Guidance Lead, Space Systems

2 weeks ago


Tucson, United States Raytheon Full time

**Date Posted**:
2024-04-18
**Country**:
United States of America
**Location**:
AZ888: RMS AP Bldg 928 1151 East Hermans Road Building 928, Tucson, AZ, 85706 USA
**Position Role Type**:
Onsite

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.

**Job Summary**:
The Processing, Guidance and Controls (PG&C) Center within the Systems Engineering Directorate consists of Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC), Signal Processing (SP) and Modeling and Simulation disciplines for Effectors.

The PG&C Center is currently hiring for a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to perform in the role of **Guidance Lead** with the Alternate Missions and Space (AM&S) directorate within the Advanced Technologies Special Business Unit (SBU). This position is located in Tucson, AZ.

The Guidance Lead will report directly to the GNC Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL) and support guidance algorithm development, testing, characterization, and integration into real-time processing systems.

Since this role requires leading a high visibility development Program, including frequent technical and programmatic interactions with the customer, technical community, platform support contractors, and senior Raytheon leadership, the Guidance Lead will need to execute the IPTL’s plan and will be responsible for keeping the guidance team on schedule, on budget, and meeting performance requirements.

**This position is an onsite role.**

**Responsibilities to Anticipate**:

- You will help lead a small team of 5 - 10 engineers executing the development of algorithms, simulation and performance tasks to ensure delivery of the system per program plan.
- You will ensure all guidance algorithm and simulation scope is performed with a cohesive technical approach compliant to our robust execution practices.
- You will report technical and earned value metrics to program and functional leadership.
- You will provide leadership to the Sub-IPTs (navigation aiding, hardware integration, etc) to ensure program alignment and teamwork.
- You will manage the development of software products, algorithms, and simulations to deliver a production ready design within a challenging schedule
- You will provide leadership for IPT collaboration with functional partners from Engineering, Operations, Mission Assurance, Digital Technologies, and Global Supply Chain.
- You will Decompose capabilities into actionable flight software features including defining common features in collaboration with release leads for other software products
- You will track feature development burndown to flight software milestones and communicate status to leadership

**Basic Qualifications**:

- Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior GNC experience.
- Experience including at least two of the following: digital and/or modern control systems, dynamics, Kalman filter design, Monte Carlo simulations, development and/or simulation of physical systems, or signal processing.
- Experience with Matlab, C, C++, and/or Object Oriented design
- Previous experience in a technical and/or functional leadership role.
- Active and transferable U.S. government issued Top Secret security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Advanced Degree in Systems or Software Engineering
- Experience working with engineers from other disciplines, such as Systems, Avionics/Hardware, GNC, Signal Processing, Mechanical, or Integration and Test
- Experience and proficient in Trajectory Optimization
- Experience and proficient in Astrodynamics
- Familiar with Uncertainty Quantification
- Experience working with genSoft
- Ability to communicate effectively with executive leadership and customers regarding matters of significant importance.
- Ability to influence others to agree/accept new concepts, practices, and approaches.
- Experience working in Software-in-Simulation (SiS) or Integrated Flight Simulation (IFS) environments
- Experience as a software product owner or technical lead
- Experience debugging on Computer-in-the-Loop (CIL) or Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) platforms
- Experience mentoring and coaching individual contributors in technical aspects of software development languages and lifecycle.

**What We Offer**:
Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a total rewards package that goes above and beyond with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; car



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