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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Vision Systems - Principal Systems Engineer - **Company:** RTX - **Location:** Goleta, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $118,300.0 - $224,900.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Data Analysis, Systems Engineering, Software Debugging, Firmware, Imaging Technology, MATLAB, Requirements Management, Software Systems, Test Data, Visual Systems - **Published:** September 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9165478/vision-systems-principal-systems-engineer ## About the Role * Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience developing product specifications and requirements management, including distilling, and deriving requirements for lower-level subassemblies and components * Experience with system design, analysis, development, troubleshooting, testing, trade studies, optimization, and performance assessment., * System experience with EO/IR subsystems, IR FPA technology, semiconductor fabrication processes, photonics, optics manufacturing, or related industry experience * Factory production and direct experience with IR FPA design and testing for tactical and/or space environments * Vacuum packaging, dewar design, cryogenic cooling, and/or opto-mechanics * Requirements management via DOORs and/or CAMEO * Create analytical models and scripting for data analysis (MATLAB preferred) * ROIC wafer probing, fabrication, integration, verification, and validation for a complex EO/IR system * Collaborate with Integrate Circuit foundries and semiconductor factory processing * Test methodology within sensors to include optical performance, analysis, and test verification for EO/IR Focal Plane Array sensor systems and/or relatable experience in development and production program * EVMS Certification and demonstrated ability to manage Engineering team budgets and staffing demand * Plan, lead, and execute root-cause and corrective-action (RCCA) effort * Earned Value Management ## Description Raytheon Vision Systems (RVS) Systems Engineering and Test Capabilities (SE&TC) Department is seeking a skilled and experienced Principal Systems Engineer with expertise in airborne and space electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) surveillance and targeting sensor systems. The SE&TC Department is responsible for all EO/IR Imaging Systems Definition, Architecture, Integration, product Verification & Validation along with program and project technical implementation to cost and schedule. This is an Onsite position located in Goleta, California. What You Will Do: * Work with the Program Chief Engineer to ensure products meet cost, schedule, technical quality, and performance requirements * Provide systems engineering leadership for RVS EO/IR IR, Focal Plane Array (FPA) programs and special projects * Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams across Systems, Test, Software, Firmware, Mechanical, Electrical, and Integrated Circuit engineering * Manage engineering risks and opportunities with the PCE to support proactive program execution * Coordinate engineering inputs for proposals and present bid summaries to management * Guide technical support efforts for production and development activities * Lead and present trade studies and technical analyses to stakeholders * Communicate technical findings and recommendations to leadership and customers * Lead teams in resolving hardware, software, and system issues through detailed data analysis and debugging * Oversee development and maintenance of requirements, concepts of operations, and system interfaces * Prepare documentation for formal reviews including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, CTSR, and test data packages * Develop product specifications and manage requirements, including derivation of lower-level subassembly and component requirements ## Related Videos - [Strange New Worlds: shaping the future of the digital age](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/677-strange-new-worlds-shaping-the-future-of-the-digital-age) - [Dirty Tests And How To Clean Them](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/515-dirty-tests-and-how-to-clean-them) - [Leveraging Large Language Models for Legacy Code Translation: Challenges and Solutions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1157-leveraging-large-language-models-for-legacy-code-translation-challenges-and-solutions) - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [Software stack under and over the hood of the fastest accelerating car in the world](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/221-software-stack-under-and-over-the-hood-of-the-fastest-accelerating-car-in-the-world) - [Building a hypercar from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/607-building-a-hypercar-from-scratch) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers) - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology) - [6 Emerging Technologies We’ll Learn About in 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/381-6-emerging-technologies-we-ll-learn-about-in-2025) - [Dev Digest 129 - Now that's what I call private data!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/468-dev-digest-129-now-that-s-what-i-call-private-data)