Principal Systems Engineer - Electronic Warfare

Job Details

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Country: United States of America

Location: US-CA-GOLETA-H01 ~ 6380 Hollister Ave ~ BLDG H01

Position Role Type: Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: Active and transferable 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 a security clearance

Security Clearance Type: DoD Clearance:
Secret

Security Clearance Status: Active and existing security clearance required on day 1

• Serve as the primary Systems Engineering focal point for the program
• Manage configuration process, performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications
• Partner with the Program Chief Engineer in ensuring the engineering team aligns to cost/schedule
• Provide technical directions to multi-disciplinary program teams
• Implement and ensure adherence to systems engineering processes throughout the program lifecycle
• Oversee the development and maintenance of technical documentation, including system specifications, design documents, and test plans
• Coordinate system engineering activities, including requirements analysis, system design, integration, and testing
• Conduct system-level trade studies and performance analysis
• Participate in design reviews, technical meetings, and customer presentations
• Support program management with technical risk assessments and mitigation strategies
• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Performs architectural exploration
• Decomposes customer specifications and system level requirements into sub-system and piece part requirements and generates verification criteria and plans for the requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline (preferably Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or Physics) and 8+ years of relevant systems engineering experience
• EW/Radar system development, including requirements decomposition, architecture definition, and system-level integration & verification planning
• Experience developing systems engineering artifacts such as requirements, specifications, interface control documents (ICDs), and verification/validation (V&V) plans
• Experience supporting system-level technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR) and coordinating across multi-disciplinary engineering teams
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

• Writing, managing, and tracing system and subsystem requirements for EW/Radar systems throughout the lifecycle
• Defining system architectures, performance budgets, and interface definitions (RF, digital, and mixed‑signal)
• Planning and overseeing development of Special Test Equipment (STE) and system‑level test infrastructure
• Analyzing and modeling EW/Radar system performance, including RF chain, signal processing, and end‑to‑end behavior
• Knowledge of millimeter wave and microwave RF at the module and system levels
• Integrating mixed signal modules into higher level assemblies, including interface and configuration management
• Experience developing or interpreting security and cybersecurity requirements relevant to government systems
• Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools and processes, including SysML and Cameo Enterprise Architecture
• Flight test or field test experience supporting system‑level evaluation and data analysis

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value:
  Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
• Relocation Eligible – relocation assistance available for this position

Salary range: 118,300 USD - 224,900 USD.

Benefits include medical, dental,…