Top skills for Principal Systems Engineer jobs
Based on 156 active Principal Systems Engineer postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.
Skills employers ask for
The share of Principal Systems Engineer postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.
- Design80%
- Verification64%
- Innovation40%
- Science31%
- Life Insurance28%
- Aerospace25%
- U.S. Government25%
- Technical Leadership21%
- Computer Science20%
- Hiring Process20%
- Rehabilitation19%
- System Integration18%
- Linux16%
- System Requirements16%
- Inclusion16%
- Software Development16%
- Accountability15%
- Sensors15%
- Automation14%
- Mitigation14%
- Networks14%
- Scripting14%
- Physics14%
- MATLAB13%
- External Customers12%
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