SR. Principal Systems Engineer - Space Mission Systems (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-03-04

Country:

United States of America

Location:

TX234: Richardson 1717 CityLine 1717 East CityLine Drive Building C17, Richardson, TX, 75082 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 have an exciting opportunity for a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - Space Mission Systems supporting one of our premier programs in the business unit, where your knowledge with regards to clarification of requirements, system engineering analyses, algorithm development, requirements definition and derivation, interface definition, and requirement validation and verification will be put to good use. This work will be on-site in either our Aurora, CO or Richardson, TX campuses.

What You Will Do

• Provide technical analyses and define how the system works creating use cases
• Decompose requirements, define system interfaces and help determine how requirements will be validated and verified by the test team
• Provide engineering support and technical direction for the execution of a portion of the programs test program including test processes and baseline definition, test architecture design, verification, and validation
• Support regression testing across deliverable releases to the program baseline.
• Support and attend technical reviews and technical interchanges in support of the program

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum 10+ years of prior relevant experience
• Active and transferable Top Secret Clearance or Top Secret / SCI Clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a Security Clearance
• Systems Engineering lifecycle experience with roles and functions, along with specific experience in one or more of the following areas: operations concept development, requirements management, functional analysis/synthesis, interface definition and control, and/or verification and validation
• Development experience on a government contract
• Experience with Agile and DevSecOps development methods
• Experience with the Microsoft Office suite of tools (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

Qualifications We Prefer

• Good oral and written communication skills as well as good collaboration skills and the ability to work in a team environment
• Experience in Satellite Command/Control, Mission Management or Planning
• Experience with Agile tool sets (JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket, etc.)
• Experience working with requirements in DOORS or other requirements databases
• Experience working in DevOps and/or DevSecOps in an Agile development environment
• Scripting knowledge (eg: Python)

What We Offer:

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation

Learn More & Apply Now!

• 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:  This position is an onsite role at our Aurora, CO (Denver area) campus: https://careers.rtx.com/global/en/raytheon-aurora-co-location - OR - at our Richardson, TX (North Dallas) campus: https://careers.rtx.com/global/en/raytheon-north-texas-location

The salary range for this role is 124,000 USD - 250,000 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.