Principal Systems Engineer (Onsite)

About the role

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 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements capture, decomposition, and management
• Support system architecture development and certification level definition
• Conduct acceptance testing, image generator testing, and ATP preparation
• Contribute to milestone reviews, technical documentation, and system traceability
• Possess hands-on background in simulation systems or related complex technical systems
• Maintain configuration integrity and collaborate on bill of materials updates
• Provide technical insight during demos, industry engagements, and program reviews

Qualifications

• Experience with system integration, test processes, and system-level design
• Experience with requirements management tools (JAMA highly desirable)
• Excellent communication, documentation, and cross-team collaboration skills
• Prior experience conducting system verification, validation, or acceptance testing
• 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

What You Will Learn

• Advanced requirements management techniques and tools (including JAMA)
• Complex system integration strategies across multidisciplinary teams
• Best practices in verification, validation, and acceptance test development
• How large-scale simulation architectures are defined, certified, and maintained
• Cross-functional leadership skills through hands-on collaboration with engineering, field teams, and program stakeholders

What We Offer

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• A 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, such as 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
• May be eligible for Relocation