SECURITY CLEARANCE:

DoD Clearance: Secret
At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.
The RF Antenna Team at Raytheon is seeking a talented Principal Engineer to join our team in Tucson, AZ.
The candidate will be responsible for leading and shaping antenna, radome, and antenna measurement system technology within the Company. The selected candidate will also be expected to lead teams, provide technical oversight, delegate tasks, and work with the Engineering organization to establish technology roadmaps, enable modernization, and contribute to general innovation. In addition, the candidate will work with government personnel and programs, and define and refine requirements to validate hardware compliance. The candidate will be responsible for providing guidance, coaching, mentoring, and training to other employees across the business within the candidate’s areas of expertise.
This position is an onsite role, located in Tucson, AZ.

QUALIFICATIONS YOU MUST HAVE

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 8 years of experience to include any combination of the following:
• Antenna element design and fabrication
• Antenna simulation and modeling
• Antenna measurements in near or far field systems

QUALIFICATIONS WE PREFER

• Master of Science (MS) or PhD in electrical engineering
• Strong experience managing and presenting technical data to stakeholders and customers in design reviews and technical interchange meetings
• Strong experience designing and delivering conformal antenna designs
• Excellent communication skills; both verbal and written
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities from multiple sources
• Strong interpersonal skills working in a team environment with positive interaction
• Demonstrated ability to put forth and drive technical execution plans
• Knowledgeable of management processes, such as IPDS, EVMS, etc.
• Experience presenting to FRB, ERB, CCB, MRB, etc.
• Understanding of near-field-to-far-field processing algorithms
• Ability to design near-field-to-far-field processing algorithms
• Understanding of complex threat environments and battlefields
• Experience designing datalink, flight termination, and telemetry antenna systems
• Experience designing GPS antenna systems
• Experience with being a Cost Account Manager or Integrate Product Team Lead
• Proficiency with Python, MATAB and/or other high level scientific programming languages
• Proficiency with high performance computing (HPC) environments and schedulers such as SLURM
• Proficiency with modeling & simulation tools such as HFSS, CST, FEKO, SENTRi and GRASP

POSITION ROLE TYPE:

Onsite
U.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 clearance

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Development of antenna or radome hardware and requirements
• Work with interdisciplinary engineering teams including thermal, structural, mechanical, systems, etc.
• Work with antenna manufacturing suppliers
• Analyze simulation or test data to verify performance to requirements