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Senior Mission Protection Systems Engineer; Onsite

Job in Springfield, Fairfax County, Virginia, 22161, USA
Listing for: Pratt & Whitney
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-02-18
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Systems Engineer, Cybersecurity
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 60000 - 80000 USD Yearly USD 60000.00 80000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Senior Mission Protection Systems Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted:

Country: United States of America

Location: US-VA-SPRINGFIELD-8350-CUST ~ 8350 Alban Rd ~ ALBAN (External Site)

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: TS/SCI with Polygraph

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

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring 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. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.

Raytheon is seeking a Senior Mission Protection Systems Engineer to perform in a high tempo, dynamic small team environment. This high performing team is closely integrated with customers and contractors. This team operates at the center of critical US government functions enabling the nation to meet its national security plan and strategic goals. This position operates within a customer location.
Location:
Near Springfield, Virginia

What You Will Do
  • Maintain situational awareness on evolving threats and new technologies to deliver tactical support to Mission Protection and Mission Operations.
  • Serve as a technical subject‑matter expert on multiple resiliency topics and capabilities. Perform project management/project leadership tasks collaborating with a multitude of customer and other contractor teams.
  • Mission Protection expertise to DoD and IC Space training exercise and readiness events.
  • Develop processes, procedures, and Concepts of Operations (CONOPs); build, coordinate, train, evaluate and analyze execution plans, supporting technical information, operating instructions and documents.
  • Regularly provide technical inputs, analysis, presentations, training, and decision recommendations on Mission Protection topics to keep customer and contractor leadership apprised of activities, deliverables, problems, and opportunities.
  • Provide Mission Protection support to enterprise projects as well as to other programs as directed by the customer.
  • Create and present abstracts, white papers, and presentations to a variety of venues to include national level conferences.
Qualifications You Must Have
  • Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM preferred) and a minimum of 8 years of prior engineering experience or equivalent experience.
  • Experience with mission protection or operations.
  • Experience analyzing and evaluating data and events to recommend courses of action that support mission protection.
  • Experience developing, tailoring and delivering technical presentations for engineering, operations, customer and contractor teams.
  • Experience with senior leadership customer and contractor teams on complex issues.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Tool Suite.
  • An active and transferable TS/SCI CI Poly 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 the required security clearance.
Qualifications We Prefer
  • Operational experience integrating and operating Domain Awareness and Analysis tools.
  • Experience building training regimens for space operations and mission protection.
What We Offer
  • Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value:
    Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
  • Not Relocation Eligible – Relocation assistance not available.
Learn More & Apply Now!
  • Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role.
  • Onsite:
    Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure…

Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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