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Cedar Rapids, IA | United States

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Job description

Principal Systems Engineer - Mission Engineering (Onsite) Location Cedar Rapids, IA :

Date Posted: 2023-08-29

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.

Principal Systems Engineer - Mission Engineering (Onsite)

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, or ability to obtain a final security clearance (US Citizenship is required) in order to access classified information.

Job Responsibilities:

• 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

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree (typically in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations OR Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience OR In absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience is required
• 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
• 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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 Military Operations Analysis
• 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.

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

• 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
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy: Pet Insurance, Home and Auto, additional life insurance, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal
• Ovia Health, fertility and family planning
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 5 free counseling sessions
• Redbrick - Incentives for a Healthy You
• Autism Benefit
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Adoption Assistance
• Best Doctors, second opinion program
• And more!

Nothing matters more to Collins Aerospace than our strong ethical and safety commitments. As such, all U.S. positions require a background check, which may include a drug screen.

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form - with our customers and with each other - propel us all higher, again and again.

Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day.

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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