Raytheon · 4 hours ago
Raytheon Vision Systems - Senior Systems Engineer
Goleta, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$96K/yr - $182K/yr
5+ years expRaytheon is a leading defense contractor dedicated to helping the nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. They are seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to manage multidisciplinary engineering activities related to airborne and space electro-optical and infrared surveillance and targeting sensor systems, ensuring products are developed within cost, schedule, and performance parameters.
Intellectual PropertyInternetWeb Hosting
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
You will work with the Program Chief Engineer (PCE), Lead Systems Engineer (LSE), and Integrated Program Team Lead (IPTL) to ensure products are developed and delivered within the allotted cost, schedule, technical quality and performance parameters
You will support RVS EO/IR focal plane array (FPA) programs through activities such as requirements management, authoring performance specifications, defining verification plans, and performing data analysis
Contribute to risk and opportunity management with the IPTL, LSE, and PCE to support proactive program execution
Provide engineering inputs for proposals and present bid summaries to management
Provide technical support for production and development activities
Contribute to trade studies and present results to stakeholders
Present technical findings and solutions to leadership and customers
Identify and resolve hardware, software, and system issues through detailed data analysis and debugging
Update, develop, maintain, and improve requirements, concepts of operations, and system interface definitions
Qualification
Required
Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience
Experience with EO/IR systems in the design, analysis, development, troubleshooting, and testing of electrical and/or optical subsystems, including EO or IR technology
Support for the development of product specifications and requirements management, including distilling and deriving requirements for lower‑level subassemblies and components
Involvement in system design, trade studies, optimization, and performance assessment
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
Active and existing security clearance required after day 1
Preferred
Participation in reviews associated with formal gating events and testing
Factory production and direct experience with IR FPA design and testing for tactical and/or space environments
Work with vacuum packaging, dewar design, cryogenic cooling, and/or opto‑mechanics
Requirements Organization via DOORs
Experience creating analytical models and scripting for data analysis (MATLAB preferred)
Plan, lead, and execute root‑cause and corrective‑action (RCCA)
ROIC wafer probing, fabrication, integration, verification, and validation for a complex EO/IR system
Earned Value Management, EVMS Certification
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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