EO Optical Engineer II — Sensor & Seeker Systems

RTX; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 69,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Eligibility

Job summary

RTX is seeking a highly motivated Optical/Electrical/Systems Engineering professional for the Raytheon Electro-Optics (EO) department in Tucson, AZ. This role supports design, analysis, and production of EO sensors and seekers for missiles, with opportunities to work across multiple engineering disciplines.

You will collaborate with senior engineers, perform optical alignment and testing, and contribute to root-cause analysis and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Optical, Electrical, Systems Engineering or related STEM field.
• Experience with Electro-Optical subsystems.
• ABET accreditation preferred; 3.0 GPA desired; DoD security clearance or SSBI.
• Experience with test equipment, test automation scripting, test conduction, sensor control.

Responsibilities

• Participate as mentee and Individual Contributor supporting program activities.
• Optical alignment/testing of optics assemblies.
• EO modeling, simulation, and analysis applications.
• Requirements development, requirement validation, and subsystem trade studies.
• Design of optical and opto-mechanical seeker systems and/or test fixtures for missiles.
• Working with engineering and production personnel to troubleshoot and provide root cause and corrective action to design and process issues.
• Support production related activities in the assembly and documentation of electro-optical subsystems.
• Troubleshooting hardware and process issues down to CCA and component levels
• Resolution of issues on production lines and in testing (including suppliers)
• Failure analysis / root cause determination and corrective action implementation

Skills

STEM Master's degree

EO subsystems experience

Education

Master's degree in Optical/Electrical/Systems Engineering

Tools

Test equipment

Automation scripting

Sensor control

Job description

RTX is seeking a highly motivated Optical/Electrical/Systems Engineering professional for the Raytheon Electro-Optics (EO) department in Tucson, AZ. This role supports design, analysis, and production of EO sensors and seekers for missiles, with opportunities to work across multiple engineering disciplines.

You will collaborate with senior engineers, perform optical alignment and testing, and contribute to root-cause analysis and process improvements.