Senior EO/IR Systems Engineer – Onsite Plano, TS Clearance

Raytheon; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Raytheon’s Naval Airborne Systems (NAS) seeks an EO/IR Principal Systems Engineer to provide SME-level electro‑optics/IR sensor expertise in support of multiple programs and IRAD efforts. The role resides in the Systems Engineering and Test Capabilities Center within the Airborne Surveillance RF department, onsite in Plano, TX.

Key duties include guiding sensor design, developing mode algorithms, and performing detailed performance analyses with a small team of analysts.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of relevant work or academic experience in optical design and algorithm development.
• Imaging EO/IR systems, physics, image signal processing, or discrimination algorithms
• UNIX/Linux and demonstrated computer programming skills in C or C++ and using MATLAB or Python for data analysis
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Responsibilities

• Apply advanced EO/IR sensor and mode performance knowledge
• Guide new EO/IR sensor designs in collaboration with hardware and systems engineering teams
• Utilize software development skills to create and implement new mode algorithms on advanced processing platforms and provide technical leadership to a small team of algorithm and modeling analysts.
• Perform performance analysis, algorithm development and evaluation, trade studies, statistical modeling, performance prediction, and data analysis for complex systems using Raytheon engineering processes and standards.
• Work effectively as part of a cross‑functional team while offering SME-level guidance and mentorship to junior engineers within the EO/IR group.
• Communicate effectively through interpersonal interactions, presentations, and written and verbal communication
• Mentor junior engineers within the EO/IR group

Skills

EO/IR expertise

C/C++ programming

Python

MATLAB

UNIX/Linux

Technical leadership

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Advanced STEM degree

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Raytheon’s Naval Airborne Systems (NAS) seeks an EO/IR Principal Systems Engineer to provide SME-level electro‑optics/IR sensor expertise in support of multiple programs and IRAD efforts. The role resides in the Systems Engineering and Test Capabilities Center within the Airborne Surveillance RF department, onsite in Plano, TX.

Key duties include guiding sensor design, developing mode algorithms, and performing detailed performance analyses with a small team of analysts.