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# Senior Principal Radar Receiver Exciter Hardware Lead

- **Company:** RTX
- **Location:** Tewksbury, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $132,400.0 - $251,600.0
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Network Analysis, Firmware, Signal Processing, Software Requirements Analysis
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/8568f9af-0082-494b-a667-5fe814b38e60/senior-principal-radar-receiver-exciter-hardware-lead

## About the Role

Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date
, Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum 10 years' of prior work experience, or an Advanced degree in a related field and minimum 7 years' of prior work experience., Hands-on experience working in a laboratory environment using test equipment including using spectrum analyzers, Real-time Spectrum Analyzers (RSAs), Vector Network Analyzers (VNAs) logic analyzers and Performance Network Analyzer (PNAs).

## Description

Raytheon's Receiver/Exciter & Processing Architecture (REPA) Department is the focal point for receiver, exciter, beam steering, and signal processing technology within Raytheon. The department is responsible for the design, development, integration, test and support to the production builds of multiple Raytheon products. We develop new technologies for advanced capabilities and provide support to all life-cycle phases of the best radar systems in active worldwide deployments and grow our people with exciting new challenges, on-the-job training, mentoring and purposeful rotations., We have an opportunity for a Senior Principal Radar Receiver Exciter Hardware Lead seeking to solve complex technical problems and provide highly innovative and ingenious solutions in the area of Radar and Receiver Exciter design, analysis, integration and test. Radar Receiver Exciter Hardware Leads are responsible for leading architecture development and subsystem analysis, integration and test, and transition to production of advanced receiver and exciter hardware and firmware utilized in complex radar systems. The technical challenges range from RF chain and link budget analysis to digital signal processing algorithm definition and verification. These engineers are integral in all phases of Radar design and integration from requirements definition to system sell-off and verification.