Principal Detector REA System Engineer

Location:

US-AZ-TUCSON-9070 ~ 9070 S Rita Rd ~ 9070 BLDG

Date Posted:

Country:
United States of America

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:
Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.

This role focuses on imaging sensor EO/IR detectors, hardware integration, verification, and production transition across a diverse portfolio of EO products.

This position is central to the successful integration and validation of electro‑optical infrared detectors to ensure subsystems function cohesively, performance requirements are verified, and hardware transitions efficiently from development to production. This is an on‑site position located in Tucson, AZ.

• Work with multi‑discipline teams supporting military programs in the development and production phases of infrared sensor systems.
• Work closely with Integrated Product Team Leads/Program Managers ensuring engineering requirements are defined, risks are managed, and schedules/budgets are met.
• Work under limited supervision while exercising responsibility in determining and meeting the technical, financial, and schedule objectives of projects.
• Analyze infrared detectors.
• Work closely with detector component suppliers.
• Troubleshoot EO systems.
• Integrate and test detector components.
• Provide solutions to a variety of EO problems of moderate scope and complexity.

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 5 years’ experience.
• Experience in electro‑optical systems, imaging systems, or system integration.
• Experience in detector integration and test.
• Experience with IR detector fabrication and detector characterization for specific applications.
• Experience testing, modeling, and analyzing detectors.

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering or Physics.
• Performance modeling of infrared systems including fundamental device physics, radiometric analysis to support acceptance testing, and system level performance assessments.
• Experience with requirement generation, flow down, verification and validation.
• Familiarity with CZT, Hg Cd Te , III‑V nBn, or pBp manufacturing process for single color and multispectral infrared devices.
• Experience with focal plane array manufacturing and testing.
• Experience with IR device packaging techniques for tactical applications including optical alignment techniques, vacuum packaging, and cryogenic applications.
• Experience with seeker and sensor integration and test.
• Experience with electronic design for low noise IR applications.
• Read‑out integrated circuit system integration experience.
• Experience with cryogenically cooled infrared devices, uncooled infrared devices, and visible CCDs.
• Active DoD security clearance.

• 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 assistance available.

• Onsite:
  Employees who are working in onsite roles will work primarily onsite.
• This position requires onsite work in Tucson, AZ.
• This position requires security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS) handles the security clearance process.
• Salary range for this role: $107,500 – $204,500 USD.
• Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits including medical, dental, vision, 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, and holidays.
• Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short‑term and/or long‑term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of position.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.