Principal Systems Engineer (Onsite)

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

Date Posted: 2026-09-16

Country: United States of America

Location: US-RI-MIDDLETOWN-201 ~ 127 John Clarke Rd ~ BBN MIDDLETOWN, Ste 3

Position Role Type: Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance Type: DoD Clearance: Secret

Security Clearance Status: Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world's most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

RTX BBN Technologies, a noted high-tech research & development company, seeks a creative, organized, and people-centered candidate to fill the role of Principal Systems Engineer in our Physical Sciences & Systems business unit.

What You Will Do

• Be the program lead for managing system requirements.
• Capture program requirements baseline in a requirements database.
• Maintain, through configuration management processes, the requirements database.
• Analyze, develop and decompose Level 1 requirements to Levels 2 through 4, through collaborating with leads across engineering disciplines.
• Develop and execute the requirements verification strategy.
• Coordinate with the Design and Test leads to ensure validation/verification plans and procedures are robust and satisfy system sell-off requirements.
• Ensure the system meets performance and non-performance requirements.
• Champion process improvement initiatives.
• Lead various system development and troubleshooting tasks
• Interface and collaborate with external customer scientists, engineers and program management.
• Work within program leadership team to ensure program success.
• Communicate through oral presentations and written reports on program status, issues and success.

Qualifications You Must Have

Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and 8 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and 5 years of prior relevant experience.

The ability to obtain and maintain a secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience in a technical leadership role, e.g. Lead Engineer, Senior Systems Engineer, etc.
• Experience in multidiscipline system design and testing.
• Experience in requirements analysis, development, decomposition and maintenance.
• Experience developing and maintaining requirements traceability matrices.
• Experience participating in configuration control boards (CCBs).
• Expertise with a requirements database tool, such as DOORS®.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment.

What We Offer

Whether you're just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement, and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.

Location

This position is onsite at our Middletown, RI. headquarters.

Relocation assistance available.

To help you achieve your goals, BBN will provide:

• A strong leadership team well-versed in government R&D.
• A collaborative and collegial environment to push state-of-the-art research.
• A technically competent pool of research scientists who are willing to mentor, listen, and help you refine your research vision and goals.
• Business development, programmatic, contracting, finance, and HR support.
• Access, through RTX, to opportunities that help transition your research and ultimately see it fielded.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations,