Impactful Onsite JPALS Systems Requirements Engineer

Collins Aerospace; Fullerton (CA); On-site; USD 76,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is seeking Systems Engineers to work on the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) and adjacent programs in Fullerton, California. You will define and evolve requirements for GPS-based navigation in demanding environments and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality system solutions.

This onsite role requires a DoD Secret clearance, strong systems engineering fundamentals, and experience with DOORS and MBSE concepts.

Qualifications

• Experience in systems engineering concepts such as requirement derivation, interface definition, integration, or verification
• Ability to create or maintain technical documentation (specifications, ICDs, or similar)
• Familiarity with IBM Rational DOORS or other requirements tools
• Exposure to digital engineering tools (Cameo, Microsoft Office Suite, Jira, Confluence)
• Typically requires a degree in STEM and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience

Responsibilities

• Support the JPALS and JPALS-adjacent programs
• Help elicit, derive, and define system-level and subsystem-level requirements
• Translate customer and stakeholder needs into clear, testable engineering requirements
• Apply systems thinking to understand how hardware, software, and interfaces interact
• Work closely with senior engineers and follow guidance from the team lead
• Learn to develop and maintain requirements in IBM Rational DOORS, including traceability and change analysis
• Assist with scripts to automate documentation flows to and from DOORS
• Help define system and subsystem interfaces and contribute to ICDs and architecture artifacts
• Participate in technical discussions, design reviews, and requirement assessments
• Support verification planning and coordinate with test engineering teams

Skills

Systems engineering concepts

Technical documentation

Rational DOORS

Digital engineering tools

STEM degree + experience

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree

Tools

IBM Rational DOORS

Cameo

Microsoft Office

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is seeking Systems Engineers to work on the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) and adjacent programs in Fullerton, California. You will define and evolve requirements for GPS-based navigation in demanding environments and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality system solutions.

This onsite role requires a DoD Secret clearance, strong systems engineering fundamentals, and experience with DOORS and MBSE concepts.