Raytheon · 1 day ago
Principal Systems Engineer
Aurora, CO
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$108K/yr - $204K/yr
8+ years expRaytheon is a leading company dedicated to helping the nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. They are seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to work in a collaborative environment, focusing on satellite ground systems and cyber solutions to national security threats.
Intellectual PropertyInternetWeb Hosting
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Apply Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies to analyze, decompose, and implement customer objectives and needs into actionable system requirements and designs
Collaborate within an Agile product team to deliver tangible, value-added work products that meet program objectives
Define, analyze, and manage system interfaces, ensuring seamless integration and alignment with overall system architecture
Maintain a systems-level perspective, ensuring that operational end goals are kept in focus from the start through program execution
Actively participate in working groups, technical exchanges, and collaboration sessions with customers, industry partners, and internal stakeholders to ensure alignment of objectives and solutions
Support the development and delivery of systems engineering artifacts, including requirements, architecture, models, and design documentation
Work within a closed area lab in Aurora, Colorado
Qualification
Required
Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience
Experience working in a Satellite Ground System development or operations environment
Experience with ground station and satellite domains (such as terrestrial data networking, command and telemetry, launch operations, flight dynamics, mission planning, on-orbit operations)
Experience working in Agile development environments, including participation in product teams
Experience maintaining a system-level perspective while driving detailed design and implementation activities
Active and transferable U.S. government issued DOD TS/SCI is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Preferred
Experience to engage effectively with customers and external partners, fostering collaboration and alignment
Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools and methodologies
Experience with industry-standard MBSE tools such as Cameo, or similar
Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
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
Raytheon
Raytheon, an RTX business, creates next-generation defense solutions that are smarter, faster and better than previously thought possible.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$16MKey Investors
United States Air Force
2012-01-17Series Unknown· $5.5M
2009-10-26Acquired
2009-10-01Series Unknown· $10.5M
Leadership Team
Arunava Chatterjee
Executive Director of Ghost Black Operations & CEO & CTO
Kieran Nolan
Chief Enterprise Architect / IT CTO
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