Lead Radar Systems Engineer – Mission-Critical Ops (Onsite)

Prattwhitney; Sudbury (MA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Job summary

RTX Marlborough, MA seeks a Principal Systems Engineer to lead cross-functional teams and advance radar system performance across programs. You will design, integrate, test, and verify complex systems while coordinating with internal and customer stakeholders.

The role requires a STEM degree with 8+ years of experience, expertise in radar sensors, and strong data analysis, modeling, and programming skills. Travel up to 50% may be required.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of eight (8) years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience integrating military systems in software, systems hardware, systems requirements, systems integration, or systems test.
• Engineering leadership experience.
• Experience with sensor systems, especially RADAR.
• Experience with Earned Value Management system tracking of team tasks.
• Experience with generating technical documentation, such as test plans, procedures, or technical reports.
• Experience with integration, validation or requirements verification.
• Experience with DOORS, Rhapsody, Cameo, or other digital engineering tools.
• Experience with MATLAB, Python, C/C++, and/or other programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Drive Performance: Lead a team to collaborate across functions to drive performance improvements and resolve system issues. Responsible for schedule execution of assigned program elements.
• Support Missions: Travel as needed (up to 50%) to support mission execution at various locations including local RTX facilities, test sites, vendor facilities, and customer locations.
• Testing: Develop and implement test plans, procedures, integration, and verification documentation in both simulated and real-world environments.
• Troubleshoot and Analyze: Identify and resolve hardware, software, and system issues through detailed data analysis and debugging.
• Modeling and Simulation: Utilize modeling and simulation tools to predict system performance and support verification and validation.
• Integrate Systems: Integrate hardware and software into tactical systems, evaluating their functionality and impact.
• Collaborate: Work with customers and multi-disciplinary internal teams to achieve seamless integration and system functionality.
• Document and Communicate: Develop integration documentation, execute plans, analyze data, verify requirements and effectively communicate results to leadership and stakeholders.
• Data Analysis: Conduct statistical and numerical analysis of radar performance data to ensure optimal system performance and verify requirements.
• Requirements Development: Decompose and track specifications throughout complex systems architectures.

Skills

Radar systems

Engineering leadership

Data analysis

C/C++

Mathematical modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

DOORS

Rhapsody

Cameo

MATLAB

Job description

RTX Marlborough, MA seeks a Principal Systems Engineer to lead cross-functional teams and advance radar system performance across programs. You will design, integrate, test, and verify complex systems while coordinating with internal and customer stakeholders.

The role requires a STEM degree with 8+ years of experience, expertise in radar sensors, and strong data analysis, modeling, and programming skills. Travel up to 50% may be required.