Senior Systems Engineer (DoD, Secret Clearance)

RTX; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

RTX is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for the Effectors team in Tucson, AZ. This on-site role requires a DoD Secret clearance and US citizenship.

You will manage requirements, guide integration and testing, mentor engineers, and collaborate with SMEs across disciplines to ensure first-time-right performance for warfighters. The position emphasizes rigorous requirements management, architecture and verification planning, and hands-on participation in system-level analyses and trade studies.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in STEM and a minimum of 5 years of prior engineering experience.
• Experience in developing and refining CONOPS, architecture, requirements and verification strategies/plans.
• Experience with system requirements specifications and requirements management processes.
• Experience with verification and qualification testing.

Responsibilities

• Update, maintain, and improve requirements and documentation for development and production.
• Support design and system verification testing.
• Provide SE guidance during integration and test efforts.
• Support system performance analysis, integration and test.
• Mentor team members and engage SMEs.
• Participate in Failure Investigations.
• Coordinate knowledge transfer across IPTs/CPTs.
• Conduct trade studies and present results to customers.
• Assist with test equipment software integration and verification.

Skills

5+ years experience

CONOPS development

System Architecture

Requirements management

Requirements verification

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s or PhD in Engineering/CS/Math/Physics

Tools

DOORS

cPDM

Job description

RTX is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for the Effectors team in Tucson, AZ. This on-site role requires a DoD Secret clearance and US citizenship.

You will manage requirements, guide integration and testing, mentor engineers, and collaborate with SMEs across disciplines to ensure first-time-right performance for warfighters. The position emphasizes rigorous requirements management, architecture and verification planning, and hands-on participation in system-level analyses and trade studies.