Senior Systems Engineer - (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-08-04

Country:

United States of America

Location:

FL915: St. Petersburg - Bldg D 7401 22nd Ave N. Building D, St. Petersburg, FL, 33710 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:

Secret - Current

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. 

We are seeking an experienced Senior System Engineer to work onsite in St. Petersburg, FL. This position requires an active US Secret Security clearance.

The Senior Systems Engineer within the Systems Excellence Department contributes through all phases of the product development lifecycle (i.e. systems and software requirements, system architecture and design, software integration and test, simulation and test, integration and test, verification and sell-off), within an interdisciplinary process that ensures the customer and warfighters needs are satisfied through every stage. This commitment to excellence can sometimes include opportunities for travel, and flexible hours/shifts to ensure programmatic milestones are met.

Our team of talented engineers collaborates across disciplines from initial concepts to product sell off, integrates complex technology, debugs, and resolves interface issues, evaluates system performance, demonstrates, and sells off state-of-the-art products. We value various skills and experience, so don’t hold back. Your qualification could add tremendous value to our team. Our customers come from all different backgrounds, and so do our employees. If you’re passionate about what you could accomplish here, we’d love to hear from you.

What you will do:

You will join a team of talented engineers with the responsibility of defining the requirements, design, and architecture of subsystems that comprise the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) product line, located in St. Petersburg, Florida, as part of Advanced Networking Solutions (ANS). The U.S. Navy’s CEC, a real-time ‘sensor-netting’ system that brings together radar data into a single integrated air picture from geographically dispersed ships, aircraft, and ground-based units. This integrated picture improves a battlegroup’s effectiveness by enabling longer range, cooperative, or layered engagements. Today’s CEC benefits from advancements in commercial and specialized technologies, as well as from the experience and expertise of the Collins Aerospace team, continually innovating to advance capability and performance.

Click here to learn more about CEC:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHHrQSFWh1I

You will:

• Lead and support requirements and algorithm development, system level designs, and system level models using Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) 

• Author testable requirements and associated verification approaches aligned with appropriate verification methods 

• Perform integration and test activities in-house or at site locations 

• Utilize DOORS to manage the complete life cycle of requirements, including Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and Change Notices (CNs) 

• Attend internal and external Configuration Control Boards (CCBs) 

• Collaborate with Program and Customer Leadership 

• Innovative thought and implementation of automated test execution and data analysis using any combination of scripting tools, Python, Matlab, and COTS products 

​Qualifications You Must Have: 

• Experience in operation, test and troubleshooting of software on target hardware.

• Experience with Agile development, including project estimating, reporting, and backlog management.

• Experience in the development, design, and architecture of complex military systems.  This includes planning, leading, and executing the development of systems and software requirements. 

• Experience with requirements management databases, i.e. – DOORS for requirements management and linking requirements to test pr