Principal Systems Engineer - Signals Analyst (Onsite)

About the role

Raytheon is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer – Signals Analyst to join our Mission Systems Engineering team. This role requires strong analytical judgment, technical expertise in signal environments, and the ability to produce clear, actionable products.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of innovative, enterprise-scale solutions to complex tasking challenges, driving strategic process improvements that increase efficiency, reduce risk, and enhance performance across multiple teams and mission areas.
• Conduct advanced signal analysis to identify emerging patterns, characterize complex anomalies, and generate high-value insights that inform broader operational or program-level decision-making.
• Perform expert-level signal processing and exploitation across communication systems, guiding technical approaches, establishing best practices, and mentoring others in advanced methodologies.
• Integrate and correlate signals with multiple intelligence and operational sources to produce comprehensive, mission-impactful assessments that support senior-level stakeholders and cross-program objectives.
• Author, maintain, and quality-review analytical reports, briefs, and technical documentation; provide authoritative assessments for leadership and ensure consistency and accuracy across team outputs.
• Employ and optimize specialized tools, platforms, and workflows for signal processing, identifying capability gaps, recommending enhancements, and contributing to long-term technology planning.
• Drive collaboration with cross-functional, operational, and cross-site teams, facilitating shared understanding, alignment, and enterprise integration; represent the team in high-visibility technical discussions and customer engagements.

Requirements

• 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.
• 3+ years of experience in signals analysis.
• Experience with RF signals, communications systems, and network protocols.
• Experience in analytical thinking and pattern recognition.
• Experience interpreting complex technical data and producing clear product reporting.
• Experience in presentation and reporting.
• Experience integrating algorithms into operations or production software environments.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Advanced technical training in signal processing and related disciplines.
• Specific program domain knowledge.
• Experience using analysis tools and environments such as MATLAB, Python (NumPy/SciPy/Pandas), or equivalent.
• Experience with C/C++, Java or similar.