Principal Specialist, Materials, Planning, SIOP

RTX•Goleta, CA

9d•$95,500 - $181,700•Onsite

About The Position

Raytheon is seeking a Principal Specialist to join its Production Control team in Goleta, California. The role aligns material availability, production schedules, and contractual requirements in Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and Shop Floor Control systems. It involves receiving and tracking customer- and government-furnished products, supporting repair, refurbishment, and upgrade work, and ensuring units are shipped back to customers on time. The position also coordinates material procurement, inventory control, production priorities, and status reporting across factory and Integrated Product Team organizations. The role is onsite at the Goleta facility and requires walking between campus buildings, averaging 3,000–6,000 steps per day. It also involves routinely bending, reaching, and lifting items weighing up to 25 pounds. The position requires U.S. citizenship and an active, existing DoD Secret clearance after the first day.

Requirements

A university degree or equivalent experience and at least 5 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and at least 3 years of experience.
Experience in planning, scheduling, production control, supply chain, manufacturing, operations, or another production-driven environment.
Experience with MRP/ERP systems.
U.S. citizenship, because only U.S. citizens are eligible for the required security clearance.
An active and existing DoD Secret security clearance is required after day 1.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance.
Ability to routinely walk between campus buildings, bend, reach, and lift items weighing up to 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Experience using lean manufacturing concepts, with a proven track record of lean or Six Sigma project implementations.
Experience managing Customer-Furnished Material (CFM) and Government-Furnished Material (GFM), including inventory accountability, traceability, material control, and compliance with applicable contractual and regulatory requirements.
Experience with ERP or purchasing systems.
Experience with MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Responsibilities

Physically receive and systemically induct customer- or government-furnished products into Raytheon's MRP and inventory systems of record.
Manage customer return units through receiving, refurbishment and upgrade value streams, and on-time shipment back to the customer.
Physically and systemically kit replacement hardware to customer return units in support of repair and upgrade activity.
Work with Engineering to determine replacement material requirements and coordinate production-program material sell-offs with department peers.
Release purchase requisitions and partner with Supply Chain to maintain the flow of critical materials.
Assess raw material positions and prepare analyses and reports on manufacturing progress, risks, and material constraints for leadership and IPTs.
Maintain inventory traceability, configuration accountability, and material control throughout repair and modification work.
Perform hardware cycle counts in lab environments, verify sub-assembly availability at point of use, and support line readiness.
Set and adjust production priorities with factory and value stream leadership, program management, and cross-functional stakeholders.
Present customer unit production and material status to factory and IPT organizations, including urgent priorities, risks, and required support actions.