Senior Systems Engineer

About the role

The Senior Systems Engineer supports one of our premier programs, providing technical leadership, systems modeling and analysis, design development support, and test expertise to Agile software development teams and engineering stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative approaches and solutions to address some of our customers' most complex technical challenges
• Collaborate with Agile development teams across diverse product areas, including sensors, effectors, command and control, and other mission-focused capabilities
• Develop, validate, and benchmark models (constructive, simulation, and systems-focused) to support integrated system-of-systems architecture solutions
• Lead the development of kill chain performance models, engagement models, military CONOPS visualizations, mission-level operations research, and multi-fidelity simulations
• Apply operations research techniques to support complex mission solutions
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across Raytheon to integrate capabilities, technical expertise, and products across the organization
• Support complex, multidisciplinary engineering efforts that bring together diverse technologies and mission capabilities to deliver innovative solutions

Requirements

• You must have typically a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5+ years of prior relevant experience
• Experience supporting low- to mid-Technology Readiness Level (TRL) mission system development and prototyping efforts
• Experience with modeling, simulation, and analysis across at least two levels of the modeling and simulation hierarchy, including mission, engagement, and engineering analysis
• Experience with government-owned analysis tools, such as AFRL tools AFSIM and ARGOS
• Experience with scripting languages (MATLAB and/or Python), programming languages (C++), and object-oriented design principles
• Experience modeling and analyzing low- to mid-TRL electro-optical (EO) and/or radio frequency (RF) systems
• Absolutely required an active and transferable U.S. government-issued TS/SCI security clearance
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Qualifications

• Master of Science degree in Operations Research or an advanced degree in a STEM-related field is preferred
• Experience with modern Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) practices, including common architectures, platform interfaces, and Open Mission Systems (OMS) concepts
• Experience applying fuzzy logic and/or artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) techniques
• Experience supporting U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Joint or Military Service-level requirements development processes
• Operational experience in Air, Land, Naval, or Space/Orbital Warfare domains, including requirements development, mission tactics development, weapon system employment, and U.S. military concepts of operations (CONOPS)
• Experience utilizing Agile engineering tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and Jama
• Experience working as an Agile Systems Engineering team member supporting software development efforts