Senior Systems Engineer - Air Combat Training (ONSITE)

RTX • Cedar Rapids, IA

10d • $86,800 - $165,200 • Onsite

About The Position

The Cybersecurity and Training Missions Engineering Team within ACTT is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to provide technical excellence across rapidly growing Air Combat Training programs. This platform-level role includes coordination across subsystem teams and stakeholders plus, opportunities for direct interaction with customers and end users. Our team culture is highly collaborative and uses a tailored version of the Scaled Agile Framework to meet our program goals.

Requirements

• Experience with requirements development, decomposition, traceability, and verification
• Experience developing or executing test procedures within a lab or system-level environments
• Experience contributing to system integration activities or resolving system-level technical issues
• Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools or practices
• 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
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required
• U.S. citizenship is required
• Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

Nice To Haves

• Experience with cryptographic, datalink, networking, or command-and-control applications
• Experience with communication systems, navigation systems, or U.S. military networks
• Experience designing, analyzing, testing, and certifying components within LVC Training Environments or on system-of-systems programs
• Prior experience supporting accreditation, cybersecurity, or system security engineering
• Experience working in Agile environments
• Experience with DoD or international air combat training systems

Responsibilities

• Lead and perform requirements verification activities, ensuring system requirements are complete, accurate, and fully traceable across the lifecycle
• Develop verification test procedures and independently execute them in a secure lab environment, ensuring rigor and compliance
• Conduct peer reviews of test procedures and design documentation, providing technical guidance and elevating engineering quality
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to align on program goals, resolve integration challenges, and support planning and execution
• Communicate status, risks, and technical insights to stakeholders, influencing decisions on cost, schedule, and technical performance
• Develop and own system design approaches, coordinating with subject matter experts and modeling behaviors, interfaces, and architecture elements within an MBSE environment
• Apply MBSE methods and tools to maintain digital consistency across requirements, architecture, and verification activities
• Drive resolution of technical issues through structured problem-solving, coordination, and timely closure
• Contribute to continuous improvement through lessons learned, process refinements, and shaping future MBSE practices
• Provide mentoring to early-career engineers, particularly in MBSE techniques and modeling best practices

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
• Carrot Health to hormonal 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
• Relocation assistance
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs

What This Job Offers

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