Lead Systems Engineer, Senior Principal Systems Engineer

Date Posted:

2025-04-16

Country:

United States of America

Location:

MA133: Tewksbury, Ma Bldg 3 Concord 50 Apple Hill Drive Concord - Building 3, Tewksbury, MA, 01876 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.

Raytheon’s Systems Engineering and Test Capabilities Discipline is the central focus for Mission Systems Integration activities responsible for defining customer needs, functional and product architecture, requirements definition and decomposition, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Verification and Validation, test capabilities, Life Cycle and System Security Engineering (SSE).

The Radar Systems (RS) Department is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer (Sr. Principal Systems Engineer,) to join the LTAMDS program to support the Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract. The Lead Systems Engineer (LSE) is an integral part of the Office of the Chief Engineer (OCE) and is the principal arbiter of Systems requirements and design. The LSE supports the OCE to ensure technical execution and system compliance to contractual requirements.  

This is an onsite role in Tewksbury, MA.

What You Will Do   

• Responsible for developing and executing the production requirements verification strategy in alignment with the overall LTAMDS requirements verification strategy.
• Responsible for ensuring that LTAMDS production hardware meets performance and non-performance requirements at the A-spec, B-spec and C-spec Levels.
• Influence the creation of specifications to ensure that they support production and analyzes production data to ensure complex requirements have been met.
• Interact extensively with LTAMDS Test Architect, Program Managers, Directorate Leads, Chief Engineers, Lead Systems Engineers, Operations, Supply Chain and Technical SMEs.
• Coordinate with other program IPTs/CPTs to draw on their subject matter experts to address emergent issues across the systems, software, and hardware domains.
• Interface with the customer community on a regular basis to share test status, issues, and address programmatic concerns.
• Have a good knowledge base for Model Based Systems Engineering and how to use this in Integration and Test for the requirements verification strategy
• Actively drive the optimization of DTUPC metric(s) for the LTAMDS radar
• This position will require some domestic and international travel (Approximately 10% travel)

Qualifications You Must Have  

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience leading teams and IPT’s in Systems Engineering or Multi-Disciplined Engineering
• Experience interfacing with program/functional management
• Experience using tools and metrics in managing Program activities
• 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.

Qualifications We Prefer  

• Self-starter – proactive in determining goals and objectives and pursuing the necessary course of action
• Experience as a Lead Systems Engineer or Chief Engineer on previous programs  
• Experience in preparing customer and/or senior leadership briefings and presenting them  
• Experience in schedule development, action item management, requirement change management and overall development and progress metrics
• EVMS Certified (or equivalent)
• Knowledge navigating the organization and working with stakeholders across the company to develop solutions to key program challenges

What We Offer

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
• Relocation Eligible – relocation assistance is provided for this position

Learn More & Apply Now!

Please consider the following role type definition 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.