Senior Systems Engineer - Onsite

Date Posted:

2025-07-28

Country:

United States of America

Location:

CO102: 16800 E Centretech Pkwy,Aurora 16800 East Centretech Pkwy Building S75, Aurora, CO, 80011 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: TS/SCI

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer supporting one of our premier programs where your knowledge with regards to requirements, architecture and design elaboration, system engineering analyses, script development, interface definition and control, and verification and validation will be put to good use. The work is on-site in Aurora, CO.

What You Will Do

• Provide technical analyses and define how the system works using Model-Based Systems Engineering
• Decompose requirements, define system interfaces and help determine how requirements will be validated and verified by the test team
• Provide capability and feature designs to the software engineering team in support of agile development
• Provide engineering support for the execution of a portion of the program’s test program including test processes and baseline definition, test architecture design, verification, and validation
• Support regression testing across deliverable releases to the program baseline
• Support and attend technical reviews and technical interchanges in support of the program
• Active and transferrable TS/SCI U.S. government issued clearance is required prior to start date with the ability to obtain with the ability to obtain special program access

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience
• Experience of systems engineering lifecycle, roles and functions, with specific experience in one or more of the following areas: Concept of Operations (ConOps) development, requirements definition and management, functional analysis, interface definition and control, and/or verification and validation
• Development experience on a government contract with experience in systems engineering or integration and test

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience working in an Agile development environment and with Agile development tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, etc.)
• Development experience in mission management ground systems
• Experience with MBSE tools (e.g., Cameo Systems Modeler)
• Good oral and written communication skills as well as good collaboration skills and the ability to work in a team environment
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of tools (e.g. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Experience with requirements management in DOORS or other requirements databases
• Experience developing and deploying SW in a cloud environment.
• Experience writing, running, and integrating automating tests with automated test tools as well as developing scripts in Python or Perl

What We Offer

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation

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• RTX solves some of the toughest challenges in aerospace and defense.
• Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for this role. Onsite: 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.
• Location Information: This position is for an onsite role at our Aurora, CO (Denver area) campus

The salary range for this role is 82,000 USD - 164,000 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. Spec