P4 Development Flight Test Lead

Date Posted:

2025-11-05

Country:

United States of America

Location:

AZ204: RMS Rita Road Bldg 9020 9000 South Rita Rd Building 9020, Tucson, AZ, 85747 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 SE&TC organization is searching for a Principal Systems Integration and Test Engineer with passion for platform integration, and test.  The Principal Systems Integration and Test Engineer works within the Naval Air Missiles Strategic Business Unit that operates through coordination across all other Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) among disciplines and is accountable for sub-system and system level test execution throughout the lifecycle of the program.

The successful candidate will have hands-on experience with rapid prototyping, integrating, and testing Naval Air Missiles, and platform integration, and will be comfortable working in a technically challenging and fast-paced environment. They will work collaboratively with leadership and across disciplines to align to program objectives, and test plans to maximize test coverage, coordinate test events and resources, perform hands on integration and testing, and brief results to leadership.  They will coordinate with test facilities and make critical decisions regarding test strategies, venues, and scenarios.  This will require the Principal Systems Integration and Test Engineer to work across the Raytheon business and utilize past experience to leverage technology and resources needed by the program.

The person in this role has to coordinate and prioritize the development flight test team’s efforts across multiple development programs, working directly with development IPTs, OCEs, the customer, and USG ranges.

This position may require travel (up to 50% travel) to test ranges, supplier, and customer sites.

What You Will Do:

• Operate and test units in multiple terrains, adverse weather conditions, and realistic operational scenarios to verify system performance.

• Perform weapon and platform integration, characterization, and field testing to ensure the system under test performs according to specifications/requirements.

• Support field testing and occasional travel for durations typically for a one-week to three-week duration.

• Utilize metrics and tracking tools to log, categorize, and escalate issues effectively. Perform data reduction and analysis, document test results, anomalies, and observations to engineering and leadership.

• Collaborate across teams to test process improvements and recommend corrections/changes.

• Please note: This position requires you to work on site. No remote work available.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Requires a Bachelors in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline, such as Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics or Math and a minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience.

• Experience in troubleshooting issues, designing and carrying out diagnostic experiments, and thoughtfully interpreting experimental results .

• Experience with data logging, telemetry, or system performance analysis.

• Experience creating and modifying documentation in support of reviews associated with formal testing, which may include Test Readiness Review (TRR), Consent to Ship (CTS) and Test Data Review (TDR) packages.

• Experience working closely with Suppliers and U.S. Government stakeholders with regards to System Integration and Test activities and leading or supporting field tests and systems deployed in the field.

• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Familiar with the DoD acquisition process and proposal development.

• Relevant experience with Platform/System Integration and Checkout activities inc