Principal Actuation Systems Electrical Lead

RTX•Tewksbury, MA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Control Systems section within the Radar Analog and Power Department (RAP) has an exciting employment opportunity for an Actuation Systems Leader (P4 Electrical Engineer) with control system, power conversion, and leadership experience. The ideal candidate possesses a combination of project / team leadership, design, product and production support experience, electronics knowledge, and hands-on laboratory skills. The RAP department is responsible for design, product and production support engineering in various areas including Power System Design, Power Conversion, Power Distribution, Power Sub-System Design, and Control Systems. This position is an onsite role. Regular travel to Tewksbury, MA; Marlborough, MA; Andover, MA; Woburn, MA; and/or Pelham, NH may be required depending on the assignment. Travel to supplier or customer sites may also be required (up to 10%). You will be expected to lead complex tasks, work autonomously with limited oversight, have expert-level knowledge of the Controls Engineering domain, manage medium-sized or multiple smaller projects around assigned program work, mentor other professionals, and provide input to the development of strategic vision for functional and organizational priorities of the Radar Power and Digital organization. Support may include but is not limited to detailed actuation system design, test design and execution, and support to systems or software engineering functions. In this position, the candidate will be responsible for developing technical solutions for a wide range of high-performance actuation system and motion control challenges (array or launcher deployment, platform/enclosure stabilization, and azimuth rotation of array, platform/enclosures or launcher). Responsibility will cover a portion of the life cycle of the product, from conceptualizing and design, to prototyping and manufacturing, integration and verification testing, through production support. You will be expected to apply sound systems engineering principles to define and solve sometimes complex actuation system problems while influencing engineering teams to include electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, control systems engineering, software and firmware engineering, manufacturing engineering, supply chain and others. You will also be responsible for supporting and driving the execution of product development projects. You will be working as a Team/Technical Lead and in collaboration with an Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead. Work is performed in a multidisciplinary team environment focused on execution and engineering excellence, using established business, and engineering tools and processes. You will interact with internal and external customers and leadership team members.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience; or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience
Experience with electromagnetic or electrohydraulic control actuation systems
Requires a security clearance
U.S. citizenship is required

Nice To Haves

Eight (8) years of experience with actuation systems or motion controls
Experience developing technical solutions to a wide range of complex problems across multiple parts of the product lifecycle such as proposal, design, manufacture, integration and test
Ability to estimate project / tasks level of effort and to deconstruct higher level tasks into discrete lower-level work packages and tasks
Ability to articulate, in both oral and written form, to technical, non-technical and management audiences
Experience with feedback control systems, including control theory, system sizing, testing and integration, design to manufacturing, kinematic and dynamic simulation and analysis
Experience developing system-based models using Matlab/Simulink
Experience with Hardware-In-The-Loop development and tools such as dSpace
Experience in design and development of test equipment for electromechanical systems that operate under high load and rate
Experience in Failure Investigation Teams with FRACAS / FRB / RCCA
Experience in working with control actuation systems that employ permanent magnet brush and brushless DC motor technology and with different actuation drive systems including trapezoidal drive, sine drive and field-oriented control
Experience with actuation communication busses; electromechanical actuators (using gears, ballscrews, leadscrews etc); position sensors; electronic controllers and power amplifiers
Basic understanding of packaging electromechanical systems for management of grounding, shielding and electrical noise in compact designs
Familiarity with command-line interfaces, Unix systems, networks, and software
M.S. or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering or related Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) major
Prior experience as engineering Project or Team Lead (hardware, electrical or integration)
Existing US DoD security clearance

Responsibilities

Lead complex tasks
Work autonomously with limited oversight
Manage medium-sized or multiple smaller projects around assigned program work
Mentor other professionals
Provide input to the development of strategic vision for functional and organizational priorities of the Radar Power and Digital organization
Support detailed actuation system design, test design and execution, and support to systems or software engineering functions
Develop technical solutions for a wide range of high-performance actuation system and motion control challenges
Cover a portion of the life cycle of the product, from conceptualizing and design, to prototyping and manufacturing, integration and verification testing, through production support
Apply sound systems engineering principles to define and solve actuation system problems
Influence engineering teams (electrical, mechanical, control systems, software, firmware, manufacturing, supply chain, etc.)
Support and drive the execution of product development projects
Work as a Team/Technical Lead in collaboration with an Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead
Interact with internal and external customers and leadership team members