Sr Systems Engineer - Integration and Test at RTX Corporation
aurora, CO
$86,800–$165,200from the description
Jul 1, 2026
aurora, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level integration and test engineering role focused on ground systems for space intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance programs. Day-to-day work involves developing and executing automated test scripts, troubleshooting software and hardware integration issues, and supporting verification and validation activities within an Agile delivery environment. Suits engineers with hands-on CI/CD testing experience in Linux-based environments who hold an active TS/SCI clearance.
Senior level · 5+ years · Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $126,410 (middle half $97,907–$144,029). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is titled 'Senior Systems Engineer – Integration and Test' but the primary day-to-day work is integration, verification, and validation (test scripting, test automation, regression testing, debugging), which maps most closely to 15-1253 (Software QA Analysts and Testers). A secondary case could be made for 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) given the systems-engineering framing and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Python and Perl are listed together with 'and/or' in the required qualifications, meaning proficiency in at least one is required; both are captured as separate must-have skills since they are distinct tools.
The required qualifications state 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Python, and/or Perl' — RHEL is treated as a hard gate; Python and Perl are treated as hard gates (at least one required) given their placement in the required section.
The salary range ($86,800–$165,200/year) is described as covering 'all experience levels,' so the wide band reflects RTX's internal leveling rather than a narrow target band for this specific posting.
An active TS/SCI clearance (without polygraph) is required on day 1 — this is a hard gate, not merely the ability to obtain one.
Satellite Ground System experience, Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket), Cucumber/Gherkin/Zephyr, Java, C++, and cloud environments all appear under 'Qualifications We Prefer' and are marked as preferred accordingly.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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