Principal Project Manufacturing Engineer

RTX • Tucson, AZ

2d • Onsite

About The Position

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. Project Engineers (PE) learn production and programmatic operations and employ their manufacturing skill set in planning and execution collaboratively between the factory and the program. They use the systems and tools to assist overall success while focusing on cost, quality, and schedule. PEs build technical depth in manufacturing processes, are a liaison to the program representing the factory’s interest and are accountable for improvement and optimization.

Requirements

• Requires a Bachelor degree in science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience.
• Experience with leading cross-functional team projects.
• The ability to obtain and maintain an Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Access (ATF).
• 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
• Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date

Nice To Haves

• Experience with manufacturing
• Experience with SAP/PRISM
• Experience or education with lean manufacturing
• Experience/education with technical writing
• Strong engineering aptitude and analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Technical problem solving
• Experience/education with interpretation of technical documentation
• Experience/education with project execution
• Current DOD Security clearance

Responsibilities

• Participation in Engineering Review Boards and Configuration Control Boards, Line of Balance material reviews, production planning, supporting program operations requirements aligned with program objectives.
• Providing Effectivities for Variances and engineering Change Notices
• Help with communication between the factory and the program including: Informing program of major factory issues Informing factory of major program changes Keeping the Manufacturing Engineers informed when items such as variance and engineering change notices get approved at board that would affect their hardware Communicating across different factories
• Creating and managing Material Master and Manufacturing Bill of Material request.
• Addressing large scale quality issues that affect the factory
• Understanding the configurations of hardware that are planned to be built per contract requirements and helping to ensure the factory is aligned
• Assist with future contract proposals by providing the manufacturing bill of materials for applicable hardware configurations and other manufacturing scoped tasks

Benefits

• Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, 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, and holidays.
• Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal