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# Principal Systems Engineer (ONSITE)

- **Company:** Collins Aerospace
- **Location:** El Segundo, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $118,300.0 - $224,900.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), GPS Navigation Devices, Requirements Management, Signal Processing, Software Requirements Analysis, Subsystems, Cisco Discovery Protocol
- **Published:** September 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=43a2525086e802cc

## About the Role

* Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Active and transferable
 * Experience in Agile development and usage of Agile framework tools such as JIRA/Confluence
Experience in DOORS NG

 * Familiarity with EVMS, ETCs, and ECPs
 * Experience in System, Software, and hardware Requirements management/traceability/allocation
 * Experience in RF signal processing
 * Experience visualizing system functionality, to create block diagrams, and to analyze system performance via analysis of customer requirements specification
 * Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
 * Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience, * Minimum 5 years of experience in one or more of the following technical domains: RF/IR signal processing, electronics, navigation (GPS or Inertial), modeling, and simulation (for example 6-DOF), aerodynamics, missile related mechanical engineering (flight control systems, warheads, missile structures, seeker gimbals, RF/IR seeker sub-systems)
 * Understanding of guidance and navigation systems and relevant experience with GPS Receiver system design, integration, test, verification, and validation
 * Experience with Test Equipment/Tools, Technical Reviews and Production Readiness
 * Familiarity in sub system or systems architecting and system-of-systems definition
 * Familiarity with MOSA/SOSA/VITA/FACE standards
 * Must be able to write clear engineering documentation

## Description

* You will develop/execute test plans, verification and or acceptance test procedures, development of Develop verifiable system level requirements.
 * You will develop/execute test plans, verification and or acceptance test procedures, development of scripts as well as utilization/configuration of test equipment and tools such as GPS simulators to verify system requirements and prove compliance.
 * You will Manage updates and timely release of CDRLs/SDRLs, contributing to improvement in documentation cycle time and customer satisfaction
 * You will contribute to technical interchange meetings and design reviews (TRR, PDR, CDR)
 * You will provide verbal and written status on assigned Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) tasks