Associate Director Systems Engineer - Lead Systems Engineer (Onsite) (Tucson)

What You Will Do

• Ensure system compliance with contractual and program requirements, maintaining alignment with customer expectations.
• Coordinate across hardware (HW), software (SW), test, and system capabilities (reliability, maintainability, testability, etc.) to ensure interface integrity and cohesive, producible, system design through the deployment of a robust system architecture.
• Serve as the key source of system and product knowledge, including design, performance capabilities, producibility, and operational considerations.
• Act as a key participant in platform and System-of-Systems (SoS) interface definition and integration activities.
• Own and oversee the final system verification process, including Functional Configuration Audit (FCA) and associated Requirement Verification Sheets (RVSes).
• Participate in regular customer engagements, including weekly meetings with customer counterparts, as well as briefings with Portfolio leadership and Strategic Business Unit (SBU) leadership.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to early-career engineers, fostering their professional growth and development.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM preferred) and a minimum of 12 years of relevant experience.
• Raytheon Level 4 (or higher) Certified Lead Systems Engineer or equivalent experience working as a Lead Systems Engineer.
• Experience leading system development and design, requirements development, requirements management and verification, system architecture development and management, system integration and test, preparation for/transition to production of complex system architectures.

Qualifications We Prefer

• An advanced degree in Engineering, Science, Mathematics, or related discipline.
• Raytheon Level 3 (or higher) Certified Lead Systems Engineer.
• 12 or more years of relevant work experience including prior experience in a technical leadership role and across the development and production lifecycle.
• Excellent communication, technical writing, oral presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience across the product lifecycle, including concept development, architecture, design, integration, verification, production; as well as with test/support equipment.
• Ability to develop effective internal and external customer/stakeholder relationships to ensure customer/stakeholder satisfaction and continued business.

Location

US-AZ-TUCSON-848 ~ 1151 E Hermans Rd ~ BLDG 848

Position Role Type: Onsite U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status.

Required Security Clearance

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 clearance. Security Clearance Type: Secret.

Benefits

• Relocation Eligible – Relocation assistance is available.
• 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, and holidays.

Salary

157,200 USD - 298,800 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels.

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 Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.