification in information assurance management within twelve months of appointment, as well as fulfill highest-level certification requirements established by the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act in fields such as systems engineering or test and evaluation.

Ideal Candidate:

The ideal candidate is an engineering authority in space and missile systems possessing an advanced degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics and extensive full-lifecycle systems engineering and defense acquisition experience within Space Systems Command, the United States Space Force, or broader national security space environments. As a senior technical leader and systems engineering and configuration management process owner, they bring proven experience directing programs from concept exploration and design reviews through production, testing, and operational fielding while ensuring operational safety, suitability, and effectiveness. The candidate demonstrates significant experience tailoring formal Request for Proposal instructions, evaluating source selections, and serving as a voting representative on Acquisition Strategy Panels, Failure Review Boards, and Independent Program Assessment reviews. Additionally, they possess the technical breadth to direct multidisciplinary working groups spanning cybersecurity and information assurance, radio frequency spectrum management, mission assurance, reliability engineering, software development, and parts, materials, and processes. Holding senior defense acquisition workforce credentials in engineering and technical management or recognized professional engineering certifications, the ideal candidate has a documented track record of advising executive and flag-level leadership on high-impact, precedent-setting technical decisions and integrating complex multi-agency systems architectures.

Qualifications

The 0801 series has an individual occupational requirement that must be met and can be viewed here. In addition to the above requirements you can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 4th section titled Professional and Scientific Positions. How you will be evaluated Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:

Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.How to apply To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.

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