Principal Systems Engineer

RTX•Huntsville, AL

11d•Onsite

About The Position

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. The Multidisciplinary Integrated Systems Department (MISD) supports Raytheon by providing world class technical expertise and engineering leadership to drive the design and development of world-class Air and Missile Defense Systems, Sensors, and Effectors. We lead all aspects of Systems Engineering that drive the development of complex systems to support Raytheon’s Land and Air Defense Systems business area from our Huntsville, AL location. Our Systems Engineers solve technical challenges at the System of System (SoS), System, Subsystem, and Component levels. Key technical domains include: Architecture, Requirements, Interface Definition, Modeling & Simulation, Radar Systems, Effector Systems, Battle Management, Command and Control, Communications, Network Design, and Battlespace Integration and Interoperability for Domestic and International customers. What You Will Do You will perform Systems Engineering activities for one or more of our key technical domain areas on one of our many programs as an individual contributor. Potential programs include: Patriot, Air and Missile Defense Capability (AMDC), Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS), and other sensor or effector programs.

Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience
Experience with Missile Defense Systems or other related systems engineering experience
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date

Nice To Haves

Advanced Degree in STEM
Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience
Experience with system and sub-system level requirements development, documentation and maintenance and/or requirements development and design of system level software architecture
Experience with system concepts; detection, discrimination, track and signal processing algorithms and their behaviors and performance
Experience with the development and coding of system models, algorithms, test vectors and evaluation tools in support of analyzing radar requirements and performance
Experience working with MATLAB (including object-oriented programming), Python, C/C++, Java or DOORS
Strong written and verbal communications skills
Experience with risk and opportunity analysis
Modeling & Simulation development experience
Data analysis
Experience with the software development process using Agile Methodologies and tooling, including JIRA and Confluence
Documented experience showing analytic, technical and problem-solving skills
Experience demonstrating your communication, technical writing, oral presentation and interpersonal skills
Previous experience interfacing with customers and leading technical solutions to complex user needs
Experience working alone and in a geographically distributed team environment
Experience working with other disciplines and communicating with all levels of the organization and stakeholders

Responsibilities

You will perform Systems Engineering activities for one or more of our key technical domain areas on one of our many programs as an individual contributor.
Potential programs include: Patriot, Air and Missile Defense Capability (AMDC), Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS), and other sensor or effector programs.