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Raytheon · 23 hours ago

Principal Mechanical Engineer - Thermal Engineer

Tucson, AZ

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$108K/yr - $204K/yr

8+ years exp

Raytheon is a leading defense contractor dedicated to helping the nation and allies defend freedoms. The Principal Thermal Engineer will be responsible for detailed thermal analysis throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring structural and thermal design robustness, and leading technical processes within the Mechanical Analysis and Test Department.

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No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Perform Hand Calculations to determine scope of higher detail analysis models

Perform detailed thermal analyses to solve various program thermal challenges

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

Analyze test data to validate and correlate models

Work with experienced analysts on problems of moderate complexity to provide the answers needed under program cost and schedule constraints

Review your work with peers to ensure technical accuracy

Present results to internal, external, and government customers

Generate detailed documentation of work and archive for reference

Act as a technical leader (help define/refine and/or develop MA&T department technical processes and tools) and/or lead analysis/test teams

Qualification

Thermal AnalysisFinite Element AnalysisThermodynamic PrinciplesThermal TestingMechanical EngineeringCAD SoftwareData AnalysisTeam LeadershipDocumentation SkillsPresentation Skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience; An advanced degree in a related field may be substituted for additional years of experience as follows: Master's is equal to 2 years of experience or a Ph.D. is equal to 5 years of experience

Experience in thermal analysis with any of the following tools: FloTHERM, PATRAN, Thermal Desktop/SINDA or ANSYS or equivalent

Experience in mechanical principles to solve classical thermal analysis solutions both inside and outside of finite element tools and an ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities

Demonstrated experience in thermal testing: Planning, organization, execution, data reduction and correlation

Demonstrated experience in leading a team of thermal analysts on major program efforts

Ability to obtain a U.S. government issued security clearance. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance, Clearance must be active and transferable prior to start date