Airborne Principal Systems Engineer (Onsite)

RTXLargo, FL
$107,500 - $204,500Onsite

About The Position

The Integrated Platforms (IP) team is hiring Principal Systems Engineers to support programs for our US military and various international customers, keeping the world safe from foreign threats. IP supports multiple Collins contracts and is seeking to fill roles across several open contracts – our goal is to align each new hire with a position that best suits their skills and allows for career growth. As a Principal Systems Engineer, you will be a member of an Integrated Program Team (IPT) developing architecture, refining requirements, guiding system development and integration, supporting test development, and working closely with our customers and suppliers to ensure we deliver world class solutions. This position requires the ability to obtain a: US Government Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Security Clearance after start. Onsite: This is an onsite role supporting our Largo, FL location. Sign-on Bonus Eligible

Requirements

  • Extensive experience with DevOps pipelines operating in both Linux and Windows environments
  • Practical experience with Ansible/YAML
  • Experience with writing and maintaining scripting
  • Experience working on or with networked environments
  • Ability to travel up to 10% per year
  • 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
  • The ability to obtain a US Government Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Security Clearance after start
  • The ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Department of Defense (DoD) Top Secret Security Clearance with SCI caveat
  • U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Nice To Haves

  • Experience with Survivable Mobile Command Center architectures and operations
  • Experience working on fielded systems
  • Experience with systems support to software and hardware development
  • Experience with Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3)
  • Experience with computer networking for ground-based, ship, submarine, or airborne platforms
  • An active Top Secret clearance with SCI caveat

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of full lifecycle solutions from CONOPS to Validation while collaborating with the customer
  • Define lab activities including setup, configuration management, and testing
  • Define Modeling, Hardware, and Software Interfaces
  • Coach and review the work of lower-level professionals
  • Manage the preparation and/or execution of Design Reviews as well as Integration, Dry Run, and Formal Qualification Testing
  • Work with little oversight to solve difficult and complex problems
  • Analyze system behaviors, supporting system trade studies, requirements analysis, allocation to subsystems

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
  • Eligible for relocation assistance
  • Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs
  • Paid time off
  • Holidays
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