Systems Engineering I, SAOC SEIT, El Segundo

About the Role

Collins Aerospace, a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions, is seeking a Systems Engineer I to join the Strategic Defense Solutions (SDS) – Survivable Airborne Operation Center (SAOC) System Engineering Integration and Test (SEIT) Team in El Segundo, CA. This role offers an opportunity to work on mission-critical communication solutions supporting national defense.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform in a cross-functional agile team.
• Coordinate closely with a mentor to apply Collins Aerospace engineering processes.
• Develop, decompose, and trace requirements for communications systems on military platforms, including air and ground applications.
• Create logical and physical design diagrams using model-based systems engineering tools.
• Conduct integration and testing for advanced communications solutions.

What You Will Learn

• Gain technical experience, mentorship opportunities, and exposure to influential individuals within Mission Systems.
• Gain valuable experience in Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) and utilize the latest modeling tools and next-generation systems engineering processes.
• Gain invaluable experience collaborating with systems engineering experts, security and crypto certification specialists, customer base, and engineering teams.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Security Clearance Type: DoD Clearance: Secret
• Security Clearance Status: Active and existing security clearance required on day 1.
• Onsite role in El Segundo, CA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) major obtained by start date.
• Experience in systems or software engineering including capturing customer requirements, operations concept development, or deriving and tracing system and sub-system requirements.
• Experience may be obtained through on-the-job experience, research, coursework, or projects.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience developing, decomposing, and deriving system/sub-system requirements.
• Experience in system/sub-system design definition.
• Familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall development methodologies.
• Experience with document management practices.
• Experience with Atlassian tools such as Confluence and Jira.

What We Offer

• Salary Range: 62,900 USD - 119,700 USD.
• Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.
• Potential eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs.
• Relocation Eligibility.