Senior Systems Engineer - Rotary Wing Displays (Onsite)

RTX • Cedar Rapids, IA

77d • $82,000 - $164,000

About The Position

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will contribute to a global team that will create high quality products that meet rigid safety and airworthiness standards for flight. You will lead the design, development, and maintaining of flight-critical embedded software for military avionics displays supporting programs such as Ch-53K, CH-47f, Coast Guard and beyond. Our department continues to push the technology envelope for processing technologies in everything from operating systems to user applications and the middleware which binds these together.

Requirements

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience.
• Familiarity with Python.

Nice To Haves

• Earned Value Management Experience
• Avionics experience (development or usage)
• Software development or testing experience
• AGILE development experience
• DO-178 (or similar) certification-based development experience
• Excellent, proactive, communication (written, verbal, and interpersonal)

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and maintaining of flight-critical embedded software for military avionics displays.
• Conduct engineering processes and standard work, including verification and qualification procedures.
• Assist in conducting disciplinary research on one or more stages of the equipment design phase to develop design options and recommendations.
• Determine end user needs by analyzing system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements and input data acquisition.
• Assist an engineering team by organizing tasks, coordinating team efforts, asking questions, communicating status, raising issues, brainstorming ideas, helping others, practicing active listening, and promoting a collaborative environment.
• Travel 5-10% as needed.

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
• And more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees