Sr Principal Engineer - IPT Leader
About The Position
The Effector Guidance Electronics team provides electrical hardware engineering for guidance systems and flight avionics across Raytheon’s portfolio. Its work includes architecture, analysis, requirements, integration, and test, with technologies including FPGA, RF/RADAR, navigation/IMU/GPS, digital, and power. The Sr. Principal Engineer leads and manages a cross-functional, cross-discipline electrical engineering team through product development, providing technical guidance and supervision to meet project commitments. The role may include managing engineering material and suppliers and leading proposal-development efforts. Assignments can span multiple programs and phases of the hardware systems lifecycle, and may involve travel, including foreign travel. The work environment is primarily an office, with possible lab or field work. This is an onsite position in Huntsville, Alabama. An active, transferable U.S. government Secret clearance is required before the start date, and U.S. citizenship is required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM).
- At least 10 years of relevant prior experience.
- At least 10 years of experience in flight avionics involving electrical hardware development, subsystems, systems engineering, requirements development, and/or requirements validation.
- Active and transferable U.S. government-issued security clearance before the start date; the posting specifies a DoD Secret clearance that must be active on day one.
- U.S. citizenship.
Nice To Haves
- Experience designing and troubleshooting one or more of the following: antennas, analog RF circuit cards, digital circuit cards, or configurable logic.
- Experience in project management, systems engineering, and architecture.
- Experience working with missiles or similar systems.
- Experience with Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and Cost Account Management (CAM).
- Knowledge of mixed-signal electronics.
- Ability to manage cross-functional teams.
- Ability to drive suppliers to meet commitments.
- Knowledge of the DoD hardware development process and design gates.
- Practical experience across all phases of the product development lifecycle.
- Experience developing proposals.
- Knowledge of or experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage cross-functional, cross-discipline electrical engineering teams through product development.
- Provide technical guidance and supervision to meet project commitments.
- Guide teams through hardware systems lifecycle phases, including design and analysis.
- Architect new electronic systems.
- Develop and document subsystem requirements and test plans.
- Conduct peer reviews of designs as a subject matter expert.
- Present to peers, management, and government customers.
- Conduct root-cause failure investigations.
- Manage engineering material and suppliers.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, functional and program management, customers, and suppliers.
- Mentor colleagues and participate as a mentee.
- Support multiple programs and travel, including foreign travel, as assignments require.
- May lead proposal-development efforts.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 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
- Holidays
- Relocation assistance
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be available, depending on position level and collective-bargaining coverage.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
