2026 Raytheon Full Time - Systems Engineer II – McKinney, TX (Onsite)
Globalhr · MCKINNEY, TX
$68,900–$131,100from the description
Jun 28, 2026
MCKINNEY, TX
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-level systems engineering role focused on integrating and testing advanced airborne radar systems at a North Texas facility. Day-to-day work spans lab and field test execution, troubleshooting hardware and software interfaces, root-cause analysis, and performance evaluation using tools like MATLAB. The position suits a recent STEM master's graduate with hands-on electronics experience who can obtain a DoD Secret clearance.
Junior level · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX · Master's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $122,520 (middle half $95,010–$143,370). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (9)
This is an early-career / new-graduate role: the required qualifications explicitly cap professional experience at '12 months or less (excluding internships)', and a Master's degree in a STEM field is hard-required.
An active Secret clearance is required from day 1 (not merely the ability to obtain one), making this a hard gate for candidates who do not already hold one.
MATLAB and Python appear together under a single 'such as' qualifier in the required section ('MATLAB or Python') — they are treated as interchangeable alternatives for the data analysis/automation requirement, not two separate gates.
Radar/RF engineering, telemetry, electrical schematics, C/C++/C#, and scripting for large data sets all appear under the 'Qualifications We Prefer' heading and are therefore preferred, not required.
The SOC classification is Medium-confidence: the role is a Systems Engineer performing integration, verification, and test on airborne radar systems — it sits between Computer Systems Analysts (15-1211) and a broader engineering/technical occupations code. No single SOC perfectly captures aerospace systems engineering with hardware/software integration.
The posted salary range ($68,900–$131,100/year) is described as covering 'all experience levels'; given the entry-level cap, actual offers for this role are likely toward the lower end of that range.
Travel up to 20% is expected for test event support.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): radar/RF engineering.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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