Principal Systems Engineer, Technical Lead

Prattwhitney; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 107,500 - 204,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) match

Flexible work schedules

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Prattwhitney in Tucson, AZ is hiring a Principal Systems Engineer to lead a multi-disciplined engineering team for the Javelin program. The role involves system design, integration, and leadership across hardware and software design teams.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and at least eight years of experience. This position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including medical insurance, 401(k) matching, and a flexible work schedule.

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years of relevant experience.
• Experience across the product lifecycle.
• Experience resolving technical challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplined engineering team.
• Collaborate with US Government stakeholders.
• Identify and report on program risks.

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Data-driven decision making

Risk identification and mitigation

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Tools

DOORS

Windchill

Job description

Principal Systems Engineer – Javelin Program

Date Posted: 2026-04-30
Country: United States of America
Location: Tucson, AZ – 3360 E Hemisphere Loop, BLDG M10
Position Role Type: Onsite

U.S. Citizenship is required. The selected candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance (Secret). Active security clearance required after day 1.

The Effectors Center within the Systems Engineering and Test Capabilities (SE&TC) organization is hiring a Principal Systems Engineer to join our Tucson, AZ location on the Javelin program and serve as a team lead. The role is a technical and leadership position contributing across the Javelin Portfolio of products with a focus on the Spiral 3 system design, qualification, and fielding. The selected candidate will hold direct accountability for Systems Engineering, System Integration and Test, and Whole Life Engineering functions while serving as a key contributor and decision maker resulting in the successes of the hardware and software design teams. This role requires strong coordination and decision making across all peer team leaders executing design, analysis, and integration of hardware and software elements into a system solution.

What You Will Do

• Lead a multi-disciplined engineering team representing system design and architecture, reliability, safety, and system test functional organizations.
• Collaborate regularly with counterparts within the Javelin Joint Venture (JJV) and Javelin Project Office (JPO) as well as other key US Government stakeholder organizations.
• Apply extensive experience to system design, requirements, interfaces, and detail design elements.
• Provide critical review, feedback, lessons learned, and decision making for detail elements.
• Host weekly meetings and periodic technical interchanges with engineering counterparts in the JJV and various USG customer organizations.
• Mentor and guide team members and engage with subject matter experts (SMEs).
• Provide daily task leadership including prioritization of work and execution.
• Identify, analyze, and report on risk and opportunities within the project/program.
• Support the program Systems CPT lead in managing cost and schedule as well as BOE writing for future contract work.
• Maintain Raytheon’s values of collaboration and agility and demonstrate the spirit of The Doctrine of Completed Staff Work.
• Travel up to 10% may be required.

Qualifications

You Must Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of eight (8) years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience across the product lifecycle.
• Experience in systems engineering and integration with a focus on critical design phase through fielding and material release.
• Experience resolving technical challenges using data‑driven decision making.

We Prefer:

• Experience identifying risk areas and developing mitigation strategies across the program.
• Familiarity with military tactics, techniques, and procedures with a US Army focus.
• Experience and knowledge in adjacent technical disciplines such as software and configurable logic development, electrical and mechanical engineering, subsystem/system integration and test.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with an emphasis on technical writing.
• Proficiency with the DOORS tool and corresponding requirements development and management techniques for system and subsystem indenture levels.
• Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Windchill), configuration control boards, and document release experience (engineering and formal release).

Salary

Salary range: 107,500 USD – 204,500 USD.

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, and holidays.
• Eligibility for annual short‑term and/or long‑term incentive compensation programs where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.