Principle Simulation Systems Engineer Onsite
RTX Corporation2 days ago
Tucson, AZ, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$118k - $225k/yr
Responsibilities
- Serve as Product Owner for an Agile software development team supporting Live Virtual Constructive simulation capabilities.
- Define product vision, roadmap, priorities, backlog features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Lead requirements development, decomposition, traceability, change management, integration, verification, and validation.
- Collaborate with developers and architects on C++ simulation frameworks, infrastructure, technical solutions, and implementation approaches.
- Participate in design reviews, architecture discussions, technical trade studies, peer code reviews, and pull request approvals.
- Facilitate sprint planning, demonstrations, retrospectives, stakeholder reviews, and other Agile ceremonies.
- Identify and mitigate technical, integration, and program risks.
- Mentor engineers and promote Agile, systems engineering, and software engineering best practices.
- Travel occasionally to support project needs, typically less than 10%.
Requirements
- Typically requires a STEM degree and at least 8 years of prior relevant experience.
- Experience serving as a Product Owner, Technical Lead, Principal Engineer, or equivalent leadership role.
- Strong systems engineering experience in requirements development, traceability, integration, and verification.
- Proficiency in C++ software development and experience with software architecture, design, implementation, and debugging.
- Experience conducting peer code reviews and reviewing pull requests in collaborative development environments.
- Experience working across software, systems, integration, and test engineering teams.
- Strong communication, customer engagement, and technical leadership skills.
- Active Secret security clearance and U.S. citizenship or qualifying U.S. person status.
- Preferred qualifications include an advanced STEM degree, AFSIM or other mission analysis simulation experience, LVC environments, DIS, HLA, TENA, Agile development, product backlog management, real-time or distributed systems, and SAFe POPM, CSPO, or similar certification.
- Preferred qualifications also include Git, GitLab, GitHub, or Bitbucket workflows; MBSE, SysML, Cameo, or MagicDraw; Linux; DevSecOps pipelines; automated testing; modern C++; multithreaded, networked, or distributed architectures; technical roadmaps; and INCOSE CSEP/ESEP or related certification.
Benefits
- Onsite work in Tucson, Arizona, with occasional travel typically under 10%.
- Potential eligibility for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, 401(k) matching, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance, parental leave, paid time off, holidays, and the Employee Scholar Program.
- Potential eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs, subject to applicable conditions.
About RTX Corporation
RTX Corporation builds aerospace and defense systems through its Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon businesses, serving commercial aviation, the U.S. government, and allied militaries. Its products range from aircraft engines and avionics to radars, missiles, and command-and-control software, sold via long-term OEM programs and defense contracts. Formed in 2020 by the Raytheon–United Technologies merger, RTX is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia and trades on the NYSE as RTX.