Principal Engineer, Harness & Interconnect
RTX•Tucson, AZ
•$107,500 - $204,500•Onsite
About The Position
The Precision Control Actuation System department is seeking a mechanical design engineer to join the Harness and Interconnect organization to support the development, build, and verification of harnessing systems. The PCAS organization staffs engineers for a variety of roles supporting primarily tactical missile Integrated Product Teams.
Requirements
- Requires a 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 experience
- A minimum of 8 years of engineering experience
- 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: DoD Clearance: Secret
- Security Clearance Status: Active and existing security clearance required on day 1
Nice To Haves
- Experience with engineering of complex systems of devices and interconnects.
- Experience with development of harnessing requirements, system architecture, requirements risk, requirements verification and validation, system performance & function, safety and environmental compliance
- Experience working with a wide variety of industry / military standards and specifications
- Experience generating first order electrical analysis including, but not limited to, DC resistance and voltage drop
- Experience deriving applicable technical requirements from higher level specifications
- Proficiency in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing per ASME Y14.5
- Proven ability to deconstruct higher level tasks into discrete lower-level work packages and tasks
- Proven ability to take ownership of complex harnessing systems and coordinating completion of technical data packages with peers
- Experience developing technical solutions to a wide range of complex problems related to the entire product lifecycle including proposal, design, manufacture, integration and test
- Developing subject matter expertise round wire, rf, and/or rigid-flex harnesses
- Experience with harness design with mixed signals including knowledge of differential signals and shielding for EMI/RFI and crosstalk concerns.
- Moderate 3D modeling skills with a prominent commercial software package
- Experience with Pro/Engineer/CREO 3D modeling and mechanical drawing generation
- Experience with Creo Schematic, Mentor Capital, or other electrical system documentation software
- Experience with flex and rigid flex design including familiarity with ECAD software, PCB design, signal integrity, copper weight calculations, adhesives, dielectrics, coverlays, stiffeners and thermal management.
- The ability to problem-solve tight space and dynamic movement constraints is a bonus.
- Proven design and manufacturing knowledge in machined parts, injection molded parts, wire harnesses/flex harnesses and related components
Responsibilities
- Detailed mechanical design
- Test design and execution
- Systems engineering
- Proposals and estimates
- Earned value management
- Flex responsibilities based on the current needs of the organization and their respective skill sets
- Support the development, build, and verification of harnessing systems
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
Principal
