Senior Principal Electrical Subsystem Architect (Tucson)

Senior Principal Electrical Subsystem Architect

Position within the Advanced Effector Guidance Systems (AEGS) Department at Raytheon, located in Tucson, AZ. This onsite role requires U.S. citizenship and a valid DoD Secret clearance. The position offers a salary range of $132,400–$251,600, relocation assistance, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Responsibilities

• Chair technical reviews and set technical strategy across programs.
• Own cross‑subsystem interfaces and drive complex multi‑disciplinary issue resolution.
• Provide technical governance and adjudication across partner/supplier efforts.
• Architect high‑reliability power systems and precision analog subsystems for guidance, navigation, and control electronics.
• Lead power architecture trade studies, technology evaluations, and down‑selections aligned to performance, cost, producibility, and environmental constraints.
• Assess and address designs across varying maturity: concepts, partial hardware, legacy, and near‑production.
• Identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities and mentor teams to close those gaps.
• Perform detailed analysis of power system loads, margins, thermal impacts, transient behavior, and electromagnetic compatibility.
• Guide component selection, derating, survivability requirements, and high‑reliability screening.
• Participate in engineering reviews, readiness events, risk reduction activities, integration efforts, and failure review boards.
• Support hardware bring‑up, prototype evaluation, root‑cause analysis, and design refinement.
• Coordinate with systems engineering, digital design, RF, modeling/simulation, GNC, and manufacturing to ensure robust and producible power architectures.
• Communicate with Chief Engineers, Project Managers, Technical Fellows, Directors/VPs, and Executives.
• Co‑optimize across electrical, thermal, structural, motor control, and mechanical impacts.
• Support technology roadmaps and contribute to long‑term capability development.
• Influence power architecture for next‑generation effectors and guidance systems within RTX Missiles & Defense.

Qualifications – Essential

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM and minimum 10 years of relevant experience.
• 10+ years in power electronics, analog design, mixed‑signal design, or high‑reliability electronics.
• Experience in enterprise / cross‑company multidisciplinary architecture development.
• Partner / SME adjudication and technical governance experience.
• Experience with VHDL‑SMS/MAST mixed‑domain governance.
• Ability to build platform roadmaps; evaluate & integrate cutting‑edge technologies.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret clearance. TS preferred; TS/SCI highly desirable.
• Experience with missile systems, guidance electronics, harsh‑environment power systems, or seeker/power integration.
• Experience leading multi‑company efforts and acting as technical authority.
• Hands‑on experience with lab bring‑up, prototype testing, instrumentation, and failure analysis.
• Effective SME negotiation across disciplines.
• Modeling languages: VHDL‑AMS/MAST, State‑AMS; mixed‑signal and state‑aware models.
• Expertise in high‑density or high‑efficiency power conversion, power sequencing, energy storage interfaces, or precision power control.
• Experience with environmental qualification, MIL‑STD design, shock, vibration, and thermal extremes.
• Proficiency with SPICE simulation, modeling tools, and best practices for power/analog design.
• Understanding of EMI/EMC mitigation, grounding strategies, and system‑level power integrity.
• Experience in program leadership, technical direction, or multi‑disciplinary coordination.
• Mastery of harness effects, power quality, EMI/EMC, and signal integrity.

Qualifications – Preferred

• Advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in STEM.
• Experience with missile systems and harsh‑environment power subsystems.
• Hands‑on experience with lab bring‑up, prototype testing, and failure analysis.
• Experience leading multi‑company efforts and acting as technical authority.
• Familiarity with MIL‑STD‑704, MIL‑STD‑1275, MIL‑STD‑461, MIL‑STD‑464, MIL‑STD‑1553, MIL‑STD‑1760, RS‑422/RS‑485, Ethernet/TSN.
• Familiarity with Model‑Based Engineering, requirements management, and digital engineering practices.

Benefits and Compensation

• Salary range: $132,400 – $251,600 (USD).
• Relocation assistance available.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability plans, 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program.
• Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, holidays.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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 Section503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.