Senior Systems Engineer - Open Architecture (Secret) Onsite

Prattwhitney; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; 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, an RTX company, seeks a Senior Systems Engineer in Cedar Rapids to support next-generation Open System Architecture products. You will develop system requirements, decompose interfaces, model behavior, and verify solutions across hardware and software while coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure traceability and technical quality.

The role requires a Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship, with 5+ years of related experience (or 3 with advanced degree).

Qualifications

• Active and transferable Secret U.S. government issued security clearance required.
• U.S. citizenship required (sole citizenship) for access to sensitive information.
• Typically requires STEM degree and minimum 5 years of relevant experience or an advanced degree with minimum 3 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage system requirements with traceability.
• Support system architecture development and participate in design reviews.
• Model, analyze, and document system behavior and performance.
• Contribute to verification planning 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.
• Document system behaviors, requirements compliance, risks, and decision outcomes for leadership.
• Support customer discussions, internal reviews, and engineering demonstrations as needed.
• Contribute to improvements in systems engineering processes, tools, and workflows.
• 10% Travel Required.

Skills

Requirements capture

Decomposition

Interface definition

Verification & validation

System modeling

Traceability

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

STEM degree

Tools

SysML

Cameo

Rhapsody

Scripting

Job description

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, seeks a Senior Systems Engineer in Cedar Rapids to support next-generation Open System Architecture products. You will develop system requirements, decompose interfaces, model behavior, and verify solutions across hardware and software while coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure traceability and technical quality.

The role requires a Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship, with 5+ years of related experience (or 3 with advanced degree).