Huntsville, AL, USA | Full Time Job Title: Principal Missile Defense System Requirements Engineer Location: Huntsville, AL - (Hybrid) Canvas is looking for a talented Principal Missile Defense System Requirements Engineer to join our team! In this position you will fill a senior role in MDA's System Design and Specification directorate and will support the implementation and execution of a disciplined systems engineering process to produce System-level technical documents necessary to establish the basis for MDA Program Office subsystem engineering. Duties: Duties will include, but are not limited to: + Provide support to the development, management, and planning for current and future missile defense capabilities. + Provide senior-level support to the definition, management, and execution of requirements traceability; allocation of MDA Technical Core Standards adherence planning. + Provide leadership of the MDA Engineering Requirements Group. + Foster collaborative engineering technical interchanges across the MDA engineering community for requirements development. Requirements: + Master's degree in a STEM field. *Experience may be substituted for education with customer approval. + Technical expertise supporting government and contracting staff in systems and digital engineering. + Experience in MBSE tools (CAMEO), principles, and methodologies for development, requirements, design, and analysis of architectures in complex DoD projects. + Experience in the development, management, and planning for current and future capabilities as they relates to missile defense, specifically related to the functional portion of the system. + Experience in reviewing, analyzing, and providing recommendations on the development, addition, variances, and changes to functional requirements as well as providing quality checks on technical documentation and products. + Senior-level experience in document development, presentations, change requests, and other engineering products. + Experience with interacting and supporting high level government customers (Senior NH-4 director-level and above). + Understanding of Industry/DoD engineering best practices, complemented with mature communication skills. Security Clearance: + Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance; Active Secret clearance desired. Desired Experience: + Masters in STEM Field. + NCOSE CSEP or ESEP certification. + Previous MDA experience. + Knowledge of MDA systems engineering processes. + Knowledge of ballistic, cruise, and hypersonic missile defense fundamentals. + Verbal and written skills. + Ability to lead and collaborate with others. Other Essential Job Functions: + Must be willing to travel up to 10%. About Us Founded in 2007, Canvas connects a passion for going beyond the expected with the knowledge and expertise to deliver what our clients need now and in the future. Canvas has been recognized as a Great Place to Work Certified ™, Fortune Best Small Workplace ™, Fortune Best Workplace for Millennials ™ (2022), Best Place for Working Parents (2022 & 2023), HIRE Vets Gold Medallion Awardee (2021 & 2022), Best Places to Work Awardee, 2019 Government Contracting - Technology Business of the Year, and Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year (2018) by the Huntsville/Madison Chamber of Commerce. Benefits of Working with Canvas To reflect our company culture, Canvas offers an exciting array of benefits that makes up our employees' total rewards package. Those benefits may include: + Competitive Wages* + Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance + Generous company-funded Basic Life Insurance + Company-funded Short-Term & Long-Term Disability + 11 Paid Federal Holidays + Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) + Dependent Care and Medical Flexible Spending Accounts + 401(k) retirement plan with company match and 100% immediate vesting + Tuition Reimbursement for ongoing training, continuing education, or advanced degree programs + Robust Employee Assistance Program + Employee Referral Bonus Program + Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach + Spot Awards for exemplary individual performance + Discretionary performance-based bonuses + And many more! *Final compensation for this position is determined by a variety of factors, such as a candidate's relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. Canvas is an Equal Opportunity Employer Canvas is an equal opportunity employer and a VEVRAA federal contractor who affords equal employment opportunity to protected veterans and people with disabilities. Canvas has equal employment opportunities that are based upon a candidate's qualifications and capabilities to perform the essential functions of a particular job and are free from discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit our Careers page. U.S. citizenship is required for most positions. Canvas is committed to expanding access to employment for people with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, and your disability prevents you from applying, please advise what reasonable accommodation Canvas can provide to assist you in applying for one of our open positions. You may contact us by sending an email to talent@canvas-inc.com (teamtalent@canvas-inc.com) . Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation for applying for a specific posted position will be responded to. Requests will be kept confidential and shared strictly on a need-to-know basis. Please be aware, scammers may try to impersonate our company by reaching out regarding job opportunities. We will never ask you for bank account information, checks, or other sensitive information as part of our hiring process. If you're unsure, please email talent@canvas-inc.com (teamtalent@canvas-inc.com) with questions. 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