Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Mission Engineering / Operations Analysis (Onsite)_

Mckinney

Date Posted:

2024-06-05

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you’ll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.

Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Mission Engineering / Operations Analysis (Onsite) (Cedar Rapids, Sterling, or McKinney)

The Mission Engineering organization within Collins Aerospace is seeking a Systems Engineer to support our Mission Engineering / Operations Analysis projects. With Mission Engineering, we focus on the operational needs of the customer and how our solutions can fit those needs. We model complex threat environments, then develop and integrate advanced simulation and analysis tools to effectively capture system performance in those environments. We generate quantitative results to demonstrate the operational benefit of our products and system solutions, focus further technology investment, and refine architectural approaches and requirements.

The successful candidate will be part of a distributed team composed of professionals from several disciplines and must have the ability to function well, both alone and with others, and have strong interpersonal skills. This position may require occasional travel (up to 10%.). This position does require that candidate has a final US DoD security clearance in order to access classified information.

What You Will Do:

+ Defining study requirements/priority needed to meet study objectives

+ Decompose missions to define necessary simulation components

+ Resolve mission/threat questions encountered through study execution

+ Engage with operators to decompose missions

+ Lead Non-Advocate Review activities and vector checks

+ Lead analysis activities

Qualifications You Must Have:

+ Active and transferable Top Secret U.S. government issued security clearance, with current SCI or SCI eligibility, is required prior to start date

+ Must be a U.S. Citizen

+ Bachelor’s degree (typically in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations OR Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years experience OR In absence of a degree, 14 years of relevant experience is required

+ Demonstrated ability to take ownership of tasks and lead technical efforts spanning multiple stakeholders, and be able to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization

+ Capable of estimating, tracking, and communicating cost, schedule, and risk

+ Experience in concepts such as CONOPS, system tradeoffs, threat definitions, and system of system assessments

+ Demonstrated ability to rapidly build breadth into new technology areas

+ Experience working within the Mission Engineering and/or Operations Analysis discipline

Qualifications We Prefer:

+ Background in military operations and tactics

+ Experience with Nuclear Command and Control (NC3) systems and operations

+ Familiarity with JVEE and/or RTBE

+ Experience with scripting languages such as Python or MATLAB and Modeling and Simulation tools such as Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration and Modeling (AFSIM) or Next Generation Threat Simulation (NGTS)

+ Exceptional communication skills

+ Ability to perform with minimal direct supervisory support

+ Experience with Numerical Optimization Techniques, Analysis of Alternatives, or Design of Experiments

+ Experience with executing Research and Development / Science and Technology Programs, delivering new technologies to internal and external customers

+ Familiarity with configuration management (GIT, subversion)

+ Ability to understand tactics as described by military experts and to represent their employment (verbally, graphically, and in simulations)

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

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

+ Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning

+ 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!

Learn More & Apply Now!

The salary range for this role is 118,000 USD - 246,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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