Senior EO/IR Systems Engineer – Top Secret Clearance (Plano)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

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’s Naval Airborne Systems in Plano, Texas, seeks an EO/IR Principal Systems Engineer to provide SME-level EO/IR sensor expertise across programs and IRAD efforts on the family of Advanced Sensor Programs. The position resides onsite in Plano, TX, within the Systems Engineering and Test Capabilities Center.

You will mentor a small team, guide sensor designs with hardware and systems engineers, and develop mode algorithms on advanced processing platforms while applying Raytheon processes and

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in 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 sensor expertise

C/C++ programming

Image processing algorithms

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Advanced degree in STEM

Tools

UNIX/Linux

MATLAB

Python

C/C++

Job description

RTX’s Naval Airborne Systems in Plano, Texas, seeks an EO/IR Principal Systems Engineer to provide SME-level EO/IR sensor expertise across programs and IRAD efforts on the family of Advanced Sensor Programs. The position resides onsite in Plano, TX, within the Systems Engineering and Test Capabilities Center.

You will mentor a small team, guide sensor designs with hardware and systems engineers, and develop mode algorithms on advanced processing platforms while applying Raytheon processes and