Optical Assembly & Test Engineer
About The Position
The Manufacturing and Test Engineering team at the Optics Consolidated Manufacturing Center (OCMC) drives RTX's competitiveness in optical components, assemblies, and systems now and in the future. We are responsible for performing all assembly engineering activities and leading the organization to deliver a quality product on time, at or below cost in a safe environment. We do this by collaborating with customers, program management and business leadership to identify and meet business needs, enabling the factory to execute to these needs on time by forecasting future business needs and developing enabling technologies and expertise, and performing concurrent engineering during the product concept and design phases to drive producibility into the design. We have a focus on rapid iteration and improvement of processes to consistently achieve higher first pass yield and throughput. We are constantly growing the engineering team via training, experiential learning, publication, connectivity, and leadership within the optics manufacturing industry, and we drive accountability for velocity, efficiency, and growth throughout the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and less than 2 years of prior experience
- Experience interpreting engineering prints to determine requirements
- Experience conducting process improvements, Root Cause/Corrective Actions (RCCAs), and Failure Review Boards (FRBs)
- Able to modify/extend working hours in response to business needs
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a precision manufacturing environment
- Experience with metrology equipment such as interferometer, CMM, laser alignment stations, autocollimators, etc.
- Experience with optical parts and assemblies such as mirrors, lenses, afocals, and imagers
- Experience with Matlab or similar analysis software and Creo or similar CAD software
Responsibilities
- Provide process engineering support for optical assemblies including drawing producibility review, process development, process documentation, conceptual tooling design, process troubleshooting, and metrology support
- Plan the process and sequence of operations for new and existing assemblies, ensuring drawing requirements are met, while meeting cost, schedule, and quality goals, and enabling operator effectiveness
- Review specifications, procedures, and related engineering documents to ensure compliance
- Assist in bid and proposal activities by estimating hours required for various assembly activities
- Participate in continuous improvement by analyzing the manufacturing data and implementing process improvements
- Determine equipment required for meeting design and test requirements
- Provide mentoring/training and support of assembly operations personnel
- Analyze product failures to determine root cause and recommend/implement corrective action
- Support troubleshooting of equipment failures to determine root cause and recommend/implement corrective action
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life insurance
- short-term disability
- long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- flexible spending accounts
- flexible work schedules
- employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- parental leave
- paid time off
- holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
