Principal Systems Test & Operations Engineer

Date Posted:

2025-01-21

Country:

United States of America

Location:

VA541: 22110 Pacific Blvd, Dulles 22110 Pacific Boulevard Building CC3, Sterling, VA, 20166-6913 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.

• The Operation and Maintenance Senior Engineer will execute multiple aspects of the Operations and Maintenance discipline to keep the system running and up to date.  

• Responsibilities will include monitoring production systems, updating production and test systems, troubleshooting issues, logging defects and implementing temporary workarounds, and engaging with end users and stakeholders.

• This role will work with the customer and engineering leadership to analyze and document customer issues, problem resolution, and customer follow-up for release activities and ad hoc problem reports generated by the user community. 

What You Will Do

• The O&M Senior Engineer will work with the team to identify and assign local and reach back resources to resolve, track, and deploy solutions to customer generated questions, problem reports and pop-up queries.   

• The O&M Senior Engineer will also have continual contact with the user community for day-to-day issues. 

• The candidate must also possess the ability to multi-task, adapt to rapidly changing circumstances, effectively network, and communicate to the relevant stakeholders.

• Member of a team of 4-8 employees working Operations and Maintenance of a software-based system in a DevSecOps environment.

• Communicate and present complex technical issues across various audiences including customers, executives, program management, and individual contributors.

• Aid in root cause analysis of issues and anomalies as encountered and document, communicate impact, and ensure resolutions are implemented and verified.

• Obtain and maintain TS/SCI access as required by program.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a bachelor’s in science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM), and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience or 6 years of relevant experience with a Master's degree in (STEM).

• Experience in system engineering and technical leadership experience with software systems. 

• Experience in agile development activities, including requirements specification and integration test and verification activities (full life-cycle)

• Experience in interacting with external customers, including both programmatic and technical presentation experience

• Active and transferable U.S. government issued TS/SCI with Poly security clearance prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience with SIGINT, GEOINT, or Multi-INT Intelligence Community (IC) background with end user mission experience.

• Experience in cloud-based S/W architectures and systems.

• Experience in technical cost and schedule for systems engineering and software integration.

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.

• Relocation Eligibility

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• RTX solves some of the toughest challenges in aerospace and defense. That requires expansive thinking and bold innovation – and that, in turn, requires a culture that is diverse, equitable and inclusive.

• We embrace individuality and diversity of thought to fuel opportunity for our employees, our customers, and our communities. We work toward progress, knowing that a more inclusive world is critical to our mission. Not just in this moment, but always.

• 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.

• This position requires a security c