Lead Systems Engineer - DoD Clearance

RTX (Raytheon); Middletown (RI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Flexible work schedules

Educational assistance

Child/adult backup care

Job summary

RTX BBN Technologies in Middletown, RI is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to lead system requirements management for complex defense programs onsite. The role requires strong collaboration with engineering leads to decompose requirements and shape verification strategies.

You will coordinate across disciplines to ensure performance and non-performance requirements are satisfied, maintain traceability, and drive process improvements while communicating status to leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) with 8+ years of experience, or an Advanced Degree with 5+ years of experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a secret U.S. government-issued security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead program for managing system requirements and baseline in a requirements database.
• Maintain requirements database through configuration management processes.
• Decompose Level 1 requirements to Levels 2–4 with engineering leads.
• Develop and execute the requirements verification strategy.
• Coordinate with Design and Test leads to ensure robust validation/verification plans.
• Ensure system meets performance and non-performance requirements.
• Champion process improvement initiatives and lead development tasks.
• Interface with external customer scientists, engineers, and program management.

Skills

Technical leadership

Multidiscipline system design

Requirements analysis

Requirements decomposition

Traceability matrices

CCBs (configuration control boards)

Written and oral communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

DOORS

Job description

RTX BBN Technologies in Middletown, RI is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to lead system requirements management for complex defense programs onsite. The role requires strong collaboration with engineering leads to decompose requirements and shape verification strategies.

You will coordinate across disciplines to ensure performance and non-performance requirements are satisfied, maintain traceability, and drive process improvements while communicating status to leadership.