Senior Systems Engineer - Defense, Onsite Tucson

RTX; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

RTX, a leader in aerospace and defense, is hiring a Principal Systems Engineer for the Tucson, AZ location. You will drive technical rigor in requirements, coordinate maintenance, and mentor engineers across multi‑disciplinary teams to ensure first‑time, correct design and integration for warfighter systems.

The role involves SE oversight during integration and test activities, trade studies, and collaboration with SMEs and program leads to deliver robust solutions for complex defense programs.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in STEM and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with developing system requirements specifications and requirements management processes.
• Verification and Qualification testing experience.

Responsibilities

• Update, maintain, and improve requirements and requirements documentation for development and production efforts.
• Support Design and System Verification testing
• Provide SE guidance and support during integration and test efforts
• Support system performance analysis, and Integration and Test
• Mentor and guide team members, including SMEs
• Participate in Failure Investigations
• Facilitate knowledge transfer across IPTs/CPTs
• Conduct Trade Studies and present results to customers
• Support test equipment software integration and verification for system test

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Verification testing

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional teamwork

Trade studies

Hypothesis-driven analysis

Education

Bachelor's in STEM

Master's or PhD in Engineering

Tools

DOORS

cPDM

MBSE

Agile

Job description

RTX, a leader in aerospace and defense, is hiring a Principal Systems Engineer for the Tucson, AZ location. You will drive technical rigor in requirements, coordinate maintenance, and mentor engineers across multi‑disciplinary teams to ensure first‑time, correct design and integration for warfighter systems.

The role involves SE oversight during integration and test activities, trade studies, and collaboration with SMEs and program leads to deliver robust solutions for complex defense programs.