Senior Principal RF Engineer

Prattwhitney; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 132,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) match

Flexible work schedules

Employee assistance program

Scholar program

Parental leave

Paid time off

Job summary

Raytheon in Tucson, AZ is seeking a Senior RF Engineer to design, develop, and maintain RF architectures for missile guidance systems. You will work with cross‑functional teams and lead architecture decisions.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in STEM with 10+ years of experience, MBSE experience, DoD hardware process knowledge, and the ability to mentor junior engineers while traveling as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM and at least 10 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with electrical hardware development and subsystem, systems engineering, requirement development and validation.
• Experience developing RF electrical subsystems.
• Preferred experience with missile radar and RF seeker subsystems (antennas, analog RF circuit cards, digital circuit cards, configurable logic).
• Background in detailed design and troubleshooting of RF components.
• Experience in systems engineering and architecture with potential to grow into guidance section architect.
• Experience with missiles or similar systems.
• Knowledge of mixed-signal electronics.
• Ability to manage cross-functional teams and drive suppliers to meet commitments.
• Knowledge of DoD/DoW hardware development process and design gates.
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain RF architectures, including requirements, analysis, and modeling.
• Collaborate with missile level system engineers to develop subsystem requirements and perform evaluation & modeling to decompose requirements for RF sub‑assemblies and component designs.
• Evaluate hardware designs, subsystems, and components; architect new electronic systems.
• Develop and document subsystem requirements and test plans.
• Conduct peer reviews of designs as subject‑matter expert.
• Present to peers, management, and government customers.
• Lead root‑cause failure investigations.
• Mentor junior engineers.
• Support multiple programs and perform some travel, including foreign travel.
• Collaborate with functional and program‑level management, customers, and suppliers.

Skills

RF architectures

Requirements analysis

Modeling

Systems engineering

MBSE

Cross-functional leadership

DoD hardware process

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

MBSE tools

Job description

Job Overview

At Raytheon, you have the opportunity to trailblaze new approaches, push the boundaries of innovation, and create solutions across a broad end‑to‑end product set. The Advanced Effector Guidance Systems team provides electrical systems engineering to develop missile guidance system hardware, focusing on RF/RADAR, navigation/IMU/GPS, digital, and power technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain RF architectures, including requirements, analysis, and modeling.
• Collaborate with missile level system engineers to develop subsystem requirements and perform evaluation & modeling to decompose requirements for RF sub‑assemblies and component designs.
• Evaluate hardware designs, subsystems, and components; architect new electronic systems.
• Develop and document subsystem requirements and test plans.
• Conduct peer reviews of designs as subject‑matter expert.
• Present to peers, management, and government customers.
• Lead root‑cause failure investigations.
• Mentor junior engineers.
• Support multiple programs and perform some travel, including foreign travel.
• Collaborate with functional and program‑level management, customers, and suppliers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM and a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with electrical hardware development and subsystem, systems engineering, requirement development and validation.
• Experience developing RF electrical subsystems.
• Preferred experience with missile radar and RF seeker subsystems (antennas, analog RF circuit cards, digital circuit cards, configurable logic).
• Background in detailed design and troubleshooting of RF components.
• Experience in systems engineering and architecture with potential to grow into guidance section architect.
• Experience with missiles or similar systems.
• Knowledge of mixed‑signal electronics.
• Ability to manage cross‑functional teams and drive suppliers to meet commitments.
• Knowledge of DoD/DoW hardware development process and design gates.
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).

Benefits and Compensation

• Salary range: $132,400 – $251,600 USD.
• Eligible for relocation assistance.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability insurance.
• 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules.
• Employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, holidays.
• Annual short‑term and/or long‑term incentive compensation potential.

Location and Work Environment

• 100% onsite location: Tucson, Arizona.
• Work environment primarily in an office, with possible labs, fieldwork, or a combination.

EEO Statement

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.