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 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:

• Support or lead system trade studies, requirements analysis, architecture, and allocation to subsystems

• Support development of test & integration plans and procedures and generation of test flow diagrams

• Support integration, verification, and validation tasks and activities

• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams

• 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 Subject Matter Expert within discipline with advanced to expert knowledge of work area

• Work autonomously with minimal oversight from manager

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

• Contribute to the development of department goals and planning efforts (e.g., cost and schedule)

• Influence decision-makers with recommended courses of action

• Influence others regarding policies, practices, and procedures

• Manage moderately sized projects or processes

• Manage the entrance and exit criteria of program design reviews

• Review moderate and document major changes in systems or processes to solve difficult and often complex problems

• Communicate with team members within and outside of department or organization

• Communicate with customers, vendors, or subcontractors

• 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 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

• 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 supporting or leading a team in requirements development and system architecture

• Participation in medium-scale test and integration activities

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

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

• Knowledge of modeling/simulation tools (e.g., Matlab)

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

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