Senior Systems Engineer - Air Combat Training; ONSITE

Senior Systems Engineer

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

The Cybersecurity and Training Missions Engineering Team within Air Combat Test & Training (ACTT) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to provide technical excellence across rapidly growing Air Combat Training programs. This platform-level role includes coordination across subsystem teams and stakeholders plus, opportunities for direct interaction with customers and end users. Our team culture is highly collaborative and uses a tailored version of the Scaled Agile Framework to meet our program goals.

What You Will Do

• Lead and perform requirements verification activities, ensuring system requirements are complete, accurate, and fully traceable across the lifecycle
• Develop verification test procedures and independently execute them in a secure lab environment, ensuring rigor and compliance
• Conduct peer reviews of test procedures and design documentation, providing technical guidance and elevating engineering quality
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to align on program goals, resolve integration challenges, and support planning and execution
• Communicate status, risks, and technical insights to stakeholders, influencing decisions on cost, schedule, and technical performance
• Develop and own system design approaches, coordinating with subject matter experts and modeling behaviors, interfaces, and architecture elements within an MBSE environment
• Apply MBSE methods and tools to maintain digital consistency across requirements, architecture, and verification activities
• Drive resolution of technical issues through structured problem-solving, coordination, and timely closure
• Contribute to continuous improvement through lessons learned, process refinements, and shaping future MBSE practices
• Provide mentoring to early-career engineers, particularly in MBSE techniques and modeling best practices

Qualifications You Must Have

• Experience with requirements development, decomposition, traceability, and verification
• Experience developing or executing test procedures within a lab or system-level environments
• Experience contributing to system integration activities or resolving system-level technical issues
• Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools or practices
• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience

What We Offer

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal,  protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Carrot Health to hormonal health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• This position is eligible for relocation assistance
• And more!

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