Senior Systems Engineer (On-Site)

RTX•El Segundo, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Raytheon brings 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. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. The Mission Solutions & Payloads (MSP) team in El Segundo, CA develops advanced space payloads supporting ISR, missile warning and tracking, Earth observation, and space protection missions. We are seeking Systems Engineers to support the design and development of electro‑optical systems, including imagers, tracking sensors, LIDAR, and directed‑energy payloads. In this role, you will contribute to mission and system requirements analysis, CONOPS and architecture development, requirements decomposition, trade studies, and IV&V planning. You will support hardware and software integration, develop test plans and procedures, and verify system performance in lab and field environments. You will work collaboratively across disciplines and with customers throughout the full product lifecycle from early design through integration, flight test, production, deployment, and sustainment while applying Digital Engineering methods such as MBSE and Agile development. This is an onsite position in El Segundo, CA.

Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM preferred) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience in design/development and testing of EO/IR Systems or related field
Experience in aspects of product life cycle for space development programs and its events (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, PSR/CTSR)

Nice To Haves

Advanced Degree Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM preferred)
Experience in designing, integrating, or testing EO/IR systems, imagers, focal planes, or opto‑mechanical components
Knowledge of signal/image processing, computer vision, tracking, machine learning, or object recognition
Opto‑mechanical engineering principles, embedded computing, control systems, or electronics performance parameters
Systems architecture and design work, including IV&V planning and execution
MBSE and requirements‑management tools such as CAMEO or DOORS
Work performed in integration labs, test facilities, or field environments supporting system integration and verification
Root‑cause analysis, corrective‑action implementation, and failure‑prevention measures
Use of Monte Carlo simulations for system‑performance modeling and test strategy support
Active Secret Security Clearance

Responsibilities

Collaborate in a multi‑disciplinary team environment and interface with customers, program management, vendors, and functional partners
Develop and decompose system requirements, define system interfaces, and support validation and verification planning
Perform system performance analysis along with hardware and software integration and test activities
Conduct tests on optical and electrical components and integrated systems, collect data, and analyze results to assess and optimize performance
Identify issues during testing, perform troubleshooting and calibration, and support system design updates and enhancements
Execute integration, verification, and validation testing, and document results through clear test reports and technical briefings
Develop use cases, support test architecture development, and participate in technical reviews and technical interchange meetings
Perform performance evaluations and root‑cause analysis, including corrective and preventive action development
Use laboratory or field test equipment and analysis tools such as MATLAB for simulation, modeling, and quantitative evaluation
Support program activities that may require travel up to 25%