Systems Engineer I (Onsite)

RTX (Raytheon); Goleta (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX, Space & Airborne Center in Goleta, California, is seeking a Systems Engineer for the Life Cycle Center. This onsite role supports integration and test activities, develops CONOPS, system architecture, and manages qualification and verification across the product lifecycle.

You will interact with customers, collaborate across engineering teams, and provide technical guidance for IS IPTLs while supporting depot and sustainment efforts. A STEM degree and hands-on lab experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) by start date.
• Experience with MATLAB or Python for data analysis and automation.
• Experience troubleshooting electronics with common test equipment.

Responsibilities

• Support planning and execution of Integration, Verification, or Troubleshoot Test activities.
• Travel may be required for support.
• Support qualification of products.
• Perform root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain engineering specifications and drawings.
• Coordinate engineering meetings and document outcomes.

Skills

MATLAB

Python

Data analysis

Electrical troubleshooting

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Oscilloscope

Spectrum Analyzer

Job description

Date Posted:2026-09-16Country:United States of AmericaLocation:US-CA-GOLETA-H01 ~ 6380 Hollister Ave ~ BLDG H01Position Role Type:OnsiteU.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearanceSecurity Clearance Type:DoD Clearance: SecretSecurity Clearance Status:Active and existing security clearance required on day 1

Are you ready to explore the world of aerospace and defense? Do you want to learn from and collaborate with some of the greatest minds in the industry? At RTX, our internships, co-ops and full-time careers provide an exceptional foundation to work on complex problems, advance your skills and create a safer, more connected world. Discover opportunities to make a difference at RTX.

What You Will Do

The Space & Airborne Center within Systems Engineering Integration & Test seeks talented Systems Engineers. Our Space & Airborne team located integrate hardware and software, develop test plans and procedures, debug and evaluate system functions and interfaces, and verify system requirements in support of final sell-off to the customer. We put our systems together, exercise them in the lab or in the field, measure and analyze performance, and make sure our products work the first time and every time. Every day there is a different set of challenges to overcome. You'll be expected to collaborate across disciplines and partners to implement solutions. In this role, you'll get to know a little bit about every aspect of the system and have a direct hand in making it all work together supporting teams of engineers engaged in integration and test efforts. As a Systems Engineer in the life cycle center within the Space & Airborne Center, you will interface with the customers to develop CONOPS, system architecture, system requirements and manage qualification, verification and validation. Our center focuses on back-end sustainment and repair design and sustainment development as well as transitioning systems through integration and test from production to warranty/sustainment. You will also perform functional / physical analysis, allocation, and trade studies.

• Support planning and execution of Integration, Verification, or Troubleshoot Test activities in our labs, in the field, or at a Depot facility
• Support activity may require travel
• Support qualification of our products
• Support troubleshooting and failure data analyses, including root cause and corrective action processes and advanced use of lab or field test equipment
• Complete and compile detailed performance evaluations, including the use of analysis tools, such as MATLAB
• Prepare and present results in reports and briefings to internal or external stakeholders
• Support in managing engineering support activities related to test and trouble-shoot of hardware
• Perform root-cause analysis & implement minor design changes
• Maintain engineering specifications (DS, ARD, etc.) & drawing (Schematics & Assembly Drawings)
• Maintain engineering databases
• Coordinate engineering tag up and meetings between the Program, System Engineering, and Chief Engineer
• Resolve and coordinate system technical solutions with Engineering teams
• Provide technical guidance and support to Engineering IPTLs
• Participate in periodic team meetings, interface teleconference meetings, working group meetings
• Support associated with implementing process requirements
• Support for mockup hardware repairs
• Sustainment/Depot returns and repair

What You Will Learn

After completion of comprehensive on-the-job training, the candidate will be a part of a team supporting Systems Engineering and Systems Integration & Test activities across the product development lifecycle.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Bachelors Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) obtained by start date
• Experience with tools, such as Microsoft Office, MATLAB or Python, for data analysis and automation
• Experience with troubleshooting technical issues with electronics in an academic or internship setting, including the use of common commercial test equipment (oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, etc.)
• Experience may be obtained through on-the-job experience, research, coursework, or projects.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Major: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Physics
• Experience with or exposure to various military pl