Job Description

Salary: $107,500 - 204,500 per year Requirements:

• We require a bachelors degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics, with STEM preferred, plus at least 8 years of engineering experience.
• We require experience working with multidisciplinary technical or engineering teams.
• We require experience operating within an Agile organization.
• We prefer an advanced degree in Engineering, Science, Mathematics, or a related field.
• We prefer prior experience as a Release Train Engineer, Value Stream Engineer, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Project Manager, or Program Manager.
• We prefer Scaled Agile certification, such as SAFe SPC, or an equivalent credential.
• We prefer experience with Earned Value management, with Agile EV experience being a plus.
• We prefer experience in a multi-disciplined product development environment.
• We prefer strong proficiency with Agile ALM tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps Server.
• We prefer the ability to influence and build relationships internally and externally to engineering.
• We prefer the ability to distinguish between being Agile and doing Agile.
• We prefer demonstrated success completing complex assignments independently and developing cross-functional solutions.
• We require U.S. citizenship and an active, transferable U.S. government security clearance before the start date, with Secret clearance active on day 1.

• We manage and optimize the flow of value across the program using tools such as Program and Value Stream Kanban boards and information radiators.
• We foster strong employee and team experiences by creating a healthy environment and guiding teams to meet goals.
• We evaluate the programs agility and drive ongoing improvement.
• We apply Agile software development methods, automation, and continuous integration practices.
• We promote continuous integration at the team and program levels, along with communities of practice focused on scaling Agile, Lean, Engineering, and Quality.
• We coach leaders, Agile roles, and teams on Lean-Agile culture, practices, and mindset.
• We strengthen collaboration across Agile Release Trains and value streams.
• We work with leadership, engineering, and shared services to align strategy with execution.
• We support effective incremental program planning by ensuring readiness of vision and work item backlogs.
• We consolidate team PI objectives into program objectives and share them for visibility and transparency.
• We establish and communicate the annual program cadence calendar.
• We coordinate recurring synchronization meetings at multiple program levels.
• We help teams make economic decisions by facilitating capability estimation.
• We build program-level retrospective improvement roadmaps to identify and implement process enhancements.
• We measure and track program performance and capability completion.
• We escalate and monitor program impediments.
• We facilitate dependency resolution and support early risk identification and mitigation.
• We report status to program and release management.
• We help structure program teams for effective execution, including input on resourcing to address bottlenecks.
• We attend system demonstrations.

• Azure
• DevOps
• Flow
• Support
• JIRA
• Kanban
• Product Owner
• Project Manager
• Security
• Cloud
• Network

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We are RTX, and our work is grounded in our commitment to safety, trust, respect, accountability, collaboration, and innovation. Our Systems Engineering and Test Capabilities organization is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to serve as the ESSM Agile Solution Train Engineer in Tucson, Arizona, in an onsite role. This position supports a major defense and security mission, and we offer relocation assistance, a competitive salary range of 107,500 USD to 204,500 USD, and a benefits package that may include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible schedules, employee assistance, education support, parental leave, paid time off, holidays, and potential incentive compensation. We are an equal opportunity employer and may require in-person participation in select interview steps as part of our secure hiring process.

last updated 24 week of 2026

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