Systems Engineer II

LOCATION: HUNTSVILLE, AL 35801 Description: Innovative technologies. Superior solutions. Outstanding opportunities. Raytheon aspires to be the most admired defense and aerospace systems supplier through world-class people and technology. Headquartered in Waltham, MA, Raytheon employs 72,000 people world-wide and generated $21.3 billion in 2007 sales. Integrated Defense Systems ( IDS ) is Raytheon's leader in mission systems integration. With a strong international and domestic customer base, including the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. armed forces, IDS provides integrated air and missile defense and naval and maritime war fighting solutions. Headquartered in Tewksbury, MA, IDS employs 13,500 people worldwide and generated $4.7 billion in 2007 revenue. Bring your talent and skills to the SVTAD directorate of IDS. The Systems Validation, Test and Analysis Directorate (SVTAD) is the central focus for integration, test and validation activities within IDS. More than 1000 employees of SVTAD provide the expertise to ensure customer success through the development and execution of innovative and comprehensive test, verification, and validation strategies, processes, tools and techniques. SVTAD employees are involved in all aspects of test including: design-for-test, integration, subsystem and component level testing through sell-off of IDS’ most sophisticated systems and technologies. Job description This position is for an analyst to analyze results of GMD radar simulations and determine to what degree test objectives have been met. Specific duties will include: a. Develop and use software tools as needed to retrieve pertinent data from storage media and format it for efficient analysis. b. Summarize performance of the simulated radar, compare observed performance to expected performance, determine causes of anomalies and recommend troubleshooting actions to resolve anomalies. c. Prepare reports and briefings as needed. d. Be able to run one or more radar simulations and support laboratory runs Basic qualifications a. BS required in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Math, Systems Engineering, or related technical discipline b. Experience in system design, development and/or analysis using analysis tools such as MatLab and Excel c. Experience in development of analyses using simulation systems d. Experience in using the UNIX operating system or equivalent e. The candidate must have prior experience providing documentation/materials in MS Office f. The candidate must be able to develop, document, and maintain processes, methods, and tools consistent with AS 9100. g. Candidate must hold a Secret or higher DoD security clearance. h. Occasional travel to stateside locations may be required. Desired qualifications a. Prior systems engineering experience in ongoing Missile Defense programs such as Ground-based Midcourse Defense, Patriot PAC-, Airborne Laser, Sea-Based Missile Defense, Defense Support Program, Space Based Infrared System, Terminal High Altitude Defense, or X-Band Radar is desired. b. Experience with simulation and analysis tools such as DOORS, C++, Python, and Perl is desired. c. Master’s preferred in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Math, Systems Engineering, or related technical discipline 6Sigma Summary At Raytheon our employees share our best practice focus on delivering solutions that assure every mission is a success. Raytheon Six Sigma™ is embedded within the fabric of our business organizations as the vehicle for increasing productivity, growing the business, maximizing customer value, cultivating knowledge-based processes and building a new culture. CMMI Summary While Six Sigma addresses the processes, Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI®) talks to the product life cycle, from conception through delivery and maintenance. The achievement of a CMMI Level 4 maturity rating provides validation for us and our customers that Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems has statistical process controls in place to ensure highest quality performance and Mission Assurance, which means there is ‘no doubt’ that our systems and products will perform as designed for our warfighters and our other customers. Raytheon is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or Vietnam era, or other eligible veteran status, or any other protected factor. To Apply for this position, please CLICK HERE ©2008 Raytheon Company. All rights reserved. Raytheon is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and welcomes a wide diversity of applicants. U.S. citizenship and security clearance may be required.