Principal Systems Engineer - (Onsite)

About the role

At Collins Aerospace, we’re working side-by-side with our customers and partners to dream, design, and deliver solutions that redefine the future of our industry. By reaching across the markets we serve and drawing on our vast portfolio of expertise, we are making the most powerful concepts in aerospace a reality every day. As the industry faces new challenges and embraces new technologies, Collins is collaborating and innovating with our customers to bring big ideas to life. And together, we're redefining the future of aerospace.

Principal responsibilities

• Review and analyze system-level requirements to develop verifiable system-level requirements and decompose customer requirements into lower-level system requirements, allocating to the appropriate discipline (HW/SW)
• Develop/execute test plans, verification and/or acceptance test procedures, development of scripts, and utilization/configuration of test equipment and tools to verify system requirements and prove compliance
• Collaborate with the program team and the customer to produce baseline requirements and established verification methods to achieve customer acceptance and track requirements volatility
• Manage updates and timely release of CDRLs/SDRLs, contributing to improvement in documentation cycle time and customer satisfaction
• Contribute to technical interchange meetings and design reviews (TRR, PDR, CDR)
• Define, maintain, and report appropriate requirements metrics to the IPT to address program health concerns
• Provide verbal and written status on assigned Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) tasks

Requirements

• Working knowledge of SE fundamentals with ability to work with all engineering disciplines and program management
• Experience with system functionality, creating block diagrams, and analyzing system performance via analysis of customer requirements specification
• Experience working in Development, System Test and Sell-off, involving Hardware/Software
• Experience with industry standards such as MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-704 (airworthiness), ARINC and RTCA standards
• Experience in system, software, and hardware requirements management/traceability/allocation
• Familiarity with EVMS, ETCs, and ECPs
• Experience with test equipment/tools, technical reviews and production readiness
• 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
• Active and transferable U.S. government DoD issued Secret security clearance required prior to start date
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Preferred qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in one or more of the following technical domains: modeling and simulation, training devices, aerodynamics, flight controls
• Familiarity in subsystem or systems architecting and system-of-systems definition
• Development of Python scripts
• Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
• Proficient in DOORS and/or JAMA
• Experience in Agile development and usage of Agile framework tools such as JIRA/Confluence

Security and work location

Active and transferable U.S. government DoD issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required. This is an onsite role supporting the Sterling, VA location.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $118,300 – $224,900 USD.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan with employer matching 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: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health fertility and family planning support
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan with up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives and wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts second-opinion program
• Eligible for relocation assistance