Systems Engineer II - Ejection Seats (SEIT)

RTX•Colorado Springs, CO
•Onsite

About The Position

The Systems Engineer II (P2) will join the Systems Engineering, Integration & Test (SEIT) Team and support systems engineering activities for assigned projects, following the business’s procedures and practices. The role works cross-functionally with engineering, program management, operations, and other groups throughout the project lifecycle, under the direction of the systems engineering lead(s). The engineer will also collaborate with systems and test engineers to improve systems engineering practices, processes, and tools. The position involves requirements development, decomposition, flow-down, management, and traceability; model-based systems engineering analysis; and support for verification, integration, and test activities. The engineer will interact routinely with customers, suppliers, and regulatory authorities. The role requires strong interpersonal skills, comfort working with ambiguity, project discipline, excellent oral and written communication, technology proficiency, and the ability to work independently. U.S. citizenship is required to access program/contract information. The position is primarily onsite in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Requirements

  • Experience as a technical systems engineer.
  • Hands-on experience working with aerospace and/or defense hardware products.
  • Experience with systems engineering development lifecycle processes, including requirements analysis, system design, integration, verification, and validation.
  • Experience working in a multidisciplinary team environment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • U.S. citizenship is required.
  • Typically requires a STEM degree and at least 2 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field.

Nice To Haves

  • Knowledge of engineering standards and processes specific to the aerospace and defense industries, such as MIL-STD and AS9100.

Responsibilities

  • Use Systems Engineering practices to support assigned projects.
  • Support development and flow-down of system requirements and ensure vendor specifications conform to system specifications.
  • Decompose system-level requirements to subsystem requirements.
  • Perform requirements traceability across levels of the system specification tree and identify and resolve orphan and childless requirements.
  • Use MBSE functional and behavioral models in Enterprise Architect to analyze and develop system-of-systems requirements, including system/component trade studies and analysis.
  • Collect, develop, and manage requirements, including creating Requirements Compliance Matrices and Requirements Verification Matrices.
  • Support capture of project and product requirements in the Jama requirements database/library.
  • Support requirements verification by reviewing Integration & Test Plans and Reports, and prepare qualification similarity reports as needed.
  • Participate in peer reviews throughout design, development, integration and test, and flight test requirements verification.
  • Cross-train to develop skills that support test engineering and test execution.
  • Work with existing systems and test engineers and other functional groups to enhance systems engineering practices, processes, and tools.
  • Interact with customers, suppliers, and regulatory authorities as needed.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
  • 401(k) plan with employer matching and a separate employer retirement contribution
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Student Loan Repayment Program
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Optional pet, home and auto, additional life and accident, critical illness, group legal, and identity theft protection coverages
  • Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits
  • Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning benefits
  • 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
  • Potential relocation assistance
  • Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Sign-on bonus eligibility
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