Senior Avionics Lead: Systems Architect (Secret Clearance)

RTX; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX in Tucson is seeking a Sr. Principal Avionics Lead to guide a cross-functional team through the full hardware design lifecycle for advanced electronic systems. You will own technical integrity, risk management, and cost/schedule oversight, coordinating with program management and government customers.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in subassembly/electronics design and systems engineering, with DoD Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations
• Ten years of experience in one or more of the following areas: Subassembly design, integration, and production support; Analog, digital, and power electronics design, integration, and production support; Deconvolving high level requirements into actionable design electronics and subsystem architectures
• Experience in electrical sub-systems, systems engineering, requirement development, requirement validation, Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) Design, Test Integration, and/or Supplier Management on an effector-based product
• Business Acumen, Communication Skills, Risks and Opportunity Management
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Technical, Cost, and Schedule Execution.
• Be responsible for the technical integrity of electronics, including the Technical Data Package (TDP) development, validation, and integration with Test Equipment (TE)
• Manage costs and schedule for the design, verification, and hardware procurement
• Manage technical risk for electronics
• Technical oversight of failure investigations
• Support component level design and test reviews
• Work environment is primarily in an office, but may include labs, field work, or a combination.
• Assignments may include guiding a team through several phases of hardware systems lifecycle such as designs and analysis; architecting new electronic systems; developing and documenting subsystem requirements and test plans; peer reviews of designs as a subject matter expert; presentations to peers, management, and government customers; and root-cause failure investigations.
• Manage transition to production and early Production units
• Raytheon has a strong culture of mentoring; it is expected that employees will be both mentors and mentees.
• Collaboration with both Functional and Program higher level management.
• Collaboration with Customer and Suppliers.
• Assignment may require some travel

Job description

RTX in Tucson is seeking a Sr. Principal Avionics Lead to guide a cross-functional team through the full hardware design lifecycle for advanced electronic systems. You will own technical integrity, risk management, and cost/schedule oversight, coordinating with program management and government customers.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in subassembly/electronics design and systems engineering, with DoD Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship. Travel may be required.