Systems Engineer II

Systems Engineer II

We have an exciting opportunity for a Systems Engineer II to join our team. In this role, you will contribute to the ongoing development of an advanced, leading-edge hybrid software system while providing technical guidance and supporting strong team communication. As the Systems Engineer II, you will operate in a technical capacity within a SAFe Agile development environment and collaborate closely with engineers across agile teams. This position is onsite in State College, PA.

What You Will Do

1. The Systems Engineer will execute multiple aspects of the systems engineering full lifecycle process, to include requirements decomposition into software functions, system performance analysis and trade studies, oversight of software development and system integration and test activities to ensure system requirements closure.
2. The system engineer will interact with the agile development team regarding technical considerations, risks, and issue closure associated within development of the system capabilities.
3. This role performs the analysis necessary to define and document requirements for software releases; work with the Requirements Manager to ensure up to date requirements traceability matrices are in place; assist in the creation/management of a project schedule based on development and release activities.
4. Collaborate with Systems Engineering Team and Developers to ensure Software and System needs are being supported and coordinate additional assistance if needed.
5. Contribute to testing, training, and implementation of new platform technologies and code quality methodologies.
6. Assist the Agile development teams on best practices for software development in a Continuous Integration / Continuous Development (CI/CD) environment
7. The candidate must also possess the ability to multi-task, adapt to rapidly changing circumstances, effectively network, and communicate to the appropriate levels of the organization and drive processes to successful completion in support of schedules.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 2 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience in Systems engineering lifecycle in at least one phase—such as requirements analysis, system design, implementation support, integration, verification and validation, deployment, or maintenance of large software systems.
• Experience with agile software development activities, including requirements specification, integration testing, and full life-cycle verification activities
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued DOD TS/SCI is required prior to start date with the ability to obtain a Polygraph after start. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

What We Offer

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
• This position is eligible for relocation assistance!