EO Optical Engineer II — Sensors & Seeker Systems

RTX; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Eligibility

Job summary

RTX's Raytheon Electro-Optics (EO) department in Tucson is seeking a Master’s degree holder in Optical Engineering for an on-site role focused on EO subsystems and defender technologies.

You will contribute as both a mentee and independent contributor, performing optical alignment, EO modeling, requirements validation, and subsystem trade studies to ensure performance and reliability in missile seekers.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Optical Engineering with prior EO subsystems experience.
• Experience with electro-optical subsystems and DoD-related projects.

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

Optical alignment

EO modeling

Requirements development

Test equipment

Education

Master's degree in Optical Engineering

Tools

Optical design software

Job description

RTX's Raytheon Electro-Optics (EO) department in Tucson is seeking a Master’s degree holder in Optical Engineering for an on-site role focused on EO subsystems and defender technologies.

You will contribute as both a mentee and independent contributor, performing optical alignment, EO modeling, requirements validation, and subsystem trade studies to ensure performance and reliability in missile seekers.