Senior Systems Engineer - Flight Test Engineer; onsite

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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. We have the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

The Collins Collaborative Mission Autonomy team is looking for an experienced Senior Systems Engineer
- Flight Test Engineer with an active US Secret security clearance to join our team. This is an onsite position and can be located in El Segundo, CA (preferred), or Fort Wayne, IN or McKinney, TX or Cedar Rapids, IA. At Collins Aerospace, you will work on cutting edge technology and contribute to programs that save lives and enable the freedoms we enjoy.

• Participate in collaborative, cross-discipline integrated product teams composed of systems, software, test, and mission engineering.
• Testing mission autonomy software and integrating simulation equipment into the Software-in-the-Loop (SWIL) and/ Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) setups.
• Debugging mission autonomy software as part of the integration team.
• Integrating, testing, verifying, and validating the system and various subsystems.
• Travel to customer test events to support operations.
• Assist with equipment setup at test sites and during customer test events.
• Assist Flight Test Engineers on a variety of operational tasks such as flight execution, material prep, or supporting test profiles by participating in our demonstrations.
• Support preflight system performance assessment and post flight verification analyses.
• Be able to travel occasionally to support working groups, integration and test, and/or customer events (up to 40% travel).
• Previously demonstrated completion of assigned tasks on time and on budget and completed work products are of high quality.
• Ability to work well with other team members, teammates, and disciplines.

• Experience integrating HW and SW; OR experience with SWIL /and HWIL.
• Typically requires 5+ years of work-related experience with Systems/Software Engineering, to include, but not limited to:
• Demonstrated experience supporting integration and tests (I&T) activities of complex systems, including distributed software systems.
• Experience in technical writing (e.g., System Engineering Management Plans, Technical reports, Engineering notebooks, Test Plans/Reports, etc.).
• Experience in software development using C, C++, Python, or similar programming languages.
• 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.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date.

• Knowledge of Linux, real-time operating systems (RTOS), OR avionics communication protocols (e.g., MIL-STD-1553, STANAG-4586).
• Experience integrating and troubleshooting real-time systems, sensors (IMUs, GPS), OR actuators.
• Familiarity with software development methodologies such as:
  Agile development/lifecycle, Test Driven Development.
• Flight software integration and verification experience.
• Using lab equipment to troubleshoot hardware and software failures in support of SWIL/HWIL integration and testing.
• Experience supporting system integrators with tasks such as cabling prep, assembly installation, component configuration, and system validation.
• Demonstrated work is…