Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - Ground Segment (onsite)

Date Posted:

2024-03-27

Country:

United States of America

Location:

CO102: 16800 E Centretech Pkwy,Aurora 16800 East Centretech Pkwy Building S75, Aurora, CO, 80011 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.

Job Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - Ground Segment. In this role, you will be supporting factory ground segment Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Systems Engineering Integration & Test (SEIT) activities for an operational mission to include hands-on troubleshooting, regression testing and verification. You will also interact and communicate with mission operations personnel to assist, plan, and troubleshoot activities.

Responsibilities to Anticipate

• Interacting with O&M personnel to understand and resolve issues and problems
• Decomposing requirements, defining system interfaces, and helping determine how requirements will be validated and verified by the test team
• Provide engineering support and technical direction for the implementation of a portion of the programs test Program
• Provide verification and validation and regression testing support across all deliverable releases 

This position is an onsite role at our Aurora, CO (Denver area) campus

Basic Qualifications: 

• Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree in Technology, Engineering, or related Technical field with a minimum 10+ years' relevant or equivalent experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulation
• Active and transferable Top Secret / SCI Security Clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
• Antenna and Ground equipment Hardware familiarity
• Experience with Equinox Software Products, RTX Eclipse experience highly preferred
• Systems Integration and/or Test Engineering experience on a large government software development contract
• Experience with test verification of requirements and integration and test procedures and plans

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Satellite Command and Control, Mission Planning and Scheduling domain
• Experience with L, S and X bands
• Experience leading engineering teams working with requirements
• Experience working in a multi-discipline environment and familiarity with Agile and DevSecOps development methods
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to communicate status, issues, and resolution plans across all major stakeholders during factory SEIT activities
• Familiarity with automation techniques
• Experience with Operations and Maintenance Activities

What We Offer:

Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a total rewards package that goes above and beyond with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.

Additional Information:

* Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for this role.

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Location Information

Aurora, CO: https://careers.rtx.com/global/en/raytheon-aurora-co-location

The salary range for this role is 118,000 USD - 246,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee