Senior Systems Engineer (Onsite)

RTX•Alexandria, VA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Raytheon is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for satellite Operations and Maintenance (O&M) positions. The selected candidate will join a skilled O&M team working in a 24/7 operations environment. The availability of working overtime and non-scheduled call-in support, potentially working a combination of day staff and shift schedules, based on the dynamic needs of the team is required. The O&M team is responsible for all aspects of system operations and planning to include monitoring day-to-day activities and identifying and solving challenging problems as they occur. After completion of comprehensive on-the-job training, the candidate will be part of a certified team of subject matter experts that are integral to our customer's success.

Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor’s in science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM preferred) and a minimum of 5 years of prior related engineering experience or equivalent experience.
Experience with training and certify in operational position.
Technical experience with monitoring system state of health and performance assessment for operational hardware systems
Experience with identifying and resolving system performance issues
An active and transferable TS/SCI CI Poly 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 the required security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Leadership skill to drive engineering projects
Operational experience with mission planning or mission management
Experience and proficient use of both Windows and UNIX platforms
Experience with Perl, Python, VBA, and/or other scripting languages
Experience using the Microsoft Office suite

Responsibilities

Monitor system health and performance of critical hardware systems supporting key customer operations and collections
Ensure required system maintenance activities are functional and meeting documented timing and performance results
Report and document anomalous system performance and interact with other team members to validate operational performance.
Implement workarounds and contingency plans to minimize impacts of system anomalies
Develop troubleshooting/recovery plans to address system discrepancies and restore mission capabilities
Maintain technical knowledge of formal procedures associated with required system maintenance, troubleshooting and recovery
O&M training/mentoring, trending and analysis, procedure development, data collection, fault isolation, and performing real-time manual actions to restore system capabilities
Work closely with delivering factories to support development activities, installation of ground software deliveries, and special test configurations.
Crosstrain in other operator positions as assigned and mentor and train other personnel on the contract team
Lead interactions and support all missions to include the initialization of new missions
Work in an adaptable small team environment (3-7 people)