Senior Principal Systems and Integration Engineer - AT Future Flight (ONSITE)

Location

US-IA-CEDAR RAPIDS-105 ~ 400 Collins Rd NE ~ BLDG 105

Position Role Type

Onsite

What You Will Do

• Provide technical guidance and leadership to a team of engineers and researchers working on autonomy projects.
• Define requirements, interfaces, and updates needed to develop new autonomous solutions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to design, develop, and implement advanced autonomy capabilities across contributing domains.
• Execute integration and test activities in the lab and on the aircraft.
• Disposition test and integration issues and conduct root‑cause investigations.
• Create and maintain systems documentation.
• Foster innovation and excellence in technical execution.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years of prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, including experience leading cross‑functional teams.
• Strong background in Systems Engineering.
• Aircraft integration and test experience.
• Avionics experience.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Avionics certification experience.
• Flight testing experience.
• Experience with ProLine Fusion or EDS avionics.
• Pilot or flight operations experience.
• Experience architecting systems and software.
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, and Jira.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
• Generous 401(k) plan with employer matching funds and lifetime income strategy option.
• Tuition reimbursement program.
• Student loan repayment program.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• Optional coverages including pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal services, ID theft protection.
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits.
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning.
• Adoption assistance.
• Autism Benefit.
• Employee Assistance Plan with up to 10 free counseling sessions.
• Healthy You Incentives and wellness rewards program.
• Doctor on Demand with virtual doctor visits.
• Bright Horizons child and elder care services.
• Teladoc medical experts and second opinion program.
• And more.

Salary

The salary range for this role is 132,400 USD – 251,600 USD.

Equal Opportunity Employer

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.