Systems Engineer

About the Role

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is seeking a Systems Engineer for the Joint Precision Approach and Landing Systems (JPALS) group. This role is ONSITE in Cedar Rapids, IA. The engineer will contribute to various components of the JPALS system, including datalink/communications, Position and Time sensors, Navigation Algorithms, Modeling, and Antennas. The position involves hands-on work in a lab environment and spans the Engineering Development Lifecycle, from Design to Integration.

Key Responsibilities

• Design new Precision Approach and Landing equipment.
• Perform hands-on testing in a lab environment.
• Create, analyze, and review mechanical drawings and schematics.
• Debug Real Time Operating System Software.
• Assist in performing analysis at all levels of the total system product lifecycle (concept, design, fabrication, modeling, test, installation, operation, maintenance, and disposal).
• Help perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
• Assist with managing the configuration process.
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Assist with decomposing customer specifications and system-level requirements into sub-system and piece-part requirements.
• Generate verification criteria and plans for requirements.
• Coordinate with cross-functional team members to complete assignments and projects on schedule.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Working knowledge of the Systems Engineering Discipline.
• Knowledge of testing GPS functionality.
• Familiarity with radio transceiver architecture/design, basic radio functional component blocks, performance specifications, and test methodologies.
• Knowledge of high-assurance documentation.
• Experience troubleshooting lab failures.
• Experience investigating product defects, including on advanced radio communications equipment and avionics LRUs.
• Ability to read and debug low-level software code (preferred).
• Novice abilities in MATLAB, Simulink, or other Model Based Systems Engineering toolsets (preferred).

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 2 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
• DoD Clearance: Secret required.
• Active and existing security clearance required after day 1.