Systems Engineer I- Onsite

Date Posted: 2026-08-19 | Location: Woburn, MA (onsite) | U.S. citizenship required for security clearance eligibility

About the Role

At RTX, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, you’ll collaborate with leading minds to solve complex problems, advance your skills, and help create a safer, more connected world. This role supports integration and test activities for radar systems, contributing to mission-critical solutions that defend freedoms and deter aggression.

Responsibilities

• Support integration and test planning/execution, verification/validation events, regression testing, and scenario-based analysis to identify and resolve technical observations.
• Perform system performance assessments and validation testing to ensure compliance with requirements and specifications.
• Execute integration plans and testing activities according to defined milestones and schedules.
• Integrate and test radar system software builds in a String/HWIL facility for integration, verification, test, and data analysis activities.
• Collaborate with cross-program leads/stakeholders to generate test approaches, ensure test-setup readiness, and participate in peer, gate, and test readiness reviews.
• Confirm test and evaluation processes adhere to established procedures for software and hardware while ensuring compliance with Department of Defense technology release and export licensing policies.
• Travel up to 10% locally and non-locally, including experience with domestic and foreign military sales products.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM).
• Active and transferable U.S. government-issued security clearance (Secret) required prior to start date; ability to obtain interim clearance is required.
• Experience with MATLAB, Python, Perl, C/C++, Linux, Unix, and/or other programming languages.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using String/HWIL test equipment and radio frequency (RF) electronic hardware.
• Understanding of MATLAB, Linux (Red Hat), Unix, and Shell scripting for integration, verification, test, and data analysis.
• Experience integrating and configuring electronics, installing/debugging software.
• Knowledge of creating integration test procedures, test plans, test scripts, and developing regulations.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Employee assistance program.
• Employee Scholar Program (education assistance).
• Parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (eligibility dependent on role level and collective-bargaining agreement status).

Relocation assistance available.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $57,200 – $108,800 USD, commensurate with experience, location, and other factors.