Raytheon

Would you like to be part of the new space movement? Are you a rock star engineer? Do you have the leadership gene? Raytheon Intelligence & Space is the place for you. In the last few years you might have seen in your social media feed amazingly beautiful images of the Earth from space in exquisite detail. Or perhaps images in the news forecasting the weather and reporting on natural disasters. Maybe you’ve even gazed at images from deep space wondering when humans will journey to the farthest reaches of the universe. Behind many of these amazing images are the technologies and innovations created by the engineers at Raytheon Intelligence & Space. Situated in sunny Southern California, a location rich in aerospace history, we have unparalleled heritage in advanced sensing systems for space exploration, national security and civil space. We are actively seeking engineers to help evolve our technology and grow our business into new domains and markets. Are you up to the challenge? We’re looking for you.

Job Description:

The Systems Engineering Center (SEC) is seeking strong, technically sound engineering leaders committed and passionate about creating innovative, cost-effective solutions for complex remote sensing applications. The successful candidate will be a member of the Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Communications Department and will be responsible for ensuring the technical integrity and quality of the systems engineering work throughout the program life cycle of a large Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Communications (ISRC) RF Program, including IRAD and related pursuits. The RF Payload System Engineer will be responsible for the development of sensor and payload requirements and specifications. The successful candidate will interface directly with customers and across all IPTs, including system architects, and system/subsystem designers. The RF Payload Systems Engineer will provide technical leadership and oversight from requirements definition and flow down, to system verification and validation to ensure compliance with engineering processes and procedures throughout all phases of the program. External to the program, this position interfaces with the Program Area Chief Engineer, Business Area Chief Engineer and Functional Managers as well as non-engineering organizations such as finance, operations, supply chain, contracts and mission assurance.

Required Skills:

• Minimum of 10 years of RF Space Systems engineering experience
• Experience in development (design, fabrication, integration & test) of high reliability space products
• Demonstrated experience with defining and developing RF Payload systems and/or sensors
• Experience in RF engineering and design integration – interpreting sensor/payload requirements and decomposing to design requirements and verification techniques
• Demonstrated experience in providing technical leadership and oversight of a Space product development effort, including requirements development, allocation, verification and analysis; hardware and software system level integration, validation and verification and interface definition; CONOPS development; and management of technical performance measures
• Experience in leading design reviews (e.g. System Requirements Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review) and establishing technical baseline
• Experience identifying engineering resources (people, processes, facilities & tools) required to produce engineering work product requirements
• Experience with developing and presenting technical briefings to the customer and company leadership
• Experience establishing and maintaining working relationship with all levels of the organization, including customers, users, and other peer groups
• Experience effectively leading teams of technical experts to resolve challenging technical problems
• Experience in leading technical peer reviews
• Willingness to mentor program junior engineers and review their work for quality
• Ability to maintain technical baseline control within fixed cost and schedule constraints
• Ability to effectively act as the bridge between program management and technical staff
• Ability to foster culture in-line with high performance and cohesive teams necessary to meet the technical, schedule and cost challenges
• Experience supporting the development of new business proposals and pursuits
• U.S. Citizenship and ability to access US only data systems
• Active Top Secret clearance or SSBI

Desired Skills:

• Experience as Lead Systems Engineer on a large RF space program or another role providing technical leadership to a large engineering team
• Experience with system or subsystem level Integration, Verification and Validation (IV&V)
• Experience with supporting enterprise level, multi-segment requirements definition
• Experience in proposal development including creations of Basis-of-Estimates
• Experience with the technical review and approval of proposals and Gates to ensure technical and execution feasibility
• Familiarity with cost and schedule management using a government approved Earned Value Management System
• Proposal management, from initial pursuit and capture planning to proposal delivery

Required Education (including Major):

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM), or Master’s degree in relevant field with 10 years of engineering experience

This position requires either a U.S. Person or a Non-U.S. Person who is eligible to obtain any required Export Authorization. 161397

Raytheon is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.