Senior Mechanical Engineer, Design
About The Position
The Advanced Airframes Department within Raytheon Hardware Engineering provides mechanical engineering support for products across the Raytheon portfolio, including requirements and conceptual development, design, integration, and test support. The department partners with Mechanical Product Team departments to provide full system solutions. Raytheon is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer for its Tucson, Arizona location. In this onsite role, the engineer will serve on mechanical or cross-functional engineering teams to design, analyze, and optimize aerospace mechanisms and structures. The role includes leading design efforts, optimizing designs to meet performance requirements, developing prototypes, managing suppliers, and supporting testing to meet aerospace standards. Occasional travel may be required to collaborate with vendors, support hardware procurement, oversee testing, and perform related activities. The position involves developing technical solutions across the product lifecycle for military programs, including proposals, advanced design, manufacturing, integration, testing, and support of missiles, launchers, support equipment, and electronics. The engineer works with limited oversight, may act as a Responsible Engineering Authority (REA), and may perform project-management duties for subsystems or systems. The role also provides small-team leadership and mentorship, and requires collaboration with engineering disciplines, operations, supply chain, quality, and external suppliers. An active and transferable U.S. government security clearance is required before the start date. The position requires U.S. citizenship because only U.S. citizens are eligible for the required clearance. The role is primarily onsite in Tucson, Arizona.
Requirements
- A STEM degree 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 mechanical design or advanced design development, manufacturing processes, tooling processes, or a related discipline.
- Experience developing, creating, releasing, and updating engineering drawings using a 3D CAD design tool.
- Experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), including tolerance analysis, and/or interpreting and applying drawing practices for mechanical hardware.
- Active and transferable U.S. government security clearance before the start date; the posting specifies DoD Secret clearance and requires an active, existing clearance on day one.
- U.S. citizenship, as required for eligibility for the security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Expertise in airframe development, electronics packaging, and mechanisms for missiles or comparable applications.
- Proficiency with CREO CAD design and documentation tools in a structured configuration and data management environment.
- Hands-on thermal and structural analysis experience, or experience collaborating with analysts to define requirements and develop designs for environmental conditions.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across teams and foster trust, respect, and innovation.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including documenting design activities, conducting trade studies, and delivering presentations and reports to program management and external stakeholders.
- Leadership experience managing and guiding small teams toward project goals.
- Experience managing and coordinating suppliers for fabrication and production of mechanical hardware.
- Ability to work independently with minimal oversight, demonstrating self-motivation, accountability, and initiative.
- Proficiency in Earned Value Management (EVM) methodologies or experience as a Control Account Manager (CAM).
- Existing DoD Secret or Top-Secret clearance.
Responsibilities
- Conceptualize and implement technical solutions to complex challenges throughout the product lifecycle, including proposal development, advanced design, manufacturing, integration, testing, and support of missiles, launchers, support equipment, and electronics for military programs.
- Serve with limited oversight in a Responsible Engineering Authority (REA) role, often performing project-management duties for entire subsystems or systems.
- Conduct mechanical design analyses to ensure design intent meets form, fit, and function requirements for specific applications.
- Lead small teams and provide mechanical hardware design expertise while working across structures, thermal, systems, harness and interconnects, electronics packaging, tooling, and system integration.
- Lead mechanical engineering work and collaborate with engineering disciplines, operations, supply chain, quality, and external suppliers to resolve technical challenges and deliver design solutions.
- Manage assignments independently with limited oversight, delivering on time and within scope, budget, and technical requirements.
- Participate in design reviews and facilitate trade studies to inform engineering decisions.
- Mentor and guide less experienced engineers to support their development and the team's technical excellence.
- Develop prototypes, manage suppliers, and support testing to ensure compliance with aerospace standards.
- Occasionally travel to collaborate with vendors, support hardware procurement, and oversee testing processes.
Benefits
- 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
- Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation, subject to eligibility and program terms
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
