Senior Systems Engineer: Space EO/IR Payloads (Onsite)

RTX (Raytheon); El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX (Raytheon) MSP team is seeking a Systems Engineer to support the design and development of electro‑optical systems, including imagers, tracking sensors, LIDAR, and directed‑energy payloads. The role involves collaboration with customers, PMs, vendors, and partners across a multi-disciplinary team.

You will develop system requirements, perform performance analyses, conduct tests, and analyze data to optimize performance. A DoD Secret clearance is required, with U.S.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM preferred) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience in design/development and testing of EO/IR Systems or related field
• Experience in aspects of product life cycle for space development programs and its events (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, PSR/CTSR)
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in a multi-disciplinary team environment and interface with customers, program management, vendors, and functional partners
• Develop and decompose system requirements, define system interfaces, and support validation and verification planning
• Perform system performance analysis along with hardware and software integration and test activities
• Conduct tests on optical and electrical components and integrated systems, collect data, and analyze results to assess and optimize performance
• Identify issues during testing, perform troubleshooting and calibration, and support system design updates and enhancements
• Execute integration, verification, and validation testing, and document results through clear test reports and technical briefings
• Develop use cases, support test architecture development, and participate in technical reviews and technical interchange meetings
• Perform performance evaluations and root‑cause analysis, including corrective and preventive action development
• Use laboratory or field test equipment and analysis tools such as MATLAB for simulation, modeling, and quantitative evaluation
• Support program activities that may require travel up to 25%

Skills

Systems Engineering

EO/IR Systems

Requirements Development

Test & Verification

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in STEM

Tools

MATLAB

Job description

RTX (Raytheon) MSP team is seeking a Systems Engineer to support the design and development of electro‑optical systems, including imagers, tracking sensors, LIDAR, and directed‑energy payloads. The role involves collaboration with customers, PMs, vendors, and partners across a multi-disciplinary team.

You will develop system requirements, perform performance analyses, conduct tests, and analyze data to optimize performance. A DoD Secret clearance is required, with U.S.