RTX

6 days ago

Principal Product Owner Systems Engineer

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Job Summary

Own and maintain the team-level product backlog for an Agile Release Train supporting mission engineering and platform & security integration. Lead story definition, backlog prioritization, refinement, and acceptance of completed work, collaborating with Product Managers, Scrum Masters, and engineering teams. Coordinate cross-team dependencies, support PI Planning and sprint events, and incorporate systems engineering, integration, cybersecurity, and platform requirements to enable continuous delivery of mission-critical capabilities.

Location: United States

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Own and maintain the team-level product backlog, ensuring user stories are prioritized, refined, and ready for execution.
•Decompose capabilities and features into actionable user stories with clear acceptance criteria and validate completion against those criteria.
•Partner with the Scrum Master, Product Manager, and engineering teams to prepare upcoming sprints and maintain long-term backlog health.
•Coordinate cross-team dependencies with other Product Owners to ensure alignment across Agile Release Train (ART) teams.
•Support capability elaboration, sprint planning, PI Planning, sprint reviews, technical program milestones, and communicate backlog priorities, progress, risks, and dependencies.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 107,500 - 204,500 annually

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife Insurance401kPaid LeaveParental Leave

Key Requirements

•Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience.
•Experience serving as a Product Owner, Backlog Manager, Business Analyst, Systems Engineer, or similar Agile role supporting software development.
•Experience decomposing capabilities and features into user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria and maintaining Agile product backlogs.
•Experience working in Agile development environments, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and Program Increment (PI) Planning.
•Active and transferable U.S. government-issued TS/SCI security clearance is required prior to start date; U.S. citizenship is required.

Experience:5+ years

Education:Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field

Skills:PrioritizationCollaborationCommunicationRisk management

Tech Stack:Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)Agile Release Trains (ART)Program Increment (PI) PlanningJiraConfluenceAzure DevOps

Eligibility

Nationality:US National

Security Clearance:TS/SCI without Polygraph

Company Brief

RTX

Designs, manufactures, and services aerospace and defense systems, including aircraft engines, avionics, aerostructures, missiles, and cybersecurity solutions for commercial, military, and government customers worldwide.

Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Arlington, United States

Founded: 2020

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