Senior Systems Engineer - Affordability

RTX

4d • 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. Raytheon is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to support the Transformation & Initiatives (T&I) department. The T&I department provides subject matter support focusing on driving affordability, process improvement, and cost-informed decision-making initiatives to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of systems engineering practices. This Senior Systems Engineer will join Affordability Engineering section within the T&I Department. This role supports affordability, Design-to-Unit Production Cost (DTUPC), and life cycle cost activities across munitions, radar, and sensor programs. The Senior Systems Engineer is a seasoned professional contributor who works independently with limited oversight, supporting affordability efforts across planning, design, production, and sustainment phases, while collaborating with engineering, program management, manufacturing, and supply chain teams. This is an onsite role located in Tucson, AZ.

Requirements

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience.
• Familiarity with production environments and supply chain processes.
• Familiarity with effector, radar, sensor, or munition systems.
• Experience with developing, documenting, or supporting processes, methods, or tools.
• Experience supporting one or more of the following:
• Production or life-cycle cost modeling.
• Affordability or cost trade studies.
• Design-to-cost or cost parametric modeling.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with affordability or cost engineering tools such as ACEIT, SEER, TruePlanning, or price analysis tools.
• Experience supporting proposal development or program execution activities.
• Familiarity with bills of material (BOMs), work breakdown structures (WBS), or manufacturing assemblies.
• Familiarity with affordability analysis activities aligned with evolving DoD contracting approaches, including familiarity with Section 890 production contracting concepts.
• Working knowledge of affordability trade studies, cost-informed decision-making, and Life Cycle Cost (LCC) concepts (CAIV familiarity a plus).
• Working knowledge of data analytics with experience using tools such as Excel, Power BI, Python, R, or SQL.

Responsibilities

• You will be working as part of the RMD Affordability Engineering team to support cost-informed engineering decisions across munitions, radar, and sensor programs.
• You will develop and apply affordability analysis techniques, cost modeling, and trade studies to support system affordability while meeting mission performance requirements.
• Support the affordability of various systems and products throughout their life cycle.
• In this role, you will contribute to affordability solutions as part of a cross-functional team, supporting pre-production, production, and sustainment affordability efforts.
• You will work closely with program management, systems engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain organizations to support the Raytheon Affordability Process.
• Support the development and maintenance of DTUPC, production cost, and life-cycle cost models aligned to program objectives.
• Perform and support affordability trade studies, cost assessments, and design-to-cost activities.
• Apply affordability and cost-performance trade study principles, including Cost as an Independent Variable (CAIV) and Life Cycle Cost (LCC) concepts, in support of system and program decisions.
• Support supplier cost analysis, hardware cost estimate, and production learning assessments.
• Assist with proposal development, affordability inputs, and cost narratives.
• Communicate cost and affordability analysis results to engineering and program stakeholders.
• Provide documentation, improvement, and standardization of affordability processes, methods, and tools.
• Provide guidance or review support to junior engineers or analysts as needed.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees