Senior Systems Engineer - Aerospace & DevSecOps

Belcan Corporation; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 66,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

health care

dental

vision

life insurance

401(k)

education assistance

paid time off including PTO, holidays,

Job summary

Belcan is seeking a Senior/Principal Systems Engineer in Cedar Rapids, IA to lead definition, development, and deployment of aerospace systems, focusing on requirements management, system architecture, verification, validation and certification.

You will apply DevSecOps, engineering automation, and MBSE practices while driving CI/CD adoption and toolchain integration across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring scalable engineering solutions in a regulated environment.

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.
• Improve requirements management, system architecture, verification, validation, and certification processes.
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to enable more efficient and scalable engineering solutions.

Skills

Systems engineering

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Scripting

Git

Aerospace

Requirements mgmt

MBSE

ARP4754

Communication

Project management

Tools

Jama

Polarion

DOORS

Job description

Belcan is seeking a Senior/Principal Systems Engineer in Cedar Rapids, IA to lead definition, development, and deployment of aerospace systems, focusing on requirements management, system architecture, verification, validation and certification.

You will apply DevSecOps, engineering automation, and MBSE practices while driving CI/CD adoption and toolchain integration across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring scalable engineering solutions in a regulated environment.