Principal Mission​/Systems Engineer

Position

Principal Mission / Systems Engineer

West Valley City, Utah, USA

Onsite

TS/SCI with Polygraph; U.S. citizenship required. Active clearance is required after day one.

Applied Signal Technology (AST) is seeking a Principal Mission / Systems Engineer at Salt Lake City, UT. The role involves system development, deployment, and collaboration with R&D teams to protect national security.

• Work with R&D to develop and deploy systems.
• Generate briefings and present to team members, customers, and management.
• Contribute to decision making and idea generation to push products beyond expectations.
• May travel up to 25%.

• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
• 8 years of practical experience in Systems Engineering, including design, development, and testing of custom hardware and software systems of high complexity.
• Experience interacting with development teams to resolve discrepancies and issues.
• Experience identifying, analyzing, and resolving problems at all phases of the system lifecycle.
• Experience with systems integration, test execution, and test results documentation.
• Experience with Linux and/or Linux variants.
• Experience problem solving and debugging.
• Experience recognizing areas of improvement or customer needs and relaying them to senior staff as business development possibilities.
• Experience working with customers, end users, hardware design teams, and software design teams.
• Ability to work weekends and nights periodically to support integration and testing efforts.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued Top Secret SCI (TS/SCI) security clearance with polygraph required after start.
• U.S. citizenship is required; only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

• Experience with fiber optics, RF, or telecommunications standards and processing techniques.
• Experience with design, development, integration, and test of complex communication systems.
• Experience developing high‑speed processing hardware or complex control software.
• Experience developing training courses and training others.
• Understanding of telecommunications systems concepts and signal processing fundamentals.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python or Bash.
• Experience generating test scripts to automate integration.
• Experience formalizing, developing, and writing requirements, plans, and procedures based on customer discussions, briefings, interactions, and statements of work.
• Experience developing system‑level designs, high‑level control and data interfaces.
• Experience with bid and proposal activities related to system development.
• Existing TS/SCI with polygraph within the last 24 months.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
• Generous 401(k) plan with employer matching and a lifetime income strategy option.
• Tuition reimbursement program.
• Student loan repayment program.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• Optional coverages: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal,  protection.
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits.
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning.
• Adoption assistance.
• Autism benefit.
• Employee assistance plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions.
• Healthy You incentives and wellness rewards program.
• Doctor on Demand and virtual doctor visits.
• Bright Horizons child and elder care services.
• Teladoc Medical Experts second opinion program.
• Eligible for relocation.
• And more.

Salary range: $107,500 - $204,500 USD.

Employees may be required to attend select interview steps in person. The role is U.S.‑based; relocation may be offered. Application window closes approximately 40 days after posting.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.