Senior. Principal Platform Engineer. Deployment Lead (Onsite)

Date Posted:2026-06-22 Country:United States of America Location:US-CO-AURORA-S75 ~ 16800 E Centretech Pkwy ~ BLDG S75 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: TS/SCI without Polygraph Security Clearance Status: Active and existing security clearance required on day 1At 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 freedom and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression.  We bring 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.  Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.The Platform Team is Responsible for development and maintenance of high-level Ground Antenna Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) subsystems, systems and workstations. They Design, develop and deploy the end-to end integrated systems and associated applications; networks, and related data center compute platforms to our customers both at CONUS and OCONUS Locations.This role is for a Senior. Principal Platform Engineer (Deployment Lead) for the Program’s Site Deployment Team, which will coordinate and support deliveries of the physical COTS environments to our customer’s locations.  The ideal candidate will be working with the Program’s IPT LEADERSHIP and customer planning, coordination, and installation of Ground Antenna Systems to customer facilities.  The ideal candidate needs to have a strong background in data center equipment deployments, understand electrical and electronic concepts, and have hands-on experience with various types of test equipment and related tools. They must be a highly motivated, self-starter that can quickly learn/assimilate complex situations/problems.Note This position is based in Aurora CO. and may require some travel (~20%) or on call support/overtime to support program or organizational hardware operations activities. What You Will DoYou will leverage industry and company best practices and capabilities to develop and coordinate platform solutions for our datacentersYou will Lead and coordinate Platform systems and related COTS hardware deliveries to our customer sitesYou will be the focal point for Program IPT Leadership to provide schedule and delivery reporting for system deliveriesYou will assist the team on resource allocation & utilization to meet program or organizational milestonesYou will be an integral part of maintaining these systems and working with the organization’s needs related to Platform Deliveries as defined by your leadershipYou will ensure that the COTS stack and versioning is consistent across the platform as required to Configuration Management Guidelines; and will work with the team to coordinate updates as necessaryYou will travel to customer sites to lead and assist with system updates and deliveries when necessaryQualifications You Must HaveTypically requires BS/BA Degree in Science, Technology Engineering Math (STEM) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or Physics and a minimum 10 years of related work experienceExperience with complex satellite ground systems, particularly previous deployment of developed systems to ground system and data processing operations for customers or the FactoryExperience with Data center activities and related hardware system deliveries and related requirementsExperience with performing studies and provide new solutions for a hybrid approach to future Ground Terminal/data and compute environmentsActive and Current TS/SCI security clearance is required Day 1. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearanceQualifications We PreferExperience in the design of traditional Platform environmentsExperience with troubleshooting applications & infrastructure on Linux and or Windows based Operating SystemsStrong background in Datacenter design and developmentExperience with field/site deployment of complex compute, network, storage, and COTS based satellite ground systemsStrong understanding of electrical and electronic concepts and principlesStrong understanding of Power and Grounding schemesStrong background in data center cabling to include Cat-(5+) and fiber Optic cablingWilling/able to travel to customer locations in CONUS/OCONUS locationsCurrent active PassportExperience with the Agile development lifecycleExperience with SAFe agile processesNotional Experience in Networks; SAN/NAS designs and implementationNotional Experience in Security and related Security patchingNotional Experience with programming languages (E.g. Pearl, Java, Ruby, Bash).What We OfferOur 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 InnovationRelocation EligibilityLearn More & Apply Now!Please consider the foll