Sr. Principal Radar / RF Electrical Subsystems Engineer

About the role

The Advanced Effector Guidance Systems (AEGS) Department within Raytheon Hardware Engineering seeks a Senior Principal Radar / RF-focused Electrical Subsystems Engineer with extensive experience in RF subsystem design, radar development, and RF seeker integration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and architect radar and RF subsystem solutions, including front-end RF chains, antennas, high-speed digitizing paths, and signal-processing-critical interfaces.
• Perform modeling, analysis, and simulation of RF and radar subsystem performance, including ultra-wideband (UWB) and high-power-density architectures.
• Evaluate hardware designs, subsystems, and components for radar seekers and related RF systems.
• Generate and document subsystem-level requirements, interface definitions, test plans, and verification artifacts.
• Conduct technical peer reviews and serve as subject matter expert for radar/RF integration topics.
• Support lab testing, field test events, and root-cause failure analysis for radar and RF subsystems.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical excellence across the organization.
• Collaborate regularly with program leadership, functional management, suppliers, and customers.
• May support multiple programs simultaneously and travel domestically and internationally as required.
• Build and leverage cross-functional networks to solve complex technical challenges.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) and 10 years of prior relevant experience (advanced degrees substitute per policy).
• Experience with electrical hardware development.
• Experience in developing RF electrical subsystems, radar hardware, or RF seeker architectures.
• Experience in subsystem or systems engineering, requirement development, and validation.
• RF Modeling experience in HFSS and/or CST.
• Experience with high-power-density RF architectures and thermal/electrical trade-space management.
• Experience with high-speed digitizing and high-bandwidth memory systems.
• Hands-on experience with missile radar or RF seeker subsystems.
• Background in detailed design, troubleshooting, and integration of radar/RF components.
• Experience or knowledge of adaptive radar resolution-improvement techniques.
• Deep understanding of S-parameters and impedance-matching techniques.
• Experience with systems engineering and architecture.
• Experience working with missile systems or high-reliability products.
• Knowledge of mixed-signal electronics.
• Familiarity with ultra-wide-bandwidth microwave components and design approaches.
• Ability to manage cross-functional teams and drive suppliers.
• Strong understanding of thermal, electrical, and microwave physics dependencies.
• Knowledge of DoD/DoW hardware development processes.
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).

Benefits

• 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.
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs.

Pay

$132,400 - $251,600 USD

Schedule

Onsite

Benefits

• Relocation assistance available.

Skills

• Electrical hardware development.
• RF electrical subsystems, radar hardware, or RF seeker architectures.
• Subsystems or systems engineering.
• RF modeling.
• High-power-density RF architectures.
• High-speed digitizing and high-bandwidth memory systems.
• Adaptive radar resolution-improvement techniques.
• S-parameters and impedance-matching techniques.
• Systems engineering and architecture.
• Mixed-signal electronics.
• Ultra-wide-bandwidth microwave components and design approaches.
• Thermal, electrical, and microwave physics dependencies.
• Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).

Pay

$132,400 - $251,600 USD

Schedule

Onsite

Location

Tucson, AZ