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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Vision Systems - Senior Systems Engineer - **Company:** RTX - **Location:** Goleta, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $95,500.0 - $181,700.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Data Analysis, Systems Engineering, Software Debugging, Firmware, Imaging Technology, MATLAB, Requirements Management, Software Systems, Systems Integration, Test Data, Visual Systems - **Published:** September 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9165479/vision-systems-senior-systems-engineer ## About the Role * Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 3 years' experience with airborne and space electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) surveillance and targeting sensor systems * System experience with hands on experience in the design, analysis, development, troubleshooting, and testing, * Factory production and direct experience with IR FPA design and testing for tactical and/or space environments * System experience with EO/IR subsystems, IR FPA technology, semiconductor fabrication processes, photonics, optics manufacturing, or related industry experience airborne and space electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) surveillance and targeting sensor systems * Vacuum packaging, dewar design, cryogenic cooling, and/or opto-mechanics * Requirements Organization via DOORs * Experience creating analytical models and scripting for data analysis (MATLAB preferred) * Plan, lead, and execute root-cause and corrective-action (RCCA) efforts * ROIC wafer probing, fabrication, integration, verification, and validation for a complex EO/IR system * Earned Value Management, EVMS Certification ## Description Raytheon Vision Systems (RVS) Systems Integration and Test Department is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer with experience in airborne and space electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) surveillance and targeting sensor systems. The Systems Engineer plans and manages the multidisciplinary/cross-functional engineering activities and associated budgets, guides engineering follow-through of work products and support, supports proposal and change management activities for engineering and supports the bid manager for proposals within engineering. The Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test Department is responsible for all Electro-Optic 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 (PCE), Lead Systems Engineer (LSE), and Integrated Program Team Lead (IPTL) to ensure products meet cost, schedule, technical quality, and performance requirements * Provide systems engineering leadership for RVS EO/IR, focal plane array (FPA) programs, including tasking such as requirements management, authoring performance specifications, defining verification plans, performing data analysis, etc. * Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams across Systems, Test, Software, Firmware, Mechanical, Electrical, and Integrated Circuit engineering * Manage engineering risks and opportunities with the IPTL, LSE, and 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) - [Stop Guessing, Start Measuring: Evaluating RAG Systems with Synthetic Test Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1982-stop-guessing-start-measuring-evaluating-rag-systems-with-synthetic-test-data) ## 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) - [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 134 - Where pixels sing?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/477-dev-digest-134-where-pixels-sing) - [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) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated)