Senior Systems Engineer – DoD Secret Clearance (Onsite)

RTX; Middletown (RI); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Flexible work schedules

Educational assistance

Job summary

RTX BBN Technologies seeks a Senior Systems Engineer in Middletown, RI to lead system requirements and coordinate cross‑disciplinary teams on high‑level projects. The role emphasizes verification planning, stakeholder communication, and tight integration with design and test leads in an on‑site environment with some remote capability.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of systems engineering experience, a STEM degree, and U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain a DoD security clearance.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree in STEM and 5 years of prior relevant experience.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain/maintain DoD clearance.

Responsibilities

• Be the program lead for managing system requirements.
• Capture program requirements baseline in a requirements database.
• Maintain the requirements database via configuration management.
• Analyze and decompose Level 1 requirements to Levels 2–4 with cross‑discipline collaboration.
• Develop and execute the requirements verification strategy.
• Coordinate with Design and Test leads to ensure validation plans meet sell‑off requirements.
• Ensure the system meets performance and non‑performance requirements.
• Champion process improvements.
• Lead various system development and troubleshooting tasks.
• Interface with external customer scientists, engineers and program management.
• Communicate program status through oral presentations and reports.
• This role may require some domestic travel (<10%).

Skills

Technical leadership

Multidisciplinary design

Requirements analysis

Traceability matrices

CCB participation

DOORS

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Job description

RTX BBN Technologies seeks a Senior Systems Engineer in Middletown, RI to lead system requirements and coordinate cross‑disciplinary teams on high‑level projects. The role emphasizes verification planning, stakeholder communication, and tight integration with design and test leads in an on‑site environment with some remote capability.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of systems engineering experience, a STEM degree, and U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain a DoD security clearance.