Principal Systems Integration & Test Engineer - TS/SCI Preferred

Date Posted : 2024-09-18

2024-09-18

Country :

United States of America

Location :

MD231 : 306 Sentinel Drive Suite100 AJ 306 Sentinel Drive Suite 100, Annapolis Junction, MD, 20701 USA

Position Role Type : Onsite

Onsite

This role is primarily On-Site, with flexibility at hiring manager discretion.

Join Applied Signal Technology (AST), a dynamic business within Collins Aerospace, in our mission to enhance national security and safeguard the global community.

We're on the lookout for a dedicated Principal Systems Integration & Test Engineer driven by excellence to contribute to our team, crafting innovative solutions that protect the interests of the U.

S. and its allies. From high reliability telecommunication processing to airborne signals intelligence collection and signal processing to cyber operations, our diverse projects offer continuous challenges and opportunities for growth.

Embrace a passionate, collaborative work environment that prioritizes integrity, diversity, and work-life balance. Enjoy competitive compensation, extensive career development prospects, comprehensive health care coverage, generous leave policies, and more.

Take your career to new heights while making the world a safer place with AST.

To find out more about AST, click here :

What You Will Do

Apply your systems integration and test experience to support product integration, verification, deployment, and sustainment of our advanced telecommunication processing cloud-based systems

Contribute to and be an integral part of multi-discipline engineering project teams and be challenged by real-work assignments

Develop and execute system integration & test plans / procedures for both laboratory and field environments for demonstration and / or requirement sell-off

Perform technical research, develop technical documentation, presentations, and lead concept demonstrations

Contribute to technical proposals and request for information responses, and support development of draft technical volumes and cost basis of estimates

Learn telecommunication signal processing principles and concepts and expand your knowledge in modern telecommunication signal processing techniques and in telecommunication, mobile and cloud network architectures

Travel up to 25% travel time to other AST sites and customer sites to support customers meetings and demonstrations, system deployments (installation, integration / validation / verification)

Qualifications You Must Have

Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws / regulations and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 6 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience

Experience performing system integration, verification / validation, deployment and / or sustainment of telecommunications signal processing cloud-based systems (AWS, Snowball)

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued TS / SCI security clearance is required

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Qualifications We Prefer

Active U.S. government issued TS / SCI security clearance or current SSBIC

Experience with setting up and configuring Cloud computing environments using Ansible and executing DevOps pipelines. Experience with Snowball Edge devices is highly desirable

Experience with telecommunication standards within the mobile network architecture. Experience with the 5G core network standards is highly desirable

Experience generating test and automation scripts with Python, Perl, Bash, and / or similar scripting languages operating within the Linux development environment

What We Offer

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees

Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option

Tuition reimbursement program

Student Loan Repayment Program

Life insurance and disability coverage

Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection

Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits

Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning

Adoption Assistance

Autism Benefit

Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions

Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program

Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits

Bright Horizons, child and elder care services

Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program

And more!

Relocation Eligibility

Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions whatever and wherever they may be.

Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions.

By joining our team, you’ll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow.

Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.

Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.

Onsite : Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form with our customers and with each other propel us all higher, again and again.

The salary range for this role is 105,000 USD - 221,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels.

RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education / training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.

Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and / or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and / or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.