Senior System Engineer

Belcan; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Education assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Belcan is seeking a Senior/Principal Systems Engineer onsite in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to lead the definition, development, and deployment of complex aerospace systems. The role emphasizes DevSecOps, MBSE, ARP4754, and automation; you will improve requirements management, system architecture, verification, and certification, while advancing CI/CD and toolchain integration.

Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams in Eastern Time core and global teams, including India Standard Time, to deliver

Qualifications

• Experience in multiple areas of the systems engineering lifecycle, including requirements development, design, integration, verification, validation, and technical documentation.
• Experience or familiarity with DevSecOps.
• Experience with requirements management tools (Jama, Polarion, DOORS).
• Develop automation with scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell) and thoroughly test implementations.
• Experience with Git or other version control systems.
• Experience working in aerospace or another highly regulated engineering environment.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and work within Eastern Time Zone core and global teams, including India Standard Time
• Experience/Interest on CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands‑on experience applying ARP4754 throughout the system development lifecycle.
• Experience working in a configuration‑controlled environment, including problem reports and change requests.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to work through complex technical issues.
• Confidence working autonomously with limited oversight.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to work with internal teams, external suppliers and stakeholders.
• Practical project management capability, including the ability to manage smaller projects, work packages or technical processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the definition, development, and deployment of innovative engineering solutions that improve the systems engineering lifecycle across the organization.
• Drive adoption of CI/CD pipelines, toolchain integration, and engineering automation to enable more efficient and scalable engineering solutions.
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to improve requirements management, system architecture, verification, validation, and certification processes.

Skills

Systems engineering

DevSecOps

Requirements management

Automation scripting

Python

Git

Aerospace experience

CI/CD pipelines

Communication

Tools

Jama

Polarion

DOORS

Cameo

MagicDraw

Teamwork Cloud

Job description

Start Date: Immediate

“We provide a competitive pay and benefits package. This position is offering a pay rate of $57.18/hr, however, Belcan considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to education, experience, geographic location, and discipline. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law.

Job Description:

The System Solutions team is seeking a Senior/Principal Systems Engineer with a strong foundation in systems engineering principles and experience developing complex aerospace systems. This role will lead the definition, development, and deployment of innovative engineering solutions that improve the systems engineering lifecycle across the organization.

The ideal candidate will combine strong systems engineering expertise with hands‑on experience in DevSecOps, engineering automation, and modern development practices.

You will work across multidisciplinary teams to improve requirements management, system architecture, verification, validation, and certification processes while driving the adoption of CI/CD pipelines, toolchain integration, and engineering automation that enable more efficient and scalable engineering solutions.

Experience with aerospace development standards such as ARP4754, digital engineering and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is highly desirable.

If you are passionate about modernizing systems engineering through automation, collaboration, and innovative technologies, we encourage you to apply.

This is an onsite position based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Experience in multiple areas of the systems engineering lifecycle, including requirements development, design, integration, verification, validation, and technical documentation. Ideal candidate will have experience across the full development lifecycle for civil certification programs
• Experience or familiarity with DevSecOps
• Experience with requirements management tools (Jama, Polarion, DOORS)
• Develop automation with scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell) and thoroughly test implementations.

• Experience with Git or other version control systems.
• Experience working in aerospace or another highly regulated engineering environment.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and work within Eastern Time Zone core and global teams, including India Standard Time
• Experience/Interest on CI/CD pipelines.

• Hands‑on experience applying ARP4754 throughout the system development lifecycle.
• Experience working in a configuration‑controlled environment, including problem reports and change requests.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to work through complex technical issues.
• Confidence working autonomously with limited oversight.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to work with internal teams, external suppliers and stakeholders.
• Practical project management capability, including the ability to manage smaller projects, work packages or technical processes.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience/Interest in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) principles and tools such as Cameo/MagicDraw/Teamwork Cloud and SysML modeling.

Belcan is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, colour, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.