Associate Director, Systems Engineering - High Speed Air Breathing (HSAB) System Performance Lead

Date Posted:

2025-04-29

Country:

United States of America

Location:

AZ805: RMS AP Bldg 805 1151 East Hermans Road Building 805, Tucson, AZ, 85756 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance​

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Secret

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.

The Processing, Guidance and Controls (PG&C) Center within the Systems Engineering and Test Capabilities (SE&TC) Discipline consists of Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC), Signal Processing (SP) and Modeling and Simulation disciplines for Effectors.

The PG&C Center is currently hiring for an Associate Director, Systems Engineering - High Speed Air Breathing (HSAB) System Performance Lead in Tucson, AZ.  This position will lead all HSAB development across multiple program areas.

This critical role will be responsible to lead a cross-discipline team of engineers executing all HSAB tasks across the portfolio to ensure delivery of the missile systems per Program plans. The role requires leading a high visibility development program including frequent technical and programmatic interactions with the customer, technical community, platform and kill chain contractors and senior Raytheon leadership.

This is an onsite position located in Tucson, AZ.

What You Will Do

• Lead the High-Speed Air-Breathing architecture of all products across the multiple programs and captures.
• Lead the design of the High-Speed Air-Breathing Missiles and Projectiles via System Performance Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis.
• Influence the architecture of the system, establishing processes, and align Raytheon program leadership, office of the chief engineer, and multiple CPTs / IPTs
• Interact and coordinate with customer community stakeholders, including acquisition and technical groups, to influence and guide the development of programs mission requirements.
• Lead the execution of all assigned work scope, determine the allocation of personnel within the team to perform that work, and review and approve any contract deliverables before delivery to the program stakeholders.
• Work within agile framework to lead development of backlogs, plans, and metrics.
• Support continuous improvement of people, processes, and tools.
• Identification, establishment and implementation of best practices and lessons learned.
• Utilize agile development methods, automation, and continuous integration.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience.
• Engineering experience in High-Speed Air-Breathing, Aerodynamics, Propulsion and GNC
• Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience in the following high-speed missile system applications:
  • Design and development of the high-speed airbreathing missile-based architecture including system performance analysis
  • Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) of the inlet, combustor, and nozzle
  • Modeling of Ramjet propulsion, Fuel delivery system and OTIS
  • Design and analysis of high-speed air-breathing wind tunnel, ground, and flight tests.

• Experience with scramjet, rotating detonation engine and other propulsion technologies for high-speed missiles.
• Experience with evaluating supersonic propulsion concept performance and operability, including cycle analysis, operability envelopes, and inlet/combustor component analysis and test data assessment.
• Experience managing and/or leading cross-disciplined teams in a technical capacity.
• Experience with MATLAB, C, C++, and/or Object-Oriented design.
• Experience in capture and proposal development for HSAB technologies.
• Active and transferable Secret U.S. govern