Principal RF Mechanical Engineer

RTX•Tucson, AZ

1d•$107,500 - $204,500•Onsite

About The Position

The Effector RF Design Team at Raytheon is seeking a Principal Engineer to work onsite in Tucson, Arizona. The role provides mechanical design solutions for packaging antennas, RF Circuit Card Assemblies, radomes, and RF test equipment. The engineer will lead multidisciplinary teams and trade studies, provide technical oversight, delegate tasks, and collaborate with Engineering to establish technology roadmaps, modernize capabilities, and support innovation. The position also works with customer personnel and program leadership to define and refine requirements and validate hardware compliance. The engineer will guide, coach, mentor, and train employees across the business in areas of expertise.

Requirements

Typically, a bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and at least 8 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and at least 6 years of experience.
Experience designing, analyzing, and/or leading mechanical products, preferably RF mechanical products, throughout the product life cycle.
Experience with RF products such as circuit card assemblies, antennas, radomes, guidance sections, RF test equipment, harnesses, and interconnects.
Experience creating Technical Data Packages (TDPs) using Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) for RF products.
Ability to obtain an interim U.S. government-issued security clearance before the start date and ability to obtain special program access after starting.
U.S. citizenship is required because only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
An active and transferable U.S. government-issued security clearance is required before the start date.

Nice To Haves

Design experience with RF-specific products such as antennas, missile bodies, circuit card assemblies, and/or RF test chambers.
Master of Science in mechanical engineering or electrical engineering.
Experience serving as a Responsible Engineering Authority (REA), Control Account Manager (CAM), and/or Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL).
Supplier management experience for build-to-print or build-to-specification RF products.
Experience creating and presenting professional-level design documentation to company leadership and program customers.
Experience using Creo Simulate or ANSYS Workbench for preliminary structural and thermal analysis of design concepts.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Experience with failure investigation, root cause identification, and corrective action implementation.
Familiarity or direct experience with RF Printed Circuit Board (PCB) material stack-ups and Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) layout.
Experience performing one-dimensional tolerance analysis for complex mechanical assemblies.
Experience developing technical proposals, engineering project estimates, and/or white papers.
Experience planning and executing requirements verification tests.

Responsibilities

Lead mechanical design activities involving RF hardware.
Lead multidisciplinary teams by understanding team dynamics, capitalizing on strengths, and mitigating capability gaps.
Lead trade studies for complex problems, determine the best solutions, and develop a plan forward.
Deliver high-quality work while meeting or exceeding cost, schedule, and performance expectations.
Communicate task status on complex issues and influence strategic plans across teams, programs, Engineering, and customer leadership.
Take on roles as needed to help ensure business unit success.
Provide technical oversight and delegate tasks.
Work with Engineering to establish technology roadmaps, enable modernization, and contribute to innovation.
Work with customer personnel and program leadership to define and refine requirements and validate hardware compliance.
Provide guidance, coaching, mentoring, and training to employees across the business.

Benefits

Relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Medical insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Life insurance.
Short-term disability insurance.
Long-term disability insurance.
401(k) match.
Flexible spending accounts.
Flexible work schedules.
Employee assistance program.
Employee Scholar Program.
Parental leave.
Paid time off.
Holidays.
Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation may be available, subject to position, eligibility, and program factors.