Date Posted:

2025-10-10

Country:

United States of America

Location:

CA926: 1521 Utah Ave Vandenberg AFB 1521 Utah Avenue Building 8401, Vandenberg AFB, CA, 93437 USA

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​

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. 

In Systems Engineering & Test Capabilities (SETC), we perform comprehensive requirements analysis—including clarification, decomposition, and use case development—to ensure every requirement is fully addressed. We integrate, verify, and validate our products through rigorous lab and field testing, making sure they work the first time—and every time.

Our work includes peer reviews of requirements, interface definition documentation, algorithm development, and validation and verification activities. We bring complex systems together, exercise them in test environments, measure and analyze performance, and ensure readiness for deployment.

To make this possible, we partner closely with the full development team to define system requirements, create test plans and procedures, troubleshoot and evaluate system functionality and interfaces, build robust test environments, and collaborate directly with our customers.

We are currently seeking a Principal Site Lead to join our SETC team—someone who will lead local integration and test efforts, coordinate cross-functional collaboration, and serve as a key technical and leadership point of contact at the site. This role is critical to ensuring alignment between program objectives, engineering execution, and customer expectations.

What You Will Do

• Provide on-site leadership and management of activities, staff, assets, processes and tasking at the VSFB in support of RTX program

• In this role, you will work with cross-disciplinary team of engineers who are leading the industry in ground systems solutions. Manage and maintain the site schedule, ensuring alignment across mission tests, facility upgrades, and hardware

• Deconflict schedule clashes and escalate risks to leadership with mitigation options

• Lead morning syncs and ensure daily priorities are clearly communicated

• Provide clear end-of-day updates and submit end-of-week reports

• Serve as primary point-of-contact for customer walkthroughs, audits, or program tours

• Coordinate script execution, results review, and issue resolution

• Serve as the primary technical liaison for troubleshooting mission software and system integration efforts

• Support mission configuration validation and hardware/software compatibility checks

• Work in an Agile program environment

• Work in a classified lab on site at Vandenburg Space Force Base, California

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience

• Security+ certification

• Experience troubleshooting and resolving software system execution issues

• Experience as a lead within a systems engineering development environment

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience working in a Satellite Ground System development or operations environment

• Experience with GPS OCX system

• Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket), Experience utilizing discrepancy report systems

• Experience with Site Security policies and procedures

• Experience as a contractor at a government site

• Experience with Systems integration/engineering

What We Offer

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

• This position is eligible for relocation assistance!

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 101,000 USD - 203,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, 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. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

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.

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