Senior Principal Electrical Engineer Technical Lead - Test Engineering - Onsite Goleta, CA

Date Posted: 2026-08-11 Country: United States of America Location: US-CA-GOLETA-H01 ~ 6380 Hollister Ave ~ BLDG H01 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 Type: DoD Clearance: Secret Security Clearance Status: Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.  Raytheon brings 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. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. The Test Solutions Center delivers advanced, fully integrated test systems that support the complete lifecycle of Raytheon’s RF-based products. Our team designs, develops, and deploys production ready and laboratory test solutions that ensure performance, reliability, and compliance across a wide spectrum of radar, electronic warfare, communications, and sensor technologies. By combining deep engineering expertise, scalable system architectures, and rigorous verification practices, we enable high confidence product validation and efficient manufacturing throughput. The Test Solutions Center partners closely with program teams, factories, and engineering organizations to provide mission ready test capabilities that keep Raytheon’s RF systems performing at their best.   We have an exciting opportunity for a full-time position of Senior Principal Test Systems Engineer located onsite in Goleta, California. If you enjoy being in the middle of everything and love working with teams, this is the job for you! We are a team of innovators, creators and strategists drawing inspiration from each other every day. We collaborate, iterate, and execute with an eye toward the company mission and personal career growth. What You Will Do Guide system level test setup and operation across different environments within development and/ or production of Test Engineering Work across multi-disciplined groups of engineers leading design, development and/or integration of test equipment Lead the functionalities of Test Systems Engineering for both hardware and test software development , integration, verification, validation, and maintenance activities within production, manufacturing, product qualification environments This position is 100% ONSITE in Goleta, CA. Qualifications You Must Have Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) Minimum of ten (10) years relevant experience leading Test Systems Engineering Experience leading the functionalities of Test Systems Engineering or equivalent Engineering experience for both hardware and test software development, integration, verification, validation, and maintenance activities within production, manufacturing, product qualification environments Experience with leading design, development and/or integration of test equipment The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. Qualifications We Prefer:    Organizational, coordination, planning, and teaming skills, as well as written and oral communication skills Experience with both Windows and Linux operating systems Experience with equipment rack assembly, cable assembly/installation, electronics maintenance, data acquisition systems, oscilloscopes, bus analyzers, logic analyzers, network analyzers, and/or spectrum analyzers Experience troubleshooting systems using test equipment such as data acquisition systems, oscilloscopes, bus analyzers, logic analyzers, network analyzers, and/or spectrum analyzers Experience leading multi-disciplined teams Experience with Agile Process, Agile Methodologies and gate reviews Experience with Earned Value Management System (EVMS)  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 offers relocation. Learn More & Apply Now! Please ensure the role type defined below is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role. This position is classified as: Onsite : Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products. This position requires a security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here: https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm Goleta, CA Information: https://careers.rtx.com/global/en/raytheon-goleta-ca-location 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-si