Senior Principal Systems Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-04-29

Country:

United States of America

Location:

MA801: Marlborough, MA 1001 Boston Post Road Building 2, Marlborough, MA, 01752 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance​

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Secret

Raytheon Company, Managed by Collins Aerospace

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.

The Enduring & Open Systems Solutions (EOSS) Team is seeking an experienced Senior 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 communications systems, ground and flight computers, sensors, cyber and software solutions, as well as providing integration of Mission Systems. As part of the EOSS Department, the Systems Engineering Team supports a variety of communications systems and apertures including Beyond Line-of-Sight (BLOS) antennas for multi-band multi-constellation satellite communications (SATCOM) and Line-of-Sight (LOS) systems for communications and sensing applications.

This position is onsite and can be located in McKinney, TX, Marlborough, MA or Fort Wayne, IN. It requires an active DoD Secret Security clearance on day 1 with the ability to obtain and maintain SAP.

What You Will Do:

• Lead system trade studies, requirements analysis, architecture, and allocation to subsystems

• Develop test & integration plans and procedures and generate test flow diagrams

• Support or lead integration, verification, and validation tasks and activities

• Conduct performance analyses and simulations as needed

• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams

• Prepare presentations and brief to customers during program design reviews

• Manage problems and issues requiring detailed information gathering, analysis, and investigation

• Oversee the development of full lifecycle solutions from CONOPS to Validation

• Act as a primary Subject Matter Expert within discipline with advanced to expert knowledge of work area

• Manage large-sized projects or processes

• Work to influence within and outside of work area at an operational level regarding policies, practices, and procedures within the organization

• Coach, review, and delegate work to lower-level professionals

• Use advanced knowledge from an advanced university degree combined with professional experience

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience

• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date

• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance is required to work in our organization

• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

• Experience in leading a team in requirements development and system architecture

• Participation in large-scale test and integration activities

• Expertise in requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS, DNG)

• Expertise in Model-Based Systems Engineering (e.g., SysML, Cameo, Rhapsody)

• Proficiency in modeling/simulation tools (e.g., Matlab)

• Understanding of Systems Engineering support for Software, Hardware, and Firmware development and collaboration

• Comfort in interacting and engaging directly with customers and external business partners

• Outstanding communications skills

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Familiarity with production and manufacturing

• Familiarity with qualification processes and certification procedures

• Knowledge of or application of Earned Value Management System

• Proficiency in tooling to include Microsoft products or tasking boa