Senior Systems Engineer: Open Architecture Integration & Test

Prattwhitney; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Vacation 3 weeks

401(k) Plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer Integration & Test Lead in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to drive cross-domain integration and test activities for Open System Architecture products. You will guide plans, lead integration builds, and mentor engineers in a fast-paced defense environment.

Requirements include a STEM degree with 8+ years of experience (or an advanced degree with 5+), active DoD Secret clearance, and U.S. citizenship.

Qualifications

• Experience with systems development processes including requirements capture, design, decomposition, integration, verification/validation, and transition to production.
• Hands on experience with test planning, procedure development, execution, and results analysis.
• Ability to diagnose, root cause, and resolve integration defects across software and hardware domains.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple disciplines and manage dynamic technical priorities.
• Experience with test tools, measurement equipment, scripting, and automation techniques.
• Active and transferable Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship only (dual citizenship not permitted) is required, as access to information under this program/contract is restricted to individuals with sole U.S. citizenship.
• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of system integration and test activities across multi disciplinary engineering teams
• Develop integration strategies, system test plans, procedures, environments, and schedules
• Drive system bring up, integration builds, lab activities, and test events, ensuring alignment with program milestones
• Identify, track, and resolve integration issues, including root cause analysis and problem solving with responsible engineering teams
• Ensure verification and validation activities meet requirements coverage, compliance, and quality standards
• Provide test status, metrics, and technical assessments to program management and leadership
• Manage test assets, environments, and system configurations, including hardware, software loads, and tools
• Support customer test events, demonstrations, and formal sell off activities
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering to refine requirements, interface definitions, and testability considerations
• Contribute to continuous improvement of integration workflows, test automation, and engineering processes
• Provide technical leadership to junior engineers
• 10% Travel Required

Skills

Systems engineering

Test planning

Root cause analysis

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Automation

Scripting

MS Project

Confluence/JIRA

SysML/Cameo/Rhapsody

Security clearance

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree (optional)

Tools

Matlab

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer Integration & Test Lead in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to drive cross-domain integration and test activities for Open System Architecture products. You will guide plans, lead integration builds, and mentor engineers in a fast-paced defense environment.

Requirements include a STEM degree with 8+ years of experience (or an advanced degree with 5+), active DoD Secret clearance, and U.S. citizenship.