Raytheon · 3 hours ago
Senior Principal RF Mechanical Engineer
Tucson, AZ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$124K/yr - $250K/yr
10+ years expRaytheon is a leader in defense technology, dedicated to helping the nation and its allies. The Senior Principal RF Mechanical Engineer will provide innovative design solutions for RF hardware packaging, lead multidiscipline teams, and ensure compliance with hardware requirements while mentoring other engineers.
Intellectual PropertyInternetWeb Hosting
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Lead mechanical design activities involving RF hardware
Lead others by understanding team dynamics and capitalizing on team strengths while mitigating gaps
Lead trade studies to determine the best solution for complex and multifaceted problems and developing a plan forward. Convey the highest quality work while ensuring cost, schedule, and performance expectations are consistently met or exceeded
Regularly convey task status on complex issues and influences strategic plans across multiple teams, programs, engineering and customer leadership
Seek opportunities to fill any role necessary to help ensure business unit success
Qualification
Required
Typically requires a Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
A minimum of ten (10) years of professional experience performing design, analysis, and/or leadership of mechanical products, preferably RF mechanical products such as circuit card assemblies, antennas, radomes, guidance sections, RF test equipment, harnesses, and interconnects throughout the product life cycle
Ability to design with three dimensional (3D) Computer Aided Design (CAD) software
Creation of Technical Data Packages (TDPs) using Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
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
DoD Clearance: Secret
Preferred
Design experience with RF-specific products such as antennas, missile bodies, circuit card assemblies, and/or RF test chambers
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
Creo Simulate or ANSYS Workbench for preliminary structural and thermal analysis of design concepts
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Failure investigation, root cause identification, and corrective action implementation
Familiarity or direct experience with RF Printed Circuit Board (PCB) material stack ups and Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) layout
One dimensional tolerance analysis for complex mechanical assemblies
Development of technical proposals, engineering project estimates, and/or white papers
Requirements verification test planning and execution
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
Company
Raytheon
Raytheon, an RTX business, creates next-generation defense solutions that are smarter, faster and better than previously thought possible.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$16MKey Investors
United States Air Force
2012-01-17Series Unknown· $5.5M
2009-10-26Acquired
2009-10-01Series Unknown· $10.5M
Leadership Team
Arunava Chatterjee
Executive Director of Ghost Black Operations & CEO & CTO
Kieran Nolan
Chief Enterprise Architect / IT CTO
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