Principal Systems Engineer Product Owner

RTX • Aurora, CO

2d • $107,500 - $204,500 • Onsite

About The Position

Raytheon, an RTX Business, is seeking a Product Owner to support one of its premier programs. This role is within the Mission Engineering and Platform & Security Integration (PSI) Agile Release Train (ART). The Product Owner will be responsible for backlog management, story refinement, and work prioritization, collaborating with Product Managers, Scrum Masters, Systems Engineers, and Software Engineers to deliver mission-critical capabilities. The ability to translate customer needs into prioritized user stories, manage cross-functional dependencies, and support Agile planning is crucial for success. This position is on-site in Aurora, CO, and is contingent upon contract award.

Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience serving as a Product Owner, Backlog Manager, Business Analyst, Systems Engineer, or similar Agile role supporting software development.
• Experience decomposing capabilities and features into user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria while maintaining Agile product backlogs.
• Experience working within Agile development environments, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and Program Increment (PI) Planning.
• Active and transferable U.S. government-issued TS/SCI security clearance is required prior to the start date.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Agile Release Trains (ARTs), or other large-scale Agile software development environments.
• Experience collaborating with Product Managers, Scrum Masters, Systems Engineers, Software Engineers, and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Experience translating customer, operator, or mission requirements into prioritized user stories and backlog items.
• Experience supporting systems engineering, mission capability development, digital engineering, or platform-based architectures.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional dependencies across integration, cybersecurity, platform, software engineering, and systems engineering organizations.
• Experience using Agile collaboration and backlog management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
• Experience supporting technical reviews, customer demonstrations, Program Increment (PI) Planning, release planning, and Agile program execution.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the team-level product backlog, ensuring user stories are prioritized, refined, and ready for execution.
• Decompose capabilities, features, and customer requirements into actionable user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria.
• Validate completed work against acceptance criteria and approve completed stories.
• Partner with the Scrum Master, Product Manager, Systems Engineers, and Software Engineers to prepare upcoming sprints while maintaining a healthy, prioritized backlog.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies with other Product Owners to ensure alignment across Agile Release Train (ART) teams.
• Support capability elaboration, backlog refinement, sprint planning, Program Increment (PI) Planning, sprint reviews, and technical program milestones.
• Incorporate systems engineering, integration, cybersecurity, and platform requirements into backlog priorities.
• Communicate backlog priorities, team progress, risks, dependencies, and release readiness to Product Management, Release Train Engineering (RTE), and program leadership.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance Agile execution, backlog quality, and delivery predictability.

Benefits

• Relocation eligible.
• Medical, dental, vision, 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, and holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal