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RTX · 3 weeks ago

Principal Systems Engineer - Missile Guidance, Navigation, & Control Engineer

AZ848: RMS AP Bldg 848 1151 East Hermans Road Building 848, Tucson, AZ, 85756 USA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$101K/yr - $203K/yr

8+ years exp

RTX is a company dedicated to helping the nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. They are seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to support missile programs by evaluating, designing, implementing, and integrating embedded software algorithms, while collaborating with a team in an integrated product environment.

AerospaceManufacturingSecuritySensorTelecommunications

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Development, integration, and testing of embedded tactical missile flight code

Definition and execution of system level performance studies and analyses to inform the development and integration of new capabilities, refinement of existing capability, or to address obsolescence

Work within an agile framework to lead development of backlogs, plans, and metrics

Provide experience and guidance to help the program train new engineers and execute efficiently and effectively

Support missile performance analysis including model development, system optimization, and Monte Carlo assessments with expected system disturbances

Qualification

GNCSignal ProcessingModeling / SimulationEmbedded Software DevelopmentMATLABPythonC/C++Kalman Filter DesignMonte Carlo AnalysisAgile MethodologyTeam LeadershipCommunication Skills

Required

Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Physics, Mathematics, or a related STEM degree and a minimum of 8 years prior relevant experience

GNC, Signal Processing, and/or Modeling / Simulation experience

Engineering experience in missile system applications to include at least two of the following: Digital and/or modern control systems, Dynamics, Kalman filter design, Monte Carlo analysis, Development and/or simulation of physical systems, Signal processing, Verification and validation, System-level performance assessments, GPS/INS navigation systems, sensors, and algorithms, Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (APNT) systems, sensors, and algorithms for navigation in GPS-degraded environments

Experience with MATLAB, Python, C, C++, and/or Object-Oriented design

Experience with GNC and/or Signal Processing algorithms within a simulation or physical environment

Experience managing or leading others in a technical and/or functional capacity within an engineering environment

Active and transferable Secret U.S. government issued Security Clearance is required prior to start date with the ability to obtain special program access after start

Preferred

Advanced Degree in Engineering, Science, Physics, Mathematics, or a related STEM degree

8 or more years of GNC, Signal Processing, and/or Modeling / Simulation experience

Ability to communicate effectively with executive leadership and customers regarding matters of significant importance

Ability to balance multiple concurrent priorities with overlapping deadline in an Agile environment

Subject Matter Expert in at least one of the following areas: RF algorithm design, GNC algorithm design, autopilot algorithm design or Software in Simulation

Experience with and demonstrable achievement in systems engineering principals with regards to product development

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Flexible work schedules

Employee assistance program

Employee Scholar Program

Parental leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Company

RTX

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RTX is comprised of three market-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon – working as one to answer the biggest questions and solve the hardest problems in aerospace and defense.

Founded in 1922

Arlington, Virginia, USA

10001+ employees