Principal Systems Engineer (Onsite)
About The Position
At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. As a Systems Engineer, you will play a critical role in driving system-level clarity, definition, and performance across multiple programs. You will lead requirements capture, decomposition, and management, support system architecture development and certification level definition, and conduct acceptance testing, image generator testing, and ATP preparation. You will also contribute to milestone reviews, technical documentation, and system traceability, partner with Integration & Field Engineering teams to resolve system-level issues, and maintain configuration integrity and collaborate on bill of materials updates. Additionally, you will provide technical insight during demos, industry engagements, and program reviews. In this role, you will expand your systems engineering expertise and gain experience across the full lifecycle of high‑fidelity simulation systems. You will learn advanced requirements management techniques and tools (including JAMA), complex system integration strategies across multidisciplinary teams, best practices in verification, validation, and acceptance test development, how large-scale simulation architectures are defined, certified, and maintained, and cross-functional leadership skills through hands-on collaboration with engineering, field teams, and program stakeholders.
Requirements
- Experience with system integration, test processes, and system-level design
- Experience with requirements management tools (JAMA highly desirable)
- Experience with driving clarity in complex, multi‑discipline environments
- Excellent communication, documentation, and cross-team collaboration skills
- Prior experience conducting system verification, validation, or acceptance testing
- 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
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering or a related discipline
- Experience with JIRA
- Hands-on background in simulation systems or related complex technical systems
Responsibilities
- Lead requirements capture, decomposition, and management
- Support system architecture development and certification level definition
- Conduct acceptance testing, image generator testing, and ATP preparation
- Contribute to milestone reviews, technical documentation, and system traceability
- Partner with Integration & Field Engineering teams to resolve system-level issues
- Maintain configuration integrity and collaborate on bill of materials updates
- Provide technical insight during demos, industry engagements, and program reviews
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
- Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
- Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
- Adoption Assistance
- Autism Benefit
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
- Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
- Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
- Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
- Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
- May be eligible for Relocation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
