Onsite DoD Systems Lead, Cross-Product (Secret Clearance)

Collins Aerospace; Largo (FL); On-site; USD 132,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation

Generous 401(k) with company match

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, managed by RTX, is seeking a Senior Cross Product Team Lead onsite in Largo, FL to guide multi-disciplinary teams of system, hardware and software engineers on DoD programs. You will own full lifecycle development from CONOPS to validation and drive design reviews and testing to ensure program success.

You will coordinate with customers and leadership, mentor staff, and ensure rigorous verification and MIL-STD compliance across complex systems.

Qualifications

• Experience on a DoD program in a CPTL/IPTL or engineering team lead role, including CAM
• Experience with DoD systems engineering processes, technical reviews/audits, MIL-STD compliance
• Ability to create verification plans, run test procedures, and manage requirement traceability (e.g., IBM DOORS, Cameo) to ensure system compliance
• Proven systems design activities including specification development and traceability
• Proven IV&V experience including hardware-in-the-loop, software testing, and performance evaluation
• Typically requires STEM degree with 10+ years experience or advanced degree with 7+ years, or 15 years without degree
• Active DoD Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship for clearance eligibility
• Knowledge of voice comms, config management, and test/report writing
• Proficiency with MATLAB/Simulink or equivalent tools and MBSE models (MBSE)

Responsibilities

• Organize and lead the development of full lifecycle solutions from CONOPS to Validation with customers and leadership
• Lead lab activities including setup, configuration management, and testing
• Ensure modeling, hardware, and software interfaces use a scalable ontology
• Mentor professionals with varied experience levels
• Own design review prep, integration, dry run, and formal qualification testing planning
• Influence decision-makers with recommended actions across complex problems
• Document major changes in systems or processes to solve problems

Skills

DoD program experience

Systems engineering

Leadership

Education

STEM degree + experience

Tools

IBM DOORS

Cameo

JIRA/Confluence

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Collins Aerospace, managed by RTX, is seeking a Senior Cross Product Team Lead onsite in Largo, FL to guide multi-disciplinary teams of system, hardware and software engineers on DoD programs. You will own full lifecycle development from CONOPS to validation and drive design reviews and testing to ensure program success.

You will coordinate with customers and leadership, mentor staff, and ensure rigorous verification and MIL-STD compliance across complex systems.