Principal System Engineer

Principal Systems Engineer – Hyderabad (Onsite)

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About the Role

Principal Systems Engineer

You will be responsible for leading system architecture efforts, managing requirements, ensuring seamless integration, and guiding projects throughout the full systems lifecycle. This position also requires strong leadership capabilities, as you will mentor engineering teams and influence both internal and external stakeholders

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Systems Engineering

• Lead system requirements decomposition, architecture, design, development, and integration efforts.
• Provide advanced technical oversight to ensure alignment with system, customer, and contractual requirements.
• Address complex technical challenges through advanced analytical and problem-solving approaches.
• Develop and adapt methodologies to improve system quality and performance.

Stakeholder & Customer Engagement

• Serve as a technical consultant and subject matter expert at the project/program level.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners to ensure solutions meet technical and operational needs.
• Act as a liaison with customers, offering direction and influencing solution strategies.

Team Leadership & Mentoring

• Guide a team of engineers/business analysts (5–6+ members), supporting their technical growth and leadership development.
• Lead risk assessments, trade studies, and system modeling to support decision-making.

Project Execution & Governance

• Drive development of system verification and validation plans.
• Contribute to proposal efforts, including creation of system architectures and cost estimations.
• Support continuous improvement of systems engineering processes and best practices.

Required Skills & Experience

Must Have (Deal Breakers)

• 10+ years

  as a

  Business Analyst

  or Systems Engineer with strong technical exposure.
• Hands-on skills in

  API

  ,

  SQL

  ,

  reporting

  ,

  UML

  ,

  BRD

  creation.
• Proficiency with

  JIRA, Confluence, EA, Visio

  , or similar tools.
• Proven experience leading a team of

  5–6 members

  or more.

Core Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline with

  10+ years

  of relevant experience.

• 8+ years

  in a software-driven technology environment.

• 5+ years

  working on engineering projects involving complex systems.

• 3+ years

  of experience in Program/Project Management.
• Familiarity with

  Agile and Waterfall SDLC methodologies

  .
• Experience in systems engineering or solution architecture.
• Strong understanding of software development best practices.

Good to Have

• PMP

  certification

• CBAP

  certification
• Experience with technology integration teams