2026 Systems Engineer I - Onsite - El Segundo, CA

RTX•El Segundo, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Mission Solutions & Payloads (MSP) center within Systems Integration & Test seeks talented Systems Engineers. Our MSP team, located in El Segundo, CA, develops advanced space payloads and enabling technologies for multi-INT ISR, missile warning / tracking / defense, Earth observation, and space protection, across all orbit regimes, for missions broadly supporting US Government (USG), commercial, and international markets. As a Systems Engineer, you will interface with the customers to understand mission needs and requirements, develop CONOPS, system architecture, system requirements, and manage qualification, verification and validation. You will also perform functional and physical analyses, allocation, and trade studies. Additionally, you will integrate hardware and software, develop test plans and procedures, debug and evaluate system functions and interfaces, and verify system requirements in support of final sell-off to the customer. We design, develop and integrate our systems, test them in the lab and in the field, measure and analyze performance, and make sure our products work the first time and every time. Every day has a different set of challenges. You'll be expected to collaborate across disciplines and partner with others to implement solutions. In this role, you'll get to know a little bit about every aspect of the system and have a direct hand in making it all work together, supporting teams of engineers engaged in design, development, integration and test efforts. You will support requirement development, engineering testing, integration and flight-testing, production, system deployment, and post-deployment support across the product lifecycle. Through Digital Transformation (DTx), you will perform these functions using a variety of methods and enabling technologies, including Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Agile product development. You will have an opportunity to apply problem solving and critical thinking skills for conducting investigations into Operational Flight Programs. You will have an opportunity to work with senior engineers in a lab environment allowing for hands-on interaction with EW products. This position is an onsite role in El Segundo, CA. Test event support activity may require travel, which is not expected to exceed 25%.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
This position requires 12 months or less of professional experience (excluding internships)
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Experience with tools, such as Microsoft Office, MATLAB or Python, for data analysis and automation
Experience with troubleshooting technical issues with electronics in an academic or internship setting, including the use of common commercial test equipment (oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, etc.)

Nice To Haves

Experience with or exposure to various military platforms for weapons conveyance, such as ships, ground combat systems, fixed and rotary wing aircraft
Experience with using telemetry data collection equipment to capture real-time data and/or real-time monitoring
Experience with electrical schematics, interface control documentation, and communications protocols
Experience with reading and integrating software routines with hardware/electronics; C/C++/C# preferred
Experience with instrumentation and collection of large data sets, including the application of scripting or automation to data collection and analysis

Responsibilities

Support design, development, requirements management of a system
Support planning and execution of Integration, Verification, or Troubleshoot Test activities in our labs, in the field, or at a Depot facility
Support activity may require travel
Support qualification of our products
Support troubleshooting and failure data analyses, including root cause and corrective action processes and advanced use of lab or field test equipment
Complete and compile detailed performance evaluations, including the use of analysis tools, such as MATLAB
Prepare and present results in reports and briefings to internal or external stakeholders
Support in managing engineering support activities related to test and trouble-shoot of hardware
Perform root-cause analysis & implement minor design changes
Maintain engineering specifications (DS, ARD, etc.) & drawing (Schematics & Assembly Drawings)
Maintain engineering databases
Coordinate engineering tag up and meetings between the Program, System Engineering, and Chief Engineer
Resolve and coordinate system technical solutions with Engineering teams
Provide technical guidance and support to Engineering IPTLs
Participate in periodic team meetings, interface teleconference meetings, working group meetings
Support associated with implementing process requirements
Support for mockup hardware repairs
Sustainment/Depot returns and repair