Senior Systems Engineer, Air Combat Training

Collins Aerospace; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Health insurance

Dental and vision insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for Air Combat Training in Cedar Rapids, IA. This onsite role requires the ability to obtain a DoD security clearance and to work closely with engineers, management, and customers to deliver cost-effective, technically sound training systems.

You will own control accounts, develop baselines, and translate requirements into actionable tasks while helping manage risks and coordinating reviews and estimates.

Qualifications

• Experience with requirements development, decomposition, traceability, and verification.
• Experience developing or executing test procedures at the system level.
• Experience supporting system integration or resolving system-level technical issues.
• Familiarity with Earned Value Management (EVM) concepts, tools, or reporting.
• Typically requires a degree in STEM and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree with minimum 3 years.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Control Account Manager, responsible for cost, schedule, and technical performance of assigned control accounts.
• Develop, maintain, and report cost and schedule baselines, including variance analysis and corrective action planning.
• Translate high-level requirements and customer needs into actionable engineering tasks and user stories.
• Collaborate with engineering teams, program management, and customer stakeholders to support milestone planning and technical reviews.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate program and technical risks and opportunities.
• Provide clear communication of status, issues, and decisions to leadership and customers.
• Support proposal activities, Basis of Estimate (BOE) development, and engineering cost estimation as required.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to continuous process improvement efforts.

Skills

Cost and schedule management

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring junior engineers

Risk management

Problem solving

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

Earned Value Management (EVM)

Cost estimation methods

BOE development

System integration tools

Job description

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for Air Combat Training in Cedar Rapids, IA. This onsite role requires the ability to obtain a DoD security clearance and to work closely with engineers, management, and customers to deliver cost-effective, technically sound training systems.

You will own control accounts, develop baselines, and translate requirements into actionable tasks while helping manage risks and coordinating reviews and estimates.