Senior RF Mechanical Engineer

RTX•Tucson, AZ

2d•$86,800 - $165,200•Onsite

About The Position

The Effector RF Design Team at Raytheon is seeking a Senior Engineer in Tucson, Arizona. The role provides innovative design solutions for packaging antennas, RF Circuit Card Assemblies, radomes, and RF test equipment. The engineer will lead multidiscipline teams, provide technical oversight, delegate tasks, and collaborate with Engineering to establish technology roadmaps, support modernization, and contribute to innovation. The role also involves working with customers and program leadership to define and refine requirements and validate hardware compliance, as well as guiding, coaching, mentoring, and training employees across the business in areas of expertise. This is an onsite role in Tucson, Arizona. An active and transferable U.S. government-issued security clearance is required before the start date; U.S. citizenship is required for clearance eligibility. The candidate must be able to obtain an interim clearance before starting and be able to obtain special program access after starting.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM), typically, and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience.
Experience designing and analyzing packaging for RF products, such as Circuit Card Assemblies, antennas, radomes, RF test equipment, harnesses, and interconnects, throughout the product life cycle.
Experience using three-dimensional (3D) Computer Aided Design (CAD) software.
Experience creating Technical Data Packages (TDPs) using Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
Ability to obtain an interim U.S. government-issued security clearance before the start date and ability to obtain special program access after start.
U.S. citizenship, as required for security clearance eligibility.

Nice To Haves

Master of Science (MS) 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 for built-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 with or direct experience in RF Printed Circuit Board (PCB) material stack-ups and Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) layout.
One-dimensional tolerance analysis for complex mechanical assemblies.
Experience developing technical proposals, engineering project estimates, and/or white papers.
Experience with requirements verification test planning and execution.

Responsibilities

Provide small-group technical oversight.
Develop packaging for common and mature RF products.
Serve as a technical resource to the organization.
Provide innovative packaging design solutions for antennas, RF Circuit Card Assemblies, radomes, and RF test equipment.
Lead multidiscipline teams, 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.
Guide, coach, mentor, and train other employees in areas of expertise.

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 programs may be available depending on position level and collective-bargaining coverage; payments are not guaranteed.