Vision Systems - Principal Systems Engineer

Job d:
Posted 30+ Days Ago

Start Date:

Location:

US-CA-GOLETA-B01 ~ 6825 Cortona Dr ~ BLDG B01

Country:
United States of America Time Type:
Full time

Date Posted:

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-CA-GOLETA-B01 ~ 6825 Cortona Dr ~ BLDG B01

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ 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 after day 1

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 Vision Systems (RVS) Systems Engineering and Test Capabilities (SE&TC) Department is seeking a skilled and experienced Principal Systems Engineer with expertise in airborne and space electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) surveillance and targeting sensor systems.

The SE&TC Department is responsible for all EO/IR Imaging Systems Definition, Architecture, Integration, product Verification & Validation along with program and project technical implementation to cost and schedule. This is an Onsite position located in Goleta, California.

What You Will Do:

Work with the Program Chief Engineer to ensure products meet cost, schedule, technical quality, and performance requirements

Provide systems engineering leadership for RVS EO/IR IR, Focal Plane Array (FPA) programs and special projects

Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams across Systems, Test, Software, Firmware, Mechanical, Electrical, and Integrated Circuit engineering

Manage engineering risks and opportunities with the PCE to support proactive program execution

Coordinate engineering inputs for proposals and present bid summaries to management

Guide technical support efforts for production and development activities

Lead and present trade studies and technical analyses to stakeholders

Communicate technical findings and recommendations to leadership and customers

Lead teams in resolving hardware, software, and system issues through detailed data analysis and debugging

Oversee development and maintenance of requirements, concepts of operations, and system interfaces

Prepare documentation for formal reviews including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, CTSR, and test data packages

Develop product specifications and manage requirements, including derivation of lower‑level subassembly and component requirements

Qualifications You Must Have:

Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience developing product specifications and requirements management, including distilling, and deriving requirements for lower-level subassemblies and components

Experience with system design, analysis, development, troubleshooting, testing, trade studies, optimization, and performance assessment.

Qualifications We Prefer:

System experience with EO/IR subsystems, IR FPA technology, semiconductor fabrication processes, photonics, optics manufacturing, or related industry experience

Factory production and direct experience with IR FPA design and testing for tactical and/or space environments

Vacuum packaging, dewar design, cryogenic cooling, and/or opto-mechanics

Requirements management via DOORs and/or CAMEOCreate…