Principal Systems Engineer

RTX•Middletown, RI

11d•Onsite

About The Position

RTX Corporation is an Aerospace and Defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 185,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, VA. The following position is to join our BBN Technologies team: RTX BBN Technologies, a noted high-tech research & development company, seeks a creative, organized, and people-centered candidate to fill the role of Principal HW/SW Systems Engineer in our Physical Sciences & Systems business unit. BBN Technologies has a dynamic opportunity for an experienced professional in hardware or software systems engineering who is able to navigate technical challenges, facilitate team action plans, provide inputs to integrated master schedules, champion process improvements, and interface with customers. You will possess strong organizational skills offering the aptitude to manage and track multiple parallel technical activities. This is an onsite position but offers the ability to work one day of the week remotely.

Requirements

Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience.
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date
U.S. citizenship is required , as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience in a technical leadership role, e.g. Lead Engineer, Senior Systems Engineer, etc.
Experience in multidiscipline system design and testing
Experience in requirements analysis, development, decomposition and maintenance
Experience developing and maintaining requirements traceability matrices, and in configuration control boards (CCBs) as well as expertise with a requirements database tool, such as DOORS®

Responsibilities

Be the program lead for managing system requirements
Capture program requirements baseline in a requirements database
Maintain, through configuration management processes, the requirements database
Analyze, develop and decompose Level 1 requirements to Levels 2 through 4, through collaborating with leads across engineering disciplines
Develop and execute the requirements verification strategy
Coordinate with the Design and Test leads to ensure validation/verification plans and procedures are robust and satisfy system sell-off requirements
Ensure the system meets performance and non-performance requirements
Champion process improvement initiatives
Lead various system development and troubleshooting tasks
Interface and collaborate with external customer scientists, engineers and program management
Work within program leadership team to ensure program success
Communicate through oral presentations and written reports on program status, issues and success

Benefits

Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement, and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs.
Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.
Relocation Assistance available
This position is Onsite at our Middletown, RI office
To help you achieve your goals, BBN will provide:
A strong leadership team well-versed in government R&D.
A collaborative and collegial environment to push state-of-the-art research.
A technically competent pool of research scientists who are willing to mentor, listen, and help you refine your research vision and goals.
Business development, programmatic, contracting, finance, and HR support.
Access, through RTX, to opportunities that help transition your research and ultimately see it fielded.
As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.
Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, 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.
Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.