Principal Systems Engineer - Systems Engineering Process Lead, AN/TPY-2

RTX•Woburn, MA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Systems Engineering Long Range Radars (SELRR) department within Raytheon’s Systems Engineering & Test Capabilities Center is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to develop, improve, and institutionalize engineering processes supporting the AN/TPY-2 radar program. The position is onsite in Woburn, Massachusetts. The AN/TPY-2 is an X-band missile defense sensor with a demonstrated record against ballistic missile threats. The SELRR department provides technical leadership and subject matter expertise across concept development, system architecture, requirements development and allocation, modeling and simulation, systems analysis, integration, testing, and evaluation of missile defense and sensor systems. The engineer will improve program execution by developing, implementing, and continually improving processes across Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, and Systems Integration & Test. The position requires supporting engineering process compliance and adoption, preparing controlled process documentation and deliverables, contributing to audits and reviews, and using analytics and automation to report process performance. An active and transferable U.S. government-issued security clearance is required before the start date; U.S. citizenship is required for eligibility for a security clearance. The posting also states that the ability to obtain an interim U.S. government-issued clearance is required before the start date.

Requirements

Typically requires a STEM degree and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
Experience in Systems Engineering, Systems Test Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Experience applying software and/or systems engineering lifecycle processes across development programs, including requirements development, design, integration, verification and validation, deployment, and/or sustainment.
An active and transferable U.S. government-issued security clearance is required before the start date; the posting specifies DoD Secret clearance.
U.S. citizenship is required for eligibility for a security clearance.
Ability to obtain an interim U.S. government-issued security clearance is required before the start date.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing, implementing, and maintaining engineering process documentation and controlled artifacts, such as Program Work Instructions, Systems Engineering Management Plans, Software Development Plans, Contract Data Requirements Lists, and related engineering procedures.
Experience applying software and systems engineering lifecycle processes, including requirements management, system design, integration, verification and validation, configuration management, deployment, and sustainment.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including advanced formulas, pivot tables, and macros; Python scripting; and Power BI dashboard development.
Experience developing engineering performance metrics, process health indicators, dashboards, and visualizations to support program execution, compliance monitoring, and leadership decision-making.
Experience supporting process compliance initiatives, audits, and technical reviews, including collaboration with Quality Engineering and Safety Engineering organizations.
Strong communication, collaboration, and organizational skills, including experience training users, driving process adoption, authoring technical guidance, and managing content in Confluence, SharePoint, or similar knowledge management platforms.

Responsibilities

Develop, author, and maintain Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) deliverables, including the Software Entity Database (SWED), Software Resources Data Report (SRDR), Software Development Plan (SDP), and Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP).
Develop, maintain, deploy, train users on, and enforce Program Work Instructions governing engineering development processes across the program.
Create and maintain Confluence pages documenting and communicating engineering processes, workflows, and best practices.
Partner with Quality Engineering and Safety Engineering teams to support compliance with enterprise standards, contractual requirements, and safety-critical development practices.
Serve as the program subject matter expert for engineering development processes and ensure compliance with internal, enterprise, customer, and industry standards.
Support internal reviews and customer, corporate, and government audits by providing process documentation, evidence, and engineering artifacts.
Develop, maintain, analyze, and present engineering process metrics to program leadership and stakeholders.
Develop and automate data collection and analysis pipelines using Python for engineering metrics and process performance analysis.
Create and maintain Power BI dashboards and visualizations to support data-driven decision-making.
Use Microsoft Excel for data analysis, metric development, pivot tables, and macro-based process automation.
Manage SharePoint repositories and workflows for controlled documentation, engineering artifacts, and collaborative reviews.
Identify process gaps, recommend solutions, and facilitate continuous-improvement implementation across engineering teams.

Benefits

Relocation assistance available to eligible applicants.
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Short-term disability insurance
Long-term disability insurance
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, subject to eligibility and program conditions