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Shape the Future of Flight.\nAt RTX, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, approximately 185,000 innovators work together to solve some of the world’s most complex challenges. Through our three industry-leading businesses, advanced research, and world-class engineering capabilities, we are pushing the boundaries of science to connect and protect our world.\nCollins Aerospace, an RTX business, is redefining aerospace through intelligent, technologically advanced solutions that make aviation safer, smarter, and more connected. Join our team and contribute to next-generation aerospace technologies that shape the future of flight.\nThe Opportunity\nAre you ready to lead the development of advanced avionics systems that meet the highest standards of safety, reliability, and performance?\nWe are seeking an experienced Principal Systems Engineer - Communication, Navigation & Surveillance (CNS) to drive systems engineering activities across the complete product development lifecycle. In this role, you will provide technical leadership, translate customer needs into robust system architectures, and guide the development, integration, verification, and certification of complex, safety-critical avionics solutions.\nYou will collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams, influence system-level design decisions, champion automation and engineering excellence, and mentor technical talent. Your expertise will help deliver reliable, certification-ready avionics systems that support the next generation of aerospace innovation.\nIf you thrive on solving complex engineering challenges and leading teams toward technical excellence, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact.\nWhat You’ll Do\nAs a technical leader within our CNS engineering organization, you will:\nDrive end-to-end systems engineering: Lead the decomposition of customer requirements into clear, traceable system-, subsystem-, and component-level requirements.\nProvide technical leadership: Guide and mentor Systems Engineers developing complex CNS solutions, fostering collaboration, accountability, and engineering excellence.\n Architect safety-critical avionics systems: Define system architectures, functional decomposition, interfaces, and design documentation for advanced surveillance and avionics products, including systems requiring Design Assurance Level (DAL) A compliance.\nLead requirements management: Establish, capture, analyze, trace, and manage system requirements using tools such as Jama and IBM DOORS.\nShape integration and verification strategies: Develop comprehensive system integration, verification, and validation approaches, including test plans, procedures, execution strategies, and detailed test reports.\nEnsure compliance and certification readiness: Develop certification artifacts and support regulatory compliance activities aligned with applicable aerospace development and safety assessment standards.\nLeverage automation and digital engineering: Develop Python-based tools and automation solutions that improve engineering productivity, verification efficiency, and process consistency.\nEnable seamless system integration: Collaborate with software architects, hardware engineers, and cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and sustainable system solutions.\nApply industry-leading engineering standards: Drive adherence to ARP4754A/B, ARP4761, and applicable avionics communication and interface standards.\nChampion continuous improvement: Identify opportunities to optimize engineering processes, advance technical roadmaps, and strengthen organizational capabilities.\nDevelop engineering talent: Mentor engineers, share technical expertise, and contribute to talent development, performance management, and a culture of continuous learning.\nWhat You’ll Bring\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering, or a related STEM discipline.\n 11-15 years of experience in avionics systems engineering, with demonstrated expertise in complex engineering environments.\nAt least 8 years of experience across the complete Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including requirements development, architecture, design, implementation, integration, validation, and verification.\nAt least 8 years of experience capturing and managing system requirements using Jama and/or IBM DOORS.\nAt least 9 years of experience developing system architectures, Interface Control Documents (ICDs), functional decomposition, and system design documentation.\nAt least 8 years of experience developing integration, verification, and validation strategies for safety-critical avionics systems.\nAt least 8 years of experience working with avionics communication protocols and interfaces, including AFDX, ARINC 429, ARINC 615/615A, and Ethernet.\nAt least 8 years of experience applying aerospace development and safety assessment guidelines, including ARP4754A/B and ARP4761.\nAt least 6 years of experience supporting certification activities involving the FAA, certification authorities, or internal certification organizations.\nAt least 8 years of experience working in Agile development environments using tools such as JIRA and Confluence.\nAt least 6 years of experience developing engineering automation tools using Python.\nHands-on experience with engineering tools such as Jama, IBM DOORS, Git, Subversion, and RapiTest.\nExperience integrating hardware and software within complex avionics platforms.\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, technical decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration skills.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience in one or more of the following areas will strengthen your profile:\nAvionics navigation products: Good to have 2-3 years of experience with navigation products, including radar altimeters and communication/navigation radio applications.\n Certification and compliance: At least 3 years of experience supporting Stages of Involvement (SOI) audits, certification reviews, and compliance evidence preparation.\nAerospace certification standards: Working knowledge of RTCA DO-178, DO-160, DO-254, and DO-297.\nSystem integration and verification: At least 5 years of experience performing system integration and verification testing.\n Avionics performance standards: Experience with Minimum Operational Performance Standards (MOPS) for avionics systems.\n Broader avionics expertise: Understanding of Communication, Navigation & Surveillance (CNS), Flight Management Systems (FMS), Flight Control Systems (FCS), and cockpit display systems.\n Technical leadership: Experience mentoring engineers, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, and driving technical decisions for complex aerospace products.\nWhat Makes You Successful?\nYou will thrive in this role if you:\nApproach complex engineering challenges with a systems-thinking mindset and strong analytical judgment.\nTranslate customer and stakeholder needs into clear requirements and robust technical solutions.\nLead cross-functional teams through challenging design, integration, verification, and certification activities.\nDemonstrate exceptional attention to detail when developing safety-critical systems.\nCommunicate technical concepts effectively and build alignment across engineering disciplines.\nEmbrace innovation, automation, and continuous improvement to enhance engineering effectiveness.\nEnjoy mentoring others and raising the technical capabilities of the wider team.\nRemain focused on quality, safety, and customer success in a dynamic engineering environment.\nLearn More & Apply Now\nPlease ensure the role type defined below is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role. This position is classified as:\nOnsite: 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.\nHybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. Ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader.\nRemote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). If you live within a reasonable commute of an RTX site with other colleagues you interact with, your manager will discuss whether there is a\ndegree of onsite presence associated with this role.\nCandidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility.\nRequires advanced to expert knowledge of work area typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.\nMay have broad knowledge of project management. Requires substantial knowledge of RTX projects, programs or systems in order to provide enhancements within job area.\nTypically requires: A University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience\nEngineering/Other Technical Positions: Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.\nWhy Join Collins Aerospace?\nAt Collins Aerospace, your work directly impacts millions of passengers and defense personnel worldwide. You'll collaborate with some of the industry's brightest minds to solve complex engineering challenges while advancing technologies that make aviation safer and more sustainable.\nWhat We Offer\nCompetitive compensation and comprehensive benefits\nGroup Health, Life & Personal Accident Insurance\nNational Pension Scheme (NPS)\n18 days annual vacation plus 12 days contingency leave\nLeave Travel Allowance (LTA)\nCar Lease Program\nFuel & Maintenance reimbursement\nDriver wage support\nMeal vouchers\nEmployee Scholar Program\nFlexible and supportive work environment\nLearning, leadership, and career growth opportunities\nInclusive culture that values innovation and collaboration\nBe Part of What's Next\nAt Collins Aerospace, we're not just building aerospace systems-we're redefining what's possible. If you're ready to work on technologies that shape the future of flight, we'd love to hear from you.\nApply today and help us redefine aerospace\nRTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. 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