Principal Systems Engineer – Defense, Onsite Tucson

RTX; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, is hiring a Principal Systems Engineer for the Effects team at the Tucson, AZ campus. You will drive technical rigor in requirements, mentor engineers, and coordinate across IPTs to ensure first-time correct system integration.

You will lead requirements development, support design verification, and perform trade studies while collaborating with SMEs, Chief Engineers, and customers to deliver robust missile system capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) required with 8+ years of experience.
• Experience in developing system requirements specifications and requirements management processes.
• Experience with verification and qualification testing.

Responsibilities

• Update, maintain, and improve requirements and documentation for development and production efforts.
• Support Design and System Verification testing.
• Provide SE guidance during integration and test efforts.
• Support system performance analysis, and Integration and Test.
• Mentor and guide team members and SMEs.
• Participate in Failure Investigations.
• Facilitate knowledge transfer across IPTs/CPTs.
• Conduct trade studies and present results to customers.
• Support test equipment software integration and verification.

Skills

CONOPS development

System architecture

Requirements management

Verification & qualification testing

Agile methodologies

MBSE

Defense program knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s in STEM

Master’s or PhD in Engineering/CS/Math/Physics

Tools

DOORS

cPDM

MBSE tools

Job description

RTX, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, is hiring a Principal Systems Engineer for the Effects team at the Tucson, AZ campus. You will drive technical rigor in requirements, mentor engineers, and coordinate across IPTs to ensure first-time correct system integration.

You will lead requirements development, support design verification, and perform trade studies while collaborating with SMEs, Chief Engineers, and customers to deliver robust missile system capabilities.