Raytheon Technologies

Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Secure Systems (Active Clearance)

Raytheon Technologies$132K — $251K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience as a Control Account Manager (CAM) focusing on Earned Value (EV)
  • Strong ability to capture customer requirements and trace system-level requirements
  • Proficiency in Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) concepts and tools
  • Bachelor's degree in STEM fields and 8 years of relevant experience
  • Active U.S. citizenship and existing DoD security clearance required

Responsibilities

  • Lead a Systems Engineering Scrum Team through design and development phases
  • Communicate effectively with management, team members, and customers
  • Interface with Hardware and Software Scrum Teams to resolve dependencies
  • Prepare and maintain project plans, budgets, and staffing
  • Estimate project costs, resources, and timelines
  • Analyze project performance trends and resource costs
  • Manage project performance and status through regular team meetings

Benefits

  • Eligibility for a sign-on bonus
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) match and flexible spending accounts
  • Access to Employee Scholar Program for educational advancement
  • Potential for flexible work schedules and parental leave
  • Generous paid time off and holiday policy
  • Short-term and long-term disability benefits
Full Job Description
Date Posted:
2026-06-15
Country:
United States of America
Location:
US-IA-CEDAR RAPIDS-137 ~ 855 35Th St NE ~ BLDG 137
Position Role Type:
Onsite
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
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
Security Clearance Type:
DoD Clearance: Secret
Security Clearance Status:
Active and existing security clearance required on day 1

What You Will Do:
  • Lead and mentor a Systems Engineering Scrum Team through Design and Development efforts
  • Communicate with multiple levels of management, team members, and customers.
  • Interface with multiple Hardware and Software Scrum Teams to work through dependencies and technical challenges
  • Prepare and maintain project plans, budgets, and staffing requirements to ensure that all action item lists are completed, and project quality expectations are met
  • Estimate costs, resources, and time required to complete projects to ensure business targets are met
  • Maintain and provide analysis of trends, performance, resource cost and forecasting reports
  • Gather and analyze data to monitor projects' progress in terms of cost, schedule, and technical specifications to facilitate operations and ensure that established objectives and budgets are achieved
  • Meet with the project team regularly to manage project performance, status, open issues, and tasks
  • Conduct critical path analysis and works closely with the program leadership to manage tasks and workflow
  • Monitor and assess project issues, escalates when necessary, and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives
  • Provide support for proposal and bids, and using estimation tools.


SIGN ON BONUS ELIGIBLE

What You Will Learn:
  • You will gain technical leadership experience, mentorship opportunities, and exposure to very influential individuals within Mission Systems that will help advance your career.
  • You will obtain invaluable experience working with our security and crypto certification specialists, our customer base, and cross-functional integrated product team.
  • You can take flight to becoming knowledgeable in security hardened products with exposure to the variety of business and products in an ever-evolving field. We are growing, so can you!


Basic Qualifications:
  • Experience as a Control Account Manager (CAM) focusing on Earned Value (EV).
  • Experience capturing customer requirements, design concept development, and deriving and tracing system and sub-system level requirements.
  • Experience with Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) concepts and tools.
  • Bachelor's degree (typically in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen
  • Must have a US Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance. Candidate selected will be subject to a government security investigation/reinstatement and must meet eligibility requirements


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Exceptionally strong communication skills, experience presenting technical data to program management.
  • Experience operating as a Product Owner in an Agile Environment
  • Experience with peer review processes, configuration and change management.
  • Familiarity with bidding and project/task estimation tools


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

About Raytheon Technologies

Raytheon Solipsys, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Raytheon Company, is an industry leader in the development of integrated Command and Control (C2) Network-Centric solutions for the Domestic and International DoD and Homeland Security. Through proven systems and software engineering practices, built on the invention and application of innovative technologies, they deliver the C2 infrastructure necessary to effectively control security/military forces in any environment. Their reliable solutions assure information superiority, increased shared awareness, deep sensor reach, aircraft control, air defense, disaster management, and time-critical decision making.

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