Principal Test Engineer

RTX•Tucson, AZ

21h•$107,500 - $204,500•Onsite

About The Position

Raytheon's Effector Analog & Power (EAP) Team is looking for senior level engineers who have electronics testing knowledge to help verify power and analog oriented products. The Effector Analog & Power Design Department is responsible for the development, from concept to integration, of Telemetry and Flight Termination products; power systems from all up round to the lowest level power regulation; servo electronics supporting all mechanical motion in our products and low noise mixed signal electronics that provides the analog to digital interface to our front-end sensors. Each of these products generally operate in lower power and voltage ranges less than 10kW and 1000V.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor’s in Science Degree in Electrical Engineering and 8 years' experience, or a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering and 5 years’ experience.
Experience with prints, schematics, sketches, and test procedures.
Experience troubleshooting circuit cards, at the component level
Background using test equipment such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, or spectrum analyzers
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

Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering
Understanding of switching converter control techniques and modes such as voltage mode, peak and average current modes, their advantages and disadvantages. Conceptual familiarity and experience must include stability.
Experience leading small teams (formally or informally), and experience working with other team leads toward a larger goal.
Should have exposure to managing customer relationships.
Experience communicating and documenting technical topics at the small and large team level and experience presenting to upper levels of management.
Experience conducting trade studies relating to power electronics architecture at the circuit card stack level.
Experience guiding drafters through the ECAD process, including the layout and routing concerns specific to non-isolated and isolated power electronics.
Experience Utilizing and creating electrical design specifications. Should have exposure to requirements definition early in the design cycle.
Experience designing at the circuit card stack level to meet concerns of adjacent disciplines, such as thermal, structural, mechanical, reliability, and quality.
Experience with Texas Instruments C-2000 family of microcontrollers, Microchip PIC controllers, VHDL, or real time operating systems.
Experience with using CAN-bus, UART, and/or RS-422.

Responsibilities

Working with a team of engineers performing electrical tests and troubleshooting on subassemblies, assemblies, and systems for conformance to specifications
Advanced understanding and ability to apply the theory of operation for the unit under test to enable determination of faulty product for design, workmanship, environmental and/or component defects on complex electronics.
Work on systems validation, test and analysis while working through all phases of integration, and test validation activities within the Labs.
Ensure customer success through the development and execution of innovative and comprehensive test, verification, and validation strategies, processes, tools and techniques.