Senior Principal Systems Engineer – Principal Investigator; Onsite

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Location:

HIA
32:
Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA,  USA

Date Posted:



Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA
32:
Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA,  USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: TS/SCI

Sr Principal Systems Engineer – Principal Investigator (Onsite) – Advanced Technology & Capabilities

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.

This position is part of the Networking & Emerging Capabilities team within the Collins Advanced Technology & Capabilities organization. In this role, you will lead a portfolio of related projects—coordinating technology roadmaps, guiding development efforts, and pursuing external funding opportunities. You will be responsible for shaping the vision and ideation of next-generation wireless networking technologies.

As an Advanced Technology engineer, you will join a team of highly innovative engineers who are inventing, developing, integrating, and demonstrating novel networking and radio software concepts and capabilities. These solutions can rapidly progress from concept to field demonstration to deployed product. The applicant must be creative; highly self-motivated; and have strong interpersonal, communication and networking skills. You will collaborate with software, cyber, firmware, and hardware engineers.

The most successful Advanced Technology engineers are eager to learn, quick to dive into complex technical challenges, self-directed, comfortable with ambiguous problem spaces, and highly motivated.

What You Will Do:

• Leading the development of advanced networking systems/subsystems and developing innovative strategies
• Leading the pursuit of new business opportunities, targeting research organizations such as DARPA, ONR, AFRL, Army Research Labs, etc.
• Architect / Engineer leading the development and execution of external technology R&D programs as well as Mission Systems Advanced Technology internal research and development IR&D projects
• Support estimating, tracking, and reporting status relating to technical, cost, schedule, and risk performance for work spanning across multiple projects.
• Design, develop, integrate, demonstrate, and test advanced networking or radio software systems/subsystems
• Excellent verbal/written communication and teamwork skills
• Demonstrated problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Demonstrated capability in a fast-paced, dynamic, creative work environment
• Highly motivated, enthusiastic, and works well with others
• Travel required up to 15% of the time

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience
• Proficient in embedded software development (C, C++, Rust, Python, Bash)
• Strong understanding of Linux and development in a Linux environment
• Advanced knowledge of networking concepts and technologies (eg IPv4, IPv6, Routing, Multicast, NAT, TCP, UDP, OLSR, OSPF, PIM, IPSec, VPN, ACLs, ToS and QoS, etc.)
• Experience with build tools, version control systems, and containerized development environments
• Subject matter expert for software defined radio (SDR) systems

• PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical…