Lead Systems Engineer - Shipboard Effector Capture

Date Posted:

2025-02-24

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

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. 

We are currently hiring a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to join the Shipboard Missiles SSBU as part of the Naval Interceptors (NI) Department within the System Design & Architecture (SDA) organization.  This is an onsite position located in Tucson, AZ.

This role is key to developing the architecture for a future shipboard effector system, continuing Raytheon’s 70-plus year key role in the Navy’s fleet defense.  This role will chart the path for systems which if competitively awarded may result in billions of production sales. 

The Shipboard Effector Capture Lead Systems Engineer (LSE) will be a key member of the Technology Director’s team and Office of the Chief Engineer (OCE).  The LSE is accountable for key decisions directing program capture which directly affects our competitive strategy. The LSE works closely with the capture team to advance technology and integrate it into weapon systems that answer the customer’s future needs.  The LSE operates through influence across Raytheon and customer technical leadership. The LSE must develop a holistic architecture of the system of systems for Raytheon to scope the work for technology development, which will answer the needs of the customer.  Model Based Systems Engineering is a key enabler for future Shipboard Effector programs, so the LSE must have demonstrated experience in this engineering method.  The capture LSE drives a common vision to the teams to allow coordinated execution of the concept during pursuit and transition to development phases.  This will require that the LSE work across the RTX business to leverage company technology and resources needed by the program. The LSE supports program knowledge point planning through the development process, while also expanding the approaches to problem solving and designing optimal solutions.  In addition, the LSE brings Systems thinking to the program capture team, promoting efficient execution of early programs and solid footing to win new business.   As a member of the OCE, the LSE is responsible for the technical leadership of a multi-disciplined engineering team that will start out small, but grow as multi-disciplined engineers and staff are added to aid the development, integration, verification, and fielding of future Shipboard Effector programs. The LSE is also one of the senior technical interfaces with the US Navy Government Program Office, JHU/APL (Technical Design Agent for the US Navy), and a multitude of external government offices, industry partners, contractors, suppliers, and other stakeholders. 

The LSE is expected to mentor lead engineers both technically and with their career.  In this role, certification as a Level 4 LSE (within Raytheon) or equivalent is anticipated to ensure that Raytheon LSE values and behaviors can be applied daily to this complex program.

What You Will Do

• You will guide the system architecture, design, integration, verification, and planned production from a technical perspective across Requirements and Capabilities office, Technology Directors, Technology Area Leads, the Office the of Chief Engineer, and multiple IPTs.

• You will communicate to Raytheon leadership to provide technical program status, accomplishments, issues, and help needed, while influencing the team to ensure appropriate and effective program alignment and teamwork.

• You will coordinate technical aspects with leaders across multiple programs to ensure alignment in Raytheon programs that share common technologies, interfaces, hardware, and software.

• You will interact and coordinate with program stakeholders, including program customers, government organizations, industry partners, contractors, suppliers, and other stakeholders to influence and guide development efforts of future Shipboard Effector systems; including System of Systems aspects, weapon kill chain definition, and weapon system interfaces.

• You will be expected to rapidly assimilate and apply knowledge in varied and disparate technical fields to achieve balanced system performance.

• You will be expected to accurately interpret expected customer requirements and objectives, effectively decomposing such into actionable direction to