Senior Software Engineer & Agile Product Owner - Flight Sim

Collins Aerospace; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation

401(k) with employer matching

Job summary

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Agile Product Owner for Flight & Mission Simulation. This onsite role requires security clearance and citizenship. You will own the backlog, break down features with Product Management, and ensure security, performance, and compliance are built into work items.

You will participate in PI Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt events, using metrics to improve predictability and value delivery. Onsite in Sterling, VA with DoD context.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a STEM degree and 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Must have or be capable of obtaining a DoD security clearance; US citizenship required.
• Dual citizenship not permitted for access to information.

Responsibilities

• Own and refine the team backlog; write actionable user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Partner with Product Management to break down features and align team delivery with PI objectives.
• Provide daily clarification to the team, make scope decisions, and validate completed work.
• Ensure non-functional requirements (security, performance, compliance) are integrated into stories.
• Participate in PI Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt to drive continuous improvement.
• Use flow metrics and team performance data to improve predictability and value delivery.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

GitLab

Jira

Confluence

Automation frameworks

Python scripting

VMware

Proxmox

Networking basics

Agile Scrum

Product Owner

IaaS/PaaS

SAFe POPM

OpenShift

OpenStack

Education

STEM degree

Tools

Git

Confluence

Artifactory

Jira

Docker

Podman

Visual Studio

Job description

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Agile Product Owner for Flight & Mission Simulation. This onsite role requires security clearance and citizenship. You will own the backlog, break down features with Product Management, and ensure security, performance, and compliance are built into work items.

You will participate in PI Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt events, using metrics to improve predictability and value delivery. Onsite in Sterling, VA with DoD context.