Senior Principal Systems Engineer – Air Defense Systems

RTX RTX · Aerospace · tewksbury, MA +2 · Engineering

Senior Principal Systems Engineer for Air Defense Systems at RTX, focusing on testing, troubleshooting, integration, and performance analysis of complex hardware and software systems. Requires a strong STEM background, significant experience in systems engineering disciplines, and an active security clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Support Testing Efforts: Develop and implement test plans, procedures, integration, and verification documentation in both simulated and real-world environments.
  2. Troubleshoot and Analyze: Identify and resolve hardware, software, and system issues through detailed data analysis and debugging.
  3. Drive Performance: Collaborate across functions to drive performance improvements and resolve system issues.
  4. Modeling and Simulation: Utilize modeling and simulation tools to predict system performance and support verification and validation.
  5. Integrate Systems: Integrate hardware and software into tactical systems, evaluating their functionality and impact.

Skills

Required

  • STEM degree
  • 10 years of prior relevant experience
  • systems software
  • systems hardware
  • systems requirements
  • systems integration
  • systems test
  • security clearance

Nice to have

  • Experience leading teams of engineers
  • generating technical documentation
  • integration lab experience
  • test facility experience
  • field support experience
  • DOORS
  • Rhapsody
  • Cameo
  • digital engineering tools
  • MATLAB
  • Python
  • C/C++

What the JD emphasized

  • Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date
  • U.S. citizenship is required
  • Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date
  • systems software
  • systems hardware
  • systems requirements
  • systems integration
  • systems test