Date Posted:
2024-01-30
Country:
United States of America
Location:
MA804: Marlborough, MA Building 4 1001 Boston Post Road Building 4, Marlborough, MA, 01752 USA
Position Role Type:
Onsite
The Protected Communication Systems (PCS) Team is seeking an experienced Principal Systems Engineer in a role committed to creating creative and cost-effective solutions for our ground and airborne systems.
As part of Collins Mission Systems, we specialize in developing advanced communication systems, ground and flight computers, sensors, cyber and software solutions, as well as providing integration of Mission Systems. As part of the PCS Department, the Systems Engineering department supports a variety of communications systems including SATCOM (including AEHF, EHF, X-Band, Ka-Band, Ku-Band, C-Band, and PTW), Line-of-Site (LOS) Radio Terminals and Secure Switching Networks.
This position is eligible for relocation assistance.
Responsibilities:
Overseeing the development of full lifecycle solutions from CONOPS to Validation
Acting as a Subject Matter Expert within discipline with advanced to expert knowledge of work area
Overseeing lab activities including definition, setup, configuration management, and testing
Ensuring Modeling, Hardware, and Software Interfaces utilize a scalable ontology
Overseeing and supporting the Integration of Solutions within their target environment
Working autonomously with minimal oversight from manager
Coaches, reviews, and delegates work of lower-level professionals
Contributes to the development of goals of the discipline and planning efforts (Cost and Schedule)
Influencing others regarding policies, practices, and procedures
Managing moderately sized projects or processes
Provides measurable input to new products, processes, or standards
Managing the entrance and exit criteria of Design Reviews, Integration, Dry Run, and Formal Qualification Testing
Reviewing moderate and documenting major changes in systems or processes to solve difficult and often complex problems
Defining and setting objectives for area of responsibility
Communicating with team members within and outside of department and/or organization
Communicating with customers, vendors, or subcontractors
Working to influence within and outside of work area at an operational level regarding policies, practices, and procedures within the organization
Influencing decision-makers with recommended courses of action
Using advanced knowledge from an Advanced University Degree combined with Professional Experience
Analyzing and documenting system behaviors
Supporting system trade studies, requirements analysis, allocation to subsystems
Managing numerous and undefined problems and issues requiring detailed information gathering, analysis, and investigation to understand the problem
Qualifications/Experience Needed:
Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations 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
Strong integration and test experience including test procedure development, test automation, test execution, and test reporting
Knowledge of or application of Earned Value Management System
Proficient in tooling to include Microsoft products, or tasking boards (Jira, IBM EWM, etc.)
Ability to obtain a SECRET Security Clearance or Higher is REQUIRED within 1 year of start date
Security Clearance:
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required
Must have or be capable of obtaining a US Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance. Candidate selected will be subject to a government security investigation/reinstatement and must meet eligibility requirements
Preferred Qualifications:
Proficient in tooling to include CAMEO, Rhapsody
Agile working environment experience
Test automation experience in a CI/CD environment
Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation) and ability to effectively communicate with IPT leaders, hardware and software development engineers, specialty engineers, program managers, and our customers
Systems support to software application development
Systems support to hardware development
System or application integration
Proposal support experience including writing Basis of Estimates (BOEs)
System Level Integration, Verification, and Validation (IV&V) for ground based, ship, submarine, or airborne platforms
Experience in Virtual Machine design and deployment
Experience in Communication Radio and Systems: SATCOM, LOS/BLOS, AEHF, PTW, or V/UHF
Experience in Scripting
Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers' toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.
Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions - whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you'll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.
Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.
WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.
This is an ONSITE position. Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.
Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world - and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.
At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form - with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.

Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day.
Employee Referral Eligible
The salary range for this role is 96,000 USD - 200,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.
Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company's performance.
This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.
RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.
RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
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