Senior Systems Engineer – Air Combat Training (DoD Secret)

Collins Aerospace; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Relocation assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, seeks a Senior Systems Engineer for Air Combat Training to advance cutting-edge systems and contribute to safety and readiness of military operations.

You will lead cost, schedule, and technical performance across control accounts, translate requirements into actionable tasks, and collaborate across teams for milestones and reviews. A DoD Secret clearance is required.

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 Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience.

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

Requirements development

System-level testing

System integration

Earned Value Management (EVM)

STEM degree and experience

Education

STEM degree + experience

Tools

EVM concepts

Job description

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, seeks a Senior Systems Engineer for Air Combat Training to advance cutting-edge systems and contribute to safety and readiness of military operations.

You will lead cost, schedule, and technical performance across control accounts, translate requirements into actionable tasks, and collaborate across teams for milestones and reviews. A DoD Secret clearance is required.