Sr. Principal Product Engineer
About The Position
At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. You will interface with both executive factory and program leadership personnel to develop cost reduction activities, mitigate process defects, and promote effective design choices through statistical analysis. Evaluate materials, equipment, and processes (including qualification, acceptance testing, and specification development); including interfacing with key internal and external suppliers to resolve technical issues. Gain hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment with development RF Microelectronics (Fire Control AESAs, Electronic Warfare, SATCOMs, etc.) You will have the opportunity to resolve product specific design and process challenges for a complex hybrid design. Intimate details of the processes and equipment used to assemble the hardware.
Requirements
- A University Degree in STEM or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years experience.
- Currently possess or the ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
- Materials and process experience with an in-depth knowledge of MIL-STD-883, J-STD-001H, AS9100, RF microelectronics in a production environment.
- Strong and effective communication skills to convey technical trade studies with internal and external customers.
- Data driven and results oriented individual with track record of mitigating risks and capturing opportunities on large scale program efforts.
- Ability to troubleshoot and maneuver through numerous complex and often undefined issues to establish root cause corrective action.
Nice To Haves
- An advanced degree
- Knowledge of program life cycles and criticality of achieving MRL/TRL requirements
- Knowledge of DFMA & DPD processes
- Vast process specific knowledge of surface mount technology (SMT), adhesives, wirebond, vacuum lamination, conformal coat, and others.
- Experience with running designed experiments (DOEs), statistical data handling analysis.
- Knowledge of metrology processes to diagnose product specific issues. (CSAM, Xray, FTIR, XRF, SEM/EDS, XPS, etc.)
- Proven leadership skills with the ability to navigate teams to contract deliverables
- Knowledge of capacity analysis and purchasing of capital equipment to support program needs
Responsibilities
- Interface with both executive factory and program leadership personnel to develop cost reduction activities, mitigate process defects, and promote effective design choices through statistical analysis.
- Evaluate materials, equipment, and processes (including qualification, acceptance testing, and specification development).
- Interface with key internal and external suppliers to resolve technical issues.
- Gain hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment with development RF Microelectronics (Fire Control AESAs, Electronic Warfare, SATCOMs, etc.).
- Resolve product specific design and process challenges for a complex hybrid design.
- Gain intimate details of the processes and equipment used to assemble the hardware.
- Focuses on operational plans with short to medium term (1-2 year) impact on the suite of programs.
- Recommends and implements new products, processes, policies and standards to support the functional strategy.
- Actively participates in writing and reviewing basis of estimates (BOE) inputs for engineering and other technical projects.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life insurance
- short-term disability
- long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- flexible spending accounts
- flexible work schedules
- employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- parental leave
- paid time off
- holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
