Sr Principal Systems Engineer - Onsite

About the role

The Operations and Mission Analysis (Southwest) department within Raytheon’s Integrated Solutions Modeling and Architecture Directorate (ISMA) is seeking a Systems Engineer to support the Advanced Technology organization. This role is an onsite position located in Tucson, AZ.

Responsibilities

• Tasking is expected to include a mix of vehicle design and system sizing, mission performance analysis, and trajectory optimization.
• Analyze notional missions and hardware for feasibility and engage with engineers across disciplines to improve models and understand performance drivers.
• Develop common mission analysis, performance analysis, and mission planning toolsets for a various portfolio.
• Utilize grid computing infrastructure to enable generation and analysis of large datasets.
• Produce visualizations of complex systems and mission CONOPs in STK or similar tools.
• Cook with product line management and customers.
• Work closely with programs & AT leadership to develop concepts and mature technologies for new business development and capture.
• Pursue IRAD funding and author intellectual property disclosures.
• Engage directly in mission planning application software development and testing.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience.
• Depth in at least one system-level or subsystem-level technical domain:
• Guidance, Navigation, and Control
• Orbital Mechanics
• Mission Planning
• Mission Analysis / Performance Analysis
• Satellite Technology
• Multidisciplinary design, System-of-Systems design
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, MATLAB, and/or C++, and familiarity with both Windows and Linux environments.
• Experience in one or more of the following skill areas:
• System performance, CONOPS
• Algorithms and signal processing
• Modeling and simulation (i.e., 6-DOF)

We Prefer

• Advanced Degree in STEM (and can be considered as additional years of experience).
• An understanding of vehicle conceptual design, advanced design methods, numerical optimization methods, and data analytics.
• Experience in building physics-based models and choosing an appropriate fidelity for the questions being asked.
• Highly self-motivated and independent work ethic.
• Ability to question data and address root cause issues.
• Familiarity with Git version control and SLURM grid computing infrastructure.
• Experience with Ansys STK

What We Offer

• Safe, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation
• 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, Holidays
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs

Pay Range

$132,400 - $251,600 USD

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, Holidays

Equal Opportunity Employer

Raytheon Technologies 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.