Principal. Systems Engineer Hardware (Onsite)
About The Position
RTX is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer Hardware with experience in traditional platform design and development and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) product management. The engineer will develop and maintain hardware systems for existing programs, serve as the focal point for COTS on the system, and support program lab management activities such as hardware audits and calibration. The role includes developing and implementing computing, network, and storage systems and deployments; maintaining existing operating systems and server hardware designs; and supporting the design and development of modernized system architectures using emerging technologies. The position is based onsite in Aurora, Colorado, and may involve travel of 20% or less and on-call support or overtime for program or organizational hardware operations.
Requirements
- Typically requires a bachelor's degree in a STEM field such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or Physics, and a minimum of 8 years of related work experience.
- Experience with complex satellite ground systems, particularly deployment of developed systems to customer or factory ground-system and data-processing operations.
- Experience with datacenter activities and related hardware audits and calibration requirements.
- Experience conducting studies and providing new solutions for hybrid approaches to future ground terminal, data, and compute environments.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- An active and existing TS/SCI clearance without polygraph is required after day one; ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance is required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience designing traditional platform environments.
- Experience troubleshooting applications and infrastructure on Linux and/or Windows operating systems.
- Experience with COTS management and implementation.
- Experience coordinating computer resources across internal users.
- Experience with the Agile development lifecycle.
- Experience with SAFe agile processes.
- Notional experience in networks and SAN/NAS design and implementation.
- Notional experience in security and related security patching.
- Notional experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, Ruby, or Bash.
Responsibilities
- Develop and communicate implementation of platform solutions for datacenters using industry and company best practices.
- Maintain existing systems and related COTS components to support program needs.
- Assist with integration of selected platforms and maintain program or organizational lab COTS components and systems.
- Serve as the focal point for the equipment room or lab, ensuring computer, network, and storage resources are properly allocated and maintained.
- Assist the team with resource allocation and utilization to meet program or organizational milestones.
- Maintain systems and support lab audits and calibration as defined by leadership.
- Ensure that COTS stack components and versioning are consistent across the platform, coordinating updates as necessary.
- Travel to customer sites to assist with system updates and deliveries when necessary.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Flexible work schedules
- Employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- Parental leave
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
