SkillBridge: Systems Engineer (Onsite)

RTX; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks vacation for newly hired

Generous 401(k) plan

Job summary

RTX is seeking a systems engineer for an on-site Huntsville, AL role supporting avionics integration and test. You will participate in requirements capture, decomposition, and peer reviews, while ensuring traceability and configuration management across multidisciplinary teams.

The position emphasizes agile development, collaboration with systems, software, safety, and cybersecurity teams, and the ability to adapt to schedule changes during formal integration and test activities.

Qualifications

• University degree in a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum years of experience in systems engineering or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Participate in capture, decomposition, allocation, and peer review of system requirements.
• Support requirements traceability and configuration management activities.
• Develop and peer review test procedures used to verify system requirements.
• Participate in requirements-based, robustness, integration, and ad hoc testing in an avionics lab.
• Support troubleshooting of system-level integration and test issues.
• Collaborate with systems, software, test, safety, cybersecurity, airworthiness, and other engineering disciplines.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements decomposition

Agile development

Education

University degree

Advanced degree (optional)

Tools

DOORS

JAMA

JIRA

ALM

Job description

Date Posted:
2026-11-04

Country:
United States of America

Location:
US-AL-HUNTSVILLE-382 ~ 420 Jan Davis Dr ~ DAVIS 382

Position Role Type:
Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance Type:
None/Not Required

Security Clearance Status:
Not Required

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world's most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

What You Will Do:

• Participate in the capture, decomposition, allocation, and peer review of system requirements.
• Support requirements traceability and configuration management activities.
• Develop and peer review test procedures used to verify system requirements.
• Participate in requirements-based, robustness, integration, and ad hoc testing in an avionics laboratory.
• Support troubleshooting of system-level integration and test issues.
• Collaborate with systems, software, test, safety, cybersecurity, airworthiness, and other engineering disciplines.
• Participate as a member of an Agile development team.
• Schedule flexibility may occasionally be necessary during formal integration and test activities.

What You Will Learn:

• The systems engineering lifecycle from initial requirements through integration, verification, and support of fielded products.
• Requirements development, decomposition, allocation, traceability, and verification.
• Systems integration, troubleshooting, and laboratory testing.
• Agile aerospace development.
• Engineering tools including DOORS, JAMA, JIRA, and ALM.
• Working within a multidisciplinary aerospace engineering organization.

You will also have opportunities to engage with engineers and leaders across Collins Aerospace and explore potential post-military career paths.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Active-duty U.S. military service member eligible for the DoD SkillBridge Program and able to obtain command approval
• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience
• Ability to work onsite in Huntsville, AL
• Interest in pursuing a civilian career in aerospace, systems engineering, integration and test, or a related technical discipline.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience with military aviation, avionics, electronics, communications, aircraft maintenance, mission systems, software, test, or other complex technical systems.
• Experience troubleshooting technical systems or working with technical documentation and procedures.
• Familiarity with requirements, integration and test, configuration management, Agile development, or engineering tools.
• Collaborative attitude, accountability, initiative, effective communication, and a willingness to learn.

What We Offer

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Carrot Health to hormonal health, fertility, and family building
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• And more!

Collins Aerospace makes modern flight possible. Of course, that wouldn't be possible without the capabilities and technologies of our organization, as well as our engineers - a highly skilled, accomplished network that spans more than 180 sites, 24 countries and 6 Strategic Business Units (SBUs).

Our industry-leading experts are setting the standards for the aerospace industry and paving the way for the future. But as new challenges present themselves, we need fresh, creative and motivated minds to overco