Principal Systems Engineer Onsite

RTX•Huntsville, AL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Raytheon’s Systems Engineering and Test Capabilities Surface Radars & Sensors Center is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to support the Huntsville, Alabama/Kentucky Department and modernization of Ground-Based Radar (GBR) systems. The center specializes in concept development, architecture design, requirements generation and flow-down, modeling and simulation, systems analysis, integration, test, and evaluation of advanced Missile Defense and Sensor Systems. The engineer will define and analyze system requirements, develop system architectures, and collaborate with system, software, and integration/test engineering teams. The position is onsite in Huntsville, Alabama, with 10%–15% domestic travel. An active, transferable U.S. government Secret security clearance is required before the start date, and U.S. citizenship is required.

Requirements

Typically requires a STEM degree and at least 8 years of prior relevant experience.
Experience with radar systems.
Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and/or Cameo.
Experience with MATLAB and/or Linux.
Active and transferable U.S. government-issued Secret security clearance before the start date; an active and existing clearance is required on day one.
U.S. citizenship, because only U.S. citizens are eligible for the required security clearance.
Excellent communication, technical writing, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
Ability to work independently and within geographically distributed teams.

Nice To Haves

Advanced STEM degree.
Knowledge of radar concepts, including detection, discrimination, tracking, and signal-processing algorithm performance.
Experience with Python, C/C++, or Java.
Experience with Agile development practices, including JIRA and Confluence.
Strong analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills.
Experience coding system models, algorithms, test scripts, and evaluation tools for radar performance analysis.
Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and communicating with stakeholders at all levels.
Experience interfacing with customers and leading technical solutions to complex problems.
Experience developing and maintaining engineering processes and tools.

Responsibilities

Lead architecture and requirements development activities to define, characterize, develop, and document GBR systems.
Update architectural frameworks and develop system-of-system functional and performance requirements, detailed algorithm descriptions, test scenarios, and verification approaches.
Conduct requirements analysis to verify system-level performance requirements.
Develop system models, algorithms, test scripts, and evaluation tools for radar performance analysis.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and communicate with stakeholders at all levels.
Interface with customers and lead technical solutions to complex problems.
Develop and maintain engineering processes and tools.

Benefits

Relocation assistance available.
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.
Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation may be available, depending on position level and applicable agreements; payments are not guaranteed.