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Raytheon · 8 hours ago

Senior Pr. Mechanical Engineer - Structural

Tucson, AZ

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$124K/yr - $250K/yr

10+ years exp

Raytheon is a leading technology company dedicated to helping the nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. They are seeking a Senior Principal Structural Engineer to perform detailed structural analysis and testing, ensuring robust design across various programs and contributing to technical discussions and leadership within the Mechanical Analysis and Test Department.

Intellectual PropertyInternetWeb Hosting

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Perform detailed structural analysis and testing to support all phases of programs

Conduct data collection from available sources for material characteristics, and design and recommend tests to address gaps in material understanding

Generate test plans required to validate analyses and verify hardware compliance to customer requirements

Analyze test data to validate and correlate models, and/or generate mechanical loads and environments

Work with limited oversight on complex problems to provide the answers needed under program cost and schedule constraints

Coordinate and lead technical peer reviews ensuring the technical accuracy of work product as well as acting as a reviewer for others work products

Present results to internal stakeholders and external customers

Generate detailed, archival technical reports

Travel to test sites to support test or design discussion (depending on work assignment)

Act as a technical leader (help define and develop MA&T department technical processes and tools) and lead teams to meet program milestones

Contribute to technical discussions and demonstrate strong interpersonal skills working in a team environment

Qualification

Structural analysisFinite element analysisHigh temperature materialsPATRANNASTRANANSYSCMH-17 guidelinesDigital Image CorrelationFracture modeling techniquesSolid modeling CADMATLABInterpersonal skillsTeam collaborationTechnical leadership

Required

Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience. In absence of a degree, 14+ years of experience. An advanced degree in a related field may be substituted for additional years of experience

Experience in structural analysis (i.e. PATRAN, NASTRAN, ANSYS or equivalent software (Dynamic, Static, Non-linear, Transient, etc.)

Experience in CMH-17 guidelines

Experience in high temperature material systems for hypersonic aerospace

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

Secret - Current

Preferred

Experience in industry standard structural analysis

Understanding of mechanical principles to solve classical structural analysis both inside and outside finite element tools

Ability to work in a collaborative, team-based environment and independently

Experience contributing to technical discussions and demonstrate strong interpersonal skills working in a team environment

15+ years of professional experience in the structural analysis of complex systems that require collaboration of multiple engineering disciplines (such as a weapon system)

Experience in structural testing: planning, organization, execution, data reduction and correlation

Experience designing/analyzing mechanical joints for composite material in high temperature environments

Experience using Digital Image Correlation (DIC) software and practices

Experience using fracture modeling techniques for composite materials (VCCT, CZM)

Experience with test planning to evaluate structures designed for high temperature environments

Experience with environmental barrier coatings applied to CMCs

Experience with dynamic shock and vibration analysis

Experience with solid modeling CAD tool such as CREO or equivalent

Experience with MATLAB

Experience presenting to external customers

Ability to travel to government and other facilities in support of program activities

Advanced degree in aforementioned disciplines. ABET is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard