Principal Systems Engineer KC-135 PSE (Onsite)

Raytheon Technologies • Cedar Rapids, IA

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About The Position

The KC-135 Stratotanker provides the core aerial refueling capability for the United States Air Force and has excelled in this role for more than 60 years. This unique asset enhances the Air Force's capability to accomplish its primary mission of global reach. It also provides aerial refueling support to the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and allied nation aircraft. The KC-135 is the backbone of the USAF refueling fleet and is scheduled to remain so for decades to come. We are looking for an established Principal Systems Engineering professional with a passion for engineering, a high degree of accountability and the ability to thrive in an Agile team environment as a part of the KC-135 Platform Systems team in the Military Avionics & Helicopters engineering organization.

Requirements

• Established Principal Systems Engineering professional
• Ability to thrive in an Agile team environment
• Technical leadership experience in system development lifecycle
• Experience in requirements capture, system design, and modeling
• Experience in integrating hardware and software components
• Experience in system validation and verification
• Experience in planning and executing test events
• Ability to support internal and external stakeholders in testing activities
• Experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Ability to document operational scenarios and develop system requirements
• Experience in managing moderately sized system development activities

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership through all phases of the system development lifecycle including requirements capture, system design and modeling, integrating with hardware and software components, system validation and verification
• Support planning, execution and documenting of test events in a simulated lab environment
• Support internal and external stakeholders in ground and aircraft test activities
• Provide leadership in planning increments and sprints for the Agile roadmap alongside program leadership
• Assist in the collaboration of cross-functional teams to coordinate and work with other domains and departments to realize a functional system
• Work with external customers to document operational scenarios, develop system requirements, define system interfaces, and perform system validation testing
• Serve as a subject matter expert for pursuit activities, internal design reviews and external customer reviews
• Help manage the scope for moderately sized system development activities
• Identify and implement process, system, and product improvements to enhance performance and improve efficiency
• Willingness to travel (domestically and globally)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing