Raytheon · 2 weeks ago
Senior Mechanical Engineer - Advanced Airframes
Raytheon is committed to helping defend freedoms and deter aggression through advanced engineering expertise. The Senior Mechanical Engineer will be responsible for the design, integration, and testing of mechanical-focused hardware, ensuring successful hardware performance through collaboration with engineering teams.
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Responsibilities
Work across engineering groups to propose, design, develop, integrate, and test hardware within the Advanced Airframes mechanical design department
Technical ownership and execution of tasks, and may be viewed as prime technical contact, providing solutions to a wide range of complex technical problems related to the design, manufacture, and integration of various mechanical sub-systems
Perform and review tolerance analysis to ensure form, fit, and function are as intended by design for the use-application
Improve new and existing designs using Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) and Design for Producibility principles
Apply knowledge and experience in technical problem solving and hardware development in a fast paced, team environment
Communicate across engineering , working with engineering team members and suppliers to analyze, model, and document the design technical data package (TDP) and its capabilities and compliance to requirements
Work under limited supervision and act as the responsible engineer often in a project management role over entire subsystems within an effort
This role may also include leading small teams in the completion of above tasks
Serves in mentor role to junior engineers, providing technical guidance to others within mechanical engineering
Direct, delegate and review the work of other engineers and collaborate across multiple functions and disciplines, such as supply chain, operations, quality, systems, analysis, and electrical
Qualification
Required
Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations
Minimum 5 years of experience in mechanical design, development, and/or test, preferably of defense-related components or systems
Experience in airframe development, or electronics packaging, or mechanisms, for missiles or similar applications
Experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), basic tolerance analyses, and drawing practices and interpretation for mechanical hardware
Experience with CAD design tools and best practices
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
Master of Science (MS) in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace, Engineering Science, Math, or other Engineering disciplines
8+ years of experience in mechanical design, development, and/or test, preferably of defense-related components or systems
DoD Secret or Top-Secret Clearance
Computer-aided Design (CAD) experience in Creo Parametric and Windchill
Experience with thermal and structural analyses or with analysts to specify requirements and design to environments
Experience with effective communication (written and verbal) during collaboration with others to document design actions and results, to perform trade studies, and to communicate with program management and customers through presentations and reports
Supplier interaction and supplier management experience
Ability to travel to government and supplier facilities in support of program activities (10% travel possible)
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.
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
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