Principal Engineer, Systems Engineering - Process & Metrics

Date Posted:

2026-07-14

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-AZ-TUCSON-805 ~ 1151 E Hermans Rd ~ BLDG 805

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

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 Type:

DoD Clearance: Secret

Security Clearance Status:

Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date

At RTX, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.  

Raytheon brings 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. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedom and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. 

The Systems Engineering & Test Capabilities (SETC) Process and Metrics Engineer defines, improves, and sustains SETC processes and associated metrics that enable effective program execution, increase organizational visibility, and support continuous improvement. This role partners with the SETC Process Council, Engineering Leaders, program teams, and functional stakeholders to establish practical, scalable processes; develop meaningful leading indicators and performance measures; support metric data collection and analysis; and translate insights into actionable improvement recommendations. The ideal candidate brings a strong understanding of systems engineering and integration and test execution in complex development environments, along with the ability to balance process rigor with operational usefulness and execution efficiency.

What You Will Do

This position can be based out of Tucson AZ., El Segundo, CA., Goleta, CA., Tewkesbury MA., McKinney, TX., Huntsville, AL., Aurora, CO., Atlanta, GA.

• Define, document, deploy, maintain, and continuously improve practical, scalable Systems Engineering & Test Capabilities (SETC) execution processes, workflows, and guidance artifacts.
• Develop, document, and sustain meaningful metrics and leading indicators, including intent, operational definitions, calculation methods, data sources, business rules, reporting cadence, and usage guidance.
• Partner with engineering leaders, program teams, quality, and functional stakeholders to identify process and measurement needs aligned with organizational objectives and effective program execution.
• Support development, implementation and sustainment of manual, tool-enabled, and automated data collection methods to improve metric quality, repeatability, efficiency, and reporting consistency.
• Analyze SETC execution data to identify trends, risks, performance gaps, and improvement opportunities, and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Architect dashboards, scorecards, summaries, and leadership briefings that provide clear, actionable insight into execution performance.
• Facilitate stakeholder working sessions to align on process expectations, metric definitions, thresholds, reporting approaches, and interpretation of results.
• Support process and metric governance by ensuring definitions are clear, auditable, and scalable, and by contributing to change control, reporting consistency, and continuous improvement across the organization.

What You Will Learn

• Knowledge of engineering lifecycle execution and how disciplined processes support cost, schedule, technical, and quality outcomes.
• Ability to develop meaningful execution metrics that are practical to collect and aligned with leadership objectives.
• Ability to translate ambiguous problems into clear process, data, and decision frameworks.
• Ability to build stakeholder alignment across engineering disciplines, program teams, and functional organizations.

Qualifications You Must Have

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum of 8 years prior relevant experience.
• Experience as a Systems Engineering (