Senior Systems Engineer, Operations Research Analyst

Date Posted:

2025-05-13

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 Integrated Solutions Modeling & Architecture (ISMA) directorate develops, evaluates, and implements architecture solutions for our customers’ largest, most complex challenges across all operational domains. In the Operations and Mission Analysis Department you’ll be part of a special team that analyzes the world’s most challenging threats and helps define new capabilities to counter them, pushing the boundaries of innovation, and leading the industry in operational modeling and simulation using our purpose-built software. As a team member in the Operations Research section, you will join a high-performing team of fellow engineers working to support the customer across the operational domains.

Raytheon’s Operation Research department is currently seeking a Operations Research Analyst, Senior Systems Engineer. This is an onsite role in Tucson, AZ.

What You Will Do

• Develop, analyze, and assess system operations and results specific to the customer’s operational problem sets in the operational domains of maritime, land, air, and space.
• Use software tools and methods, campaign analysis, and system level visualization to describe results and recommendations to the customer.
• Develop and visualize solutions to worldwide challenges which benefit our warfighters.
• Develop and integrate computer models and simulations which effectively capture systems of systems effects in varied and complex threat environments. You will use the model to generate virtual and/or analytical solutions, identify technology gaps, and demonstrate operational benefits of new concepts in complex scenarios.
• Develop requirements, and test system performance.
• Provide support to simulation, modeling and analysis activities throughout the product lifecycle.

After some initial experience, you can expect to also use your skills to augment and support:

• Contribute to system modeling and data analysis activities for the purpose of supporting new business, missile system design and performance.
• Collaborate in a team environment, receive input from the program, external customers, or team experts, and work on diverse projects, as you determine, develop, and implement analytic approaches that will generate the supporting data to inform programmatic decisions.
• Participate in the development and implementation of model-based solutions to support mission trade studies using mission and engagement level simulations to ensure they meet defined requirements and performance. 

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience.

• Modeling & simulation experience with government engagement models: AFSIM, Brawler, Radguns, and/or ESAMS
• Object-oriented design using C/C++
• Scripting experience with Shell, Perl and/or Python
• Ability to obtain Interim Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date

Qualifications We Prefer

• Advanced Degree in Operations Research, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering, or Mathematics preferred.  (Advanced degree can count as additional experience)
• Experience with statistical and data analysis and commercial data analysis software packages.
• Experience using Unix or Linux computing environments
• Experience in Software requirements development and Software design, integration, and test.
• Experience communicating and interacting with government counterparts
• Experience with STL and Boost Libraries
• Experience in Military CONOPs

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