Sr. Principal Product Engineer

RTX•Mckinney, TX

15h•Onsite

About The Position

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring 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. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. 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. The Senior Principal Product Engineer is n McKinney, TX and is an onsite role. You will have the opportunity to resolve product specific design and process challenges for the advanced sensors group. 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.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of program life cycles and criticality of achieving MRL/TRL requirements.
Knowledge of DFMA and DPD processes.
Vast process specific knowledge of surface mount technology (SMT), adhesives, wire bond, 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.
Strong and effective communication skills to convey technical trade studies with internal and external customers.
Data driven and results oriented individual with a track record of mitigating risk and capturing opportunities on large scale program efforts.
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.
Ability to troubleshoot and maneuver through numerous complex and often undefined issues to establish root cause corrective action.

Responsibilities

Interface with both executive factory and program leadership personnel to develop cost reduction activities
Mitigate process defects
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
Resolve product specific design and process challenges for the advanced sensors group.