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Senior Principal Engineer - Warhead​/Lethality

Job in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, 85718, USA
Listing for: Raytheon
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-18
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Systems Engineer, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 132400 - 251600 USD Yearly USD 132400.00 251600.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Location:

US-AZ-TUCSON-M09 ~ 3350 E Hemisphere Loop ~ BLDG M09

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.

Senior Principal Engineer – Warhead/Lethality

This role is located in Tucson, AZ and is an onsite position.

What You Will Do
  • Apply or develop highly advanced technologies, scientific principles, theories, and concepts to warhead integration into missile systems.
  • Involve with both development and production programs across Raytheon Product Lines.
  • Interface with the Customer to identify user needs.
  • Work with customers, subcontractors and suppliers to resolve engineering issues, develop new products and hold technical reviews.
  • Conduct hydrocode simulation and lethality analysis.
  • Support warhead design, analysis, test, and evaluation.
  • Develop Statements of Work (SOWs).
  • Develop Critical Item Development Specifications (CIDS) and Technical Data Packages (TDP).
  • Support fact-finding and contract negotiations.
  • Ensure technical rigor and depth of all deliverables.
  • Will travel periodically to government and subcontractor facilities.
Qualifications You Must Have
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum of ten (10) years of prior relevant experience OR an Advanced degree and seven (7) years of relevant experience.
  • Ten (10) years of experience in the development of warheads from conceptual design through final test / assembly.
  • Project Management as applied to team interaction and deliverables.
  • The ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance prior to the start date. U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Qualifications We Prefer
  • Advanced degree.
  • Twelve (12) or more years of directly related experience in warhead design, analysis and development from conceptual design through final test and assembly, etc.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and lead collaborative efforts with other technical disciplines including structural, thermal, and aerodynamics.
  • Technical writing skills in the area of detailed design requirements, test requirements, statements of work, white paper and technical presentations.
  • Supplier collaboration experience and oversight generating specifications and statements of work (SOW).
  • Working knowledge or experience with either missile design or development, production support and integration.
  • Experience with DoD customers and/or associated contractor executives and technical leadership.
  • Active Secret or Top Secret Clearance (Department of Defense).
What We Offer
  • Salary range: 132,400 USD – 251,600 USD.
  • Robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs.
  • Parental leave (including paternal), flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.
  • 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, paid time off and holidays.
  • Potential annual short‑term and/or long‑term incentive compensation programs depending on level and collective‑bargaining status.

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.

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Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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