Systems Engineer I, Tac Comm

About the Role

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is seeking a Systems Engineer I to join the Mission Systems Airborne and Ground Communication Products Department. This role will focus on designing and developing communication solutions, specifically military software-defined radio products.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform analysis, architecture, and design at all levels of the total product system, including concept, design, fabrication, modeling, test, installation, operation, maintenance, and disposal.
• Conduct functional analyses, trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Provide analyses for the decomposition of customer specifications and system-level requirements into sub-system and piece-part requirements.
• Develop verification criteria and plans for requirements.
• Perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total system solutions.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance.
• Security Clearance Type: DoD Clearance: Secret.
• Active and existing security clearance required after day 1.
• Onsite role in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 12 months or less of relevant professional work experience (excluding internships).
• Experience with the systems development process, including requirements capture, design, decomposition, integration, and verification/validation, and transition to production.
• Experience with communicating between program stakeholders.
• Experience with tools such as DOORS, MATLAB, C++, and Python.
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering.