Senior Systems Engineer – DoD Secret Cleared (Onsite)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental/Vision insurance

Three weeks vacation

401(k) plan with employer match

Tuition reimbursement

Student loan repayment

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Parental leave

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for the Open Systems Solutions group in Cedar Rapids, IA. You will help define requirements, architecture, modeling and verification for next-generation open system architecture products used in multi-domain operations.

You will collaborate with hardware, software and specialty engineering teams, perform design reviews, and support demonstrations while ensuring traceability and compliance across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Experience with systems engineering processes including requirements capture, decomposition, interface definition, integration and verification/validation.
• Experience with systems engineering tools, modeling techniques, or requirements management environments.
• Active and transferable Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship only (dual citizenship not permitted) for access to restricted information.
• Typically requires a STEM degree with 5+ years of experience or an advanced degree with 3+ years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage system requirements, including traceability, decomposition, and interface definitions.
• Support system architecture development and participate in design reviews.
• Assist with modeling, analysis, and documentation of system behavior and performance.
• Contribute to verification planning, testability assessments, and requirement coverage analysis.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, and specialty engineering teams to ensure system level alignment.
• Analyze technical issues, participate in problem investigations, and support trade studies.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements capture

System verification

Traceability

Modeling techniques

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree (optional)

Tools

SysML

Cameo

Rhapsody

Job description

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for the Open Systems Solutions group in Cedar Rapids, IA. You will help define requirements, architecture, modeling and verification for next-generation open system architecture products used in multi-domain operations.

You will collaborate with hardware, software and specialty engineering teams, perform design reviews, and support demonstrations while ensuring traceability and compliance across disciplines.