Principal Systems Engineer - EO/IR Signal Processing

RTX•Tucson, AZ

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Processing, Guidance and Controls (PG&C) Center within the Systems Engineering and Test Capabilities Discipline consists of Guidance, Navigation and Control; Signal Processing; and Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis disciplines for Effectors. The Signal Processing team is seeking Principal Systems Engineer - EO/IR Signal Processing engineers to join our PG&C Center in Tucson, AZ. As the Principal Systems Engineer - EO/IR Signal Processing, you will collaborate in the design, development, prototyping, integration, testing, and performance assessment of electro-optical / infrared (EO/IR) algorithms and models. Used across our products and new business initiatives, signal processing algorithms extract and exploit sensor signals to be used for calibrating and denoising raw sensor data; detecting, acquiring, tracking, and classifying objects of interest; and sensor fusion. This is an onsite position located in Tucson, AZ.

Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience
Signal processing experience in the EO/IR domain
Experience with the C programming language, or Object-Oriented Programming experience with the C++, C#, or Java programming languages
Experience with algorithm design, implementation, analysis, testing, and optimization
Ability to obtain and maintain an Interim Secret U.S. government issued Security Clearance is required prior to start date with the ability to obtain special program access after start.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Advanced Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or Applied Math
Experience with missile systems applications supporting customer programs
Experience with version control tools such as Azure DevOps and Git
Subject Matter Expertise in multiple EO/IR algorithms such as edge detection, segmentation, image restoration, tracking, feature extraction, or classification / recognition
Proficiency in using MATLAB or Python for analysis of data sets
Strong communication skills, capable of presenting analysis to technical and non-technical audiences and advocating for best solutions and strategy
Experience with hardware/software integration
Experience managing or leading others in a technical and/or functional capacity within an engineering environment
Ability to interface with adjacent engineering disciplines such as Guidance, Navigation, and Control; Software Engineering; Systems Engineering; or Hardware Engineering

Responsibilities

Act with advanced to expert knowledge of signal processing to support budget, schedule, development, execution, and completion of difficult and often complex missile systems program objectives.
Use and modify simulations for the design, development, prototyping, integration, testing, and performance assessment of signal processing algorithms and models.
Participate in engineering lab environments to test, verify, and validate sensor models and signal processing algorithm performance in accordance with requirements.
Focus on integration of algorithms into hardware and collaborate in all development phases from program start-up to live-fire testing, providing signal processing knowledge to resolve numerous and often undefined problems and issues in design reviews, peer reviews, and technical briefings to parties within and outside your discipline.
Share knowledge and mentor multiple team members.