Lead Systems Engineer - Electronic Warfare

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. This full-time, on-site position in Fort Wayne, Indiana supports the development of next-generation Electronic Warfare (EW) capabilities.

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.

About the role

Raytheon’s Advanced Programs team is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer with experience in Electronic Warfare (EW) to lead and coordinate the design, development, and implementation of EW systems. You will work closely with cross-functional engineering teams throughout the full lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary Systems Engineering focal point for the program
• Lead the definition, development, and implementation of system architectures, algorithms, and interfaces for EW/Radar capabilities
• Manage configuration process, perform 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
• Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints
• Perform architectural exploration
• Decompose customer specifications and system-level requirements into sub-system and piece-part requirements and generate verification criteria and plans for the requirements

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline (preferably Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or Physics)
• 10+ years of relevant systems engineering experience in EW/Radar system development, including requirements decomposition, architecture definition, system-level integration, and 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

Qualifications We Prefer

• Advanced EW/Radar architecture, algorithms, or signal-processing methods
• Experience analyzing and modeling EW/Radar system performance, including RF chain and end-to-end behavior
• Radar performance analysis tools or model development (e.g., MATLAB, algorithm prototyping)
• AI/ML techniques applied to signal processing or algorithm enhancement
• Knowledge of millimeter-wave and microwave RF at the module or system level
• Experience defining system architectures, performance budgets, and interface definitions (RF, digital, mixed-signal)
• Integrating mixed-signal modules into higher-level assemblies, including interface and configuration management
• Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools (e.g., Cameo)
• Agile development tools and workflows (e.g., Jira, Confluence)
• MATLAB, C/C++, Java, or DOORS
• Experience supporting integration, verification, or test activities for complex EW/Radar systems
• Experience preparing technical documentation or delivering system-level technical outputs to stakeholders
• Flight test or field test experience supporting system-level evaluation and data analysis
• Experience developing or interpreting security and cybersecurity requirements relevant to government systems

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance, short-term disability, and 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
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (dependent on role and collective-bargaining agreement)

Pay

The salary range for this role is 132,400 USD - 251,600 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Schedule

This is a full-time, on-site position located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Relocation assistance is available for this position.