Prin. Advanced GS/Avionics Tech Lead (P4)
About The Position
The Advanced Effector Guidance Systems team provides electrical systems engineering for guidance systems and flight avionics across Raytheon’s product portfolio. The team develops missile guidance and flight avionics hardware, with core responsibilities in architecture, analysis, requirements, integration, and test, and technologies including RF/radar, navigation/IMU/GPS, digital electronics, and power. The Principal Advanced Guidance Section/Avionics Tech Lead serves as an Electrical Subsystems Lead and Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL), managing a cross-functional, cross-discipline engineering team through product development. The lead provides technical guidance and supervision to meet project commitments, manages suppliers, and may lead proposal development. Work is primarily in an office but may also involve laboratories or field work. Assignments may span multiple programs and require some travel, including foreign travel.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM), typically, and at least 8 years of relevant flight avionics experience involving electrical hardware development, subsystems, systems engineering, requirements development, and/or requirements validation.
- An advanced degree in a related field may substitute for experience: a master’s degree is equivalent to 2 years of experience, or a Ph.D. is equivalent to 4 years of experience.
- Active and transferable U.S. government-issued security clearance required before the start date; U.S. citizenship is required.
- Experience as an Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL).
Nice To Haves
- Background in designing and troubleshooting one or more missile guidance electronics components, such as antennas, analog RF circuit cards, digital circuit cards, or configurable logic.
- Experience in project leadership, systems engineering, and architecture.
- Experience working with missiles or similar systems.
- Experience with Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and Cost Account Management (CAM).
- Knowledge of mixed-signal electronics.
- Ability to manage cross-functional teams.
- Ability to drive suppliers to meet commitments.
- Knowledge of Department of Defense hardware development processes and design gates.
- Practical experience in all phases of the product development lifecycle.
- Experience developing proposals.
- Knowledge of or experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
Responsibilities
- Manage a cross-functional and cross-discipline team of engineers through product development.
- Provide technical guidance and supervision to help the team meet project commitments.
- Manage suppliers and drive collaboration with customers and suppliers.
- Guide teams through hardware systems lifecycle phases, including design and analysis.
- Architect new electronic systems.
- Develop and document subsystem requirements and test plans.
- Conduct peer reviews of designs as a subject matter expert.
- Present to peers, management, and government customers.
- Conduct root-cause failure investigations.
- Work within a multi-disciplined team and collaborate with functional and program higher-level management.
- Support mentoring as both a mentor and mentee.
- Support multiple programs and travel, including foreign travel, as needed.
- May lead proposal development.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Flexible work schedules
- Employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- Parental leave
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
