Sr Operations Research Analyst/ Sr Systems Engineer (Onsite)

RTX•Arlington, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At RTX, the world 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 Integrated Solutions, Modeling, and Architecture (ISMA) directorate assesses, develops, and evaluates solution architectures for our customers’ largest, most complex challenges across all the operational domains. In the Operations and Mission Analysis Department you’ll be part of a special team that analyzes the world’s most challenging threats and helps define new capabilities to counter them, pushing the boundaries of innovation, and leading the industry in operational modeling and simulation using our purpose-built software. As a team member in the Visualization & Customer Engagement Section, you will join a high-performing team of fellow engineers at the Customer Immersion Center in Crystal City, Virginia, working to support the customer across the operational domains.

Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.
Experience with scripting languages Python, Shell, and/or Perl.
Military Operations Analysis, wargaming and/or Modeling & Simulation experience in the defense industry, and/or data analysis & visualization.
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued interim secret security clearance is required prior to start.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Advanced Degree in STEM and/or specialized degree (Ops Research, Military Science/Military Studies, Intelligence Studies).
Experience with Raytheon owned Modeling and Simulation tools (OpsTool or RCADE), Raytheon owned visualization tool (VIS), or Government/Industry Modeling and Simulation tools (AFSIM, OneSAF, Brawler, STK).
Experience with AI/ML and high-performance computing (HPC) grids.
Experience in software development processes and object-oriented design using C/C++ and/or Java in either Unix or Linux computing environments.
Knowledge of DoD and IC Mission Areas (e.g., Space, Air, Land) or systems such as radar, electro optical, and infrared sensing systems.
Experience in understanding tactics as described by military experts and the ability to represent their employment.
Experience with advanced analytical metrics and methods, especially dealing with large volumes of data from competitive sports applicable to red vs blue military wargaming, campaign analysis, SABRmetrics, Moneyball, and golf ShotLink.
Active Top Secret DoD clearance.

Responsibilities

Develop, analyze, and assess system operations and results specific to the customer’s operational problem sets in the operational domains of maritime, land, air, space, and C2.
Develop metrics to provide results which communicate the chain of events that led to an action.
Develop and visualize solutions to worldwide challenges; solutions to favor our warfighters.
Develop and integrate computer models and simulations which effectively capture systems of systems effects in varied and complex threat environments. You will use the model to generate virtual and/or analytical solutions, identify technology gaps, and demonstrate operational benefits of new concepts in complex scenarios.
Develop requirements, and test system performance
Create, refine, and implement algorithms to provide next-generation performance across the entire system of systems.