Principal Systems Engineer

Raytheon Technologies - Boston, MA

Full-time - Senior

Boston, MA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Principal Systems Engineer will play a critical role in supporting a premier program at Raytheon, focusing on system engineering analyses, requirements definition, and validation processes. This position requires a strong background in systems engineering lifecycle and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment to ensure the successful execution of program objectives.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical analyses and define how the system works creating use cases.
• Decompose requirements, define system interfaces, and help determine how requirements will be validated and verified by the test team.
• Provide engineering support and technical direction for the execution of a portion of the program's test program including test processes and baseline definition, test architecture design, verification, and validation.
• Support regression testing across deliverable releases to the program baseline.
• Support and attend technical reviews and technical interchanges in support of the program.

Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8+ years of prior relevant experience.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
• Knowledge of systems engineering lifecycle, roles and functions, with specific experience in operations concept development, requirements management, functional analysis/synthesis, interface definition and control, and/or verification and validation.
• Development experience on a government contract.
• Familiarity with Agile and DevSecOps development methods.
• Good oral and written communication skills as well as good collaboration skills and the ability to work in a team environment.
• Experience with the Microsoft Office suite of tools (e.g., Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in Satellite Command/Control, Mission Management or Planning.
• Experience with Agile tool sets (JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket, etc.).
• Experience working with requirements in DOORS or other requirements databases.
• Experience working in DevOps and/or DevSecOps in an Agile development environment.
• Scripting knowledge (e.g., Python).

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 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
• Holidays