Senior GPS Subsystems Engineer

RTX•Tucson, AZ

10d•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. Our mission is to develop best in industry technologies that align product capabilities to the needs of our customer. We empower our employees to leverage design commonality and innovation, balancing risk and rigor, to achieve predictable and affordable solutions. Job Summary The Guidance Electronics Team provides Electrical Systems Engineering to develop Guidance Electronics solutions for products across the Raytheon Missiles and Defense (RMD) portfolio. Our team develops missile Guidance Electronics Hardware. Our core electrical engineering responsibilities include architecture, analysis, requirements, integration, and test. Our core electrical engineering technologies include RF/RADAR, Navigation/IMU/GPS, Digital, and Power. We partner with several Electrical Product Team departments that provide the detailed design of our electrical products as well as missile level systems teams. The Guidance Electronics Team is searching for a Senior GPS Subsystems Engineer with experience in GPS technology. The role of the GPS Subsystems Engineer is to provide GPS electronics solution for missile products. GPS electronics solution includes architecture development, requirement definition, electronics design, analysis, modelling and testing. GPS Subsystem Engineer collaborates with missile level system engineers in developing requirements for the subsystem. They perform analysis and modeling to decompose requirements for GPS sub-assemblies and component designs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
Minimum of 5 years of engineering experience
Experience with electrical hardware development
Experience in sub-systems, systems engineering, requirement development, developing RF electrical subsystems and/or requirement validation
The ability to obtain and maintain a US DOD Secret clearance prior to the start date.
U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Nice To Haves

Missile Radar and RF seeker subsystems typically contain antennas, analog RF circuit cards, digital circuit cards, and configurable logic so the ideal candidate will have a background in detailed design and troubleshooting of one or more of these components. Ideal candidates will also have some experience in systems engineering and architecture and have a desire to grow into a guidance section architect.
Ideal candidates shall also have demonstrated understanding and wide application of technical theories and concepts in the area of navigation subsystems/components used in modern guidance electronics platforms
Recent technical experience relative to integrated Guidance Electronics systems using GPS and IMU navigation subsystems blended via Kalman filter techniques
Knowledge and/or experience with M-Code
Familiarity with Matlab scripting and tools
Experience with hardware integration, Hardware in the Loop (HIL), modeling and simulation and environmental testing and electronics test equipment
Experience working with missiles or similar systems.
Ability to lead cross-functional teams.
Ability to drive suppliers in meeting commitments.
Knowledge of DOD Hardware development process (knowledge of design gates).
Practical experience in all phases of the product development lifecycle.
Experience in developing proposals.
Knowledge and/or experience with Model Based System Engineering (MBSE)

Responsibilities

Assignments may include analysis of hardware designs, subsystems, and components
Architecting new electronic systems
Developing and documenting subsystem requirements and test plans
Peer reviews of designs as a subject matter expert
Presentations to peers, management, and government customers
Root-cause failure investigations
Interface directly with suppliers of navigation or guidance electronics components, IMUs and GPSs, to monitor and manage programmatic activities and ensure compliance to requirements
Missile Systems has a strong culture of mentoring; it is expected that employees will be both mentors and mentees.
Assignments may require supporting multiple programs.
Assignments may require some travel, including foreign travel.
Work within a multi-disciplined team.
Work independently, with little supervision.
Develop a network and know when to use it to get help.
Collaboration with both Functional and Program higher level leadership.
Collaboration with Customer and Suppliers.

Benefits

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, 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, and holidays.
Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

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