2026 Raytheon Systems Security Engineer I - Onsite - Tucson, AZ

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21h•Onsite

About The Position

As a member of our elite Systems Security Engineering (SSE) team, we want you to develop solutions to protect the Warfighter’s technology advantage. Systems Security Engineering creates holistic security solutions leveraging Anti-Tamper (AT), Cyber Security, Software Assurance, and Supply Chain Risk Management to support Program Protection Implementation on embedded weapons systems. This position is an onsite role.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM), Including specific majors: Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Computer Science, Engineering Science, Robotics or STEM related field.
Applied engineering experience or coursework with exposure in one or more of the following domains: Systems Engineering, Software or Firmware development, Systems Integration and/or Test, ASIC development, Cybersecurity, System Security, Digital Electronics design, or similar work history.
The ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance prior to the start date.
U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Nice To Haves

Cyber Security or Program Protection experience and / or course work.
Cumulative 3.0 GPA or higher
Applied engineering experience or coursework with exposure in one or more of the following domains: Systems Engineering, Software or Firmware development, Systems Integration and/or Test, ASIC development, Cybersecurity, System Security, Digital Electronics design, or similar work history.
Experience in design, development and fielding of secure systems for military applications: “relevant experience” is knowledge of a broad array of program protection concepts, reverse engineering tools and techniques, failure analysis, and cryptography.
Past work experience (professional or academic) interacting with multidisciplinary teams of system design professionals including electrical, mechanical, software and logistics engineers
Detailed understanding of and experience in engineering security solutions for Government customers
Prior work experience giving technical briefs or presentations after synthesizing or generating technical materials from multidisciplinary sources
Matlab and/or C++ experience
Modeling and Simulation experience
Experience with model-based systems engineering
Ability to visualize system functionality, to create block diagrams, and to analyze system performance
Ability to analyze issues and define solutions
Ability to perform trade studies to optimize system performance
Familiarity with DoD customer infrastructure with respect to command and control, telemetry, flight test, ISR, fixed wing, and/or rotary wing systems
Understanding of Systems Engineering Product Development Cycle
Strong communication skills including effective written, verbal, and listening skills

Responsibilities

Supporting the development of cybersecurity / anti-tamper requirements, design and architecture artifacts, plans, and policies
Defining security development and test efforts implementation of security controls of networking devices, databases, operating systems, and hardware and software component
Understanding and integrating cybersecurity development activities
Performing analysis on cybersecurity collected data and test results
Conducting technical and nontechnical trade studies
Validate secure configuration of routers, switches, firewalls, servers, operating systems, applications, and other assets, using DoD approved scanning and assessment tools such as ACAS, STIG, SCAP Compliance Checker, and HBSS
Apply written and oral communication skills
Participate in the design and development of systems