Systems Engineer I - Ejection Seating (onsite)

Ejection System Engineer

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Our Colorado Springs Collins site is recognized as the leader in designing, developing, and manufacturing aerospace ejection seating products. Our state-of-the-art, ACES 5 Ejection Seat is recognized as the benchmark in aircrew ejection safety. Thousands of Collins ejection seats are in service today on F-15, F-16, A-10, B-1, B-2, AV-8, WB-57, and other aircraft across the world in more than 25 countries. ACES ejection seats have saved the lives of more than 700 aircrew over the last few decades.

The selected candidate will join the ejection seating systems engineering team to support direct program tasking, while gaining exposure to all phases of the engineering development lifecycle of a real world, life-saving product.

This is an onsite role, in Colorado Springs, CO.

What You Will Do

• Learn and utilize systems engineering practices in support of projects assigned
• Support agile-adjacent program execution including participating in monthly sprint/quarterly increment planning, weekly scrums, retrospectives, etc
• Assist in evaluating external and internal customer needs to help define system performance requirements, document architecture, and validate requirements are met
• Support reviewing requirements and evaluate new product design and functionality in support of meeting customer requirements and successful qualification efforts
• Perform requirements traceability at multiple levels of the system specification tree to ensure that any orphan and childless requirements are identified and resolved
• Analyze proposed verification, including the assessment of qualification similarity data
• Support capture of project and product requirements in requirements database/library (JAMA)
• Work with Project/Program Management to ensure all project milestones are achieved within identified and documented time, budget, and performance expectations
• Assist in department development by contributing to systems engineering process development and cross team training
• Support other engineering and project execution activities, as requested
• The position requires strong interpersonal skills, high degree of comfort with ambiguity, good project discipline, excellent oral and written communication skills, high computer/technology proficiency, and the ability to work independently

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and less than 2 years prior relevant experience
• Understanding of engineering drawings and specifications

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!