Senior Systems Engineer - JPALS GPS/DOORS (Onsite)

Collins Aerospace; Fullerton (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation

401(k) with employer matching

Job summary

Collins Aerospace in Fullerton, CA is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to own requirements for the JPALS and related programs. You will define system-level and subsystem requirements, analyze stakeholder needs, and ensure traceability across hardware, software, and interfaces.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, integrated system solutions. Strong experience with DOORS and MBSE is essential, along with DoD security clearance requirements.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with GPS/PNT systems.
• Proficiency with IBM Rational DOORS and requirements management.
• Proficiency with DOORS DXL scripting.
• Experience with systems engineering activities including requirement derivation, interface definition, allocation, integration, requirement sell-off, analysis, test procedure development, test execution, and results evaluation.
• Familiarity with generating and maintaining technical documentation such as specifications, ICDs, TRDs, and Verification Cross-Reference Matrices.
• Proficient with Digital Engineering tools (DOORS, Cameo, Microsoft Office Suite, Jira, Confluence).
• Typically requires a degree in STEM and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Support the JPALS and JPALS-adjacent programs.
• Elicit, derive, and define system-level and subsystem-level requirements based on customer specifications and operational concepts.
• Analyze stakeholder needs and translate them into technical, testable, and feasible requirements.
• Apply systems thinking to ensure requirements completeness, consistency, and proper allocation across hardware, software, and interfaces.
• Work with the system requirements engineering team and apply technical guidance from the team lead.
• Develop and maintain requirements in IBM Rational DOORS, including traceability and change impact assessment.
• Create and use scripts to automate documentation import/export to/from DOORS across multiple formats.
• Define and document system and subsystem interfaces, contributing to ICDs and architecture artifacts.
• Participate in technical discussions, design reviews, and requirement change assessments.
• Support verification planning by defining verification methods and collaborating with test teams.

Skills

GPS/PNT systems

DOORS scripting

Systems engineering

Technical documentation

Jira/Confluence

MBSE familiarity

Education

STEM degree

Tools

IBM Rational DOORS

Cameo

Microsoft Office

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Collins Aerospace in Fullerton, CA is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to own requirements for the JPALS and related programs. You will define system-level and subsystem requirements, analyze stakeholder needs, and ensure traceability across hardware, software, and interfaces.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, integrated system solutions. Strong experience with DOORS and MBSE is essential, along with DoD security clearance requirements.