[Hiring] Global Hawk Senior Engineer @RTX

Role Description

The Global Hawk Field Service Support team is seeking a less than part-time (2 hours per week when not deployed) Senior Engineer, Services Engineer to provide backfill shelter support to the US Air Force and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Global Hawk (GH) program located globally as needed.

• Conducting multidisciplinary research and collaborating with equipment designers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for fielded operational software.
• Determining root causes of issues, developing, designing, and implementing solutions, or coordinating with customer and plant engineers to resolve these issues.
• Interfacing customers to address short-term and long-term technical, operational, mission-related, and deployment requirements.
• Determining end-user needs by analyzing system capabilities to resolve problems related to program intent, output requirements, and input data acquisition.
• Ensuring that hardware and software standards are met.
• Developing, changing, coordinating, and implementing plans to achieve customer requirements.
• Analyzing system performance against technical requirements.
• Researching and making recommendations for hardware and software improvements.
• Designing and implementing LAN/WAN configurations to support site-specific customer requirements.
• Resolving technical problems and issues according to product specifications and engineering data to recommend repair and sustainment of the Launch/Recovery Element (LRE).
• Performing maintenance and upgrades, as well as troubleshooting problems.
• Troubleshooting industry standard IT systems, as well as program-specific hardware, software, and procedures.
• Working closely with customer representatives to provide status updates and integrate customer feedback.

Qualifications

• 5 years’ experience as a system administrator or development/support in Linux, Solaris, Irix or another Unix environment.
• Experience performing complex troubleshooting and analysis to correct system discrepancies.
• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years’ experience.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued SECRET security clearance is required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• Requires short-term assignments to both CONUS and OCONUS locations for operational support.

Requirements

• Experience in ATM LANs, long haul links, RF links, VOIP, and data communications.
• Experience with UNIX general system administration.
• Experience or familiarity with HVAC, UPS systems, diesel generators.
• Familiarity with data transmission over RF and satellite links.
• Familiarity with the Global Hawk Ground Segment systems.

Benefits

• Robust total rewards package with compensation.
• Healthcare, wellness, retirement, and work/life benefits.
• Career development and recognition programs.
• Parental (including paternal) leave.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Achievement awards.
• Educational assistance.
• Child/adult backup care.