Principal Mechanical Engineer

Principal Mechanical Engineer

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.

The Shipboard Effectors Department is currently searching for an experienced Principal Mechanical Engineer to support development products and subsystems located in Huntsville, AL.

Tasks include supporting development or production, leading proposal activities, and technical management of mechanical engineering disciplines throughout the product life cycle. Must be capable of collaborating and coordinating with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and other Engineering disciplines to resolve issues.

Initial responsibilities for this role will be on site at a Huntsville supplier to provide execution focus, technical oversight, identify producibility improvements, implement manufacturing best practices and process, and proven ability to provide real time engineering and manufacturing decisions to support product manufacturing. The ideal candidate will have experience with machine shop and welding best practices.

What You Will Do:

Contribute to one or more of our contract-funded and independent research efforts, each of which is at a different phase of development (proposal, design, and integration/test). Engineers are generally assigned to one effort at a time but may work multiple efforts over the course of several years.

Communicate with cross-disciplined 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 often requires the ability to direct, delegate and review the work of others.
• Perform mechanical design, development, and documentation of components, sub-assemblies, and major end items for defense system equipment in accordance with system requirements.
• Collaborating across multiple disciplines with Structural and Thermal analyst, Materials Engineering, Quality, Safety, Supply Chain.
• Lead a team(s) with limited supervision and meet commitments for assigned schedule, financial, and technical goals.
• Work thru engineering problems associated with large structures, welded assemblies, component integration, mechanisms, electronic assemblies.
• Support suppliers with product integration.
• Strong understanding of Thermal, Structural, Dynamic, and Reliability analysis to provide inputs and support. Incorporate results and findings into mechanical design.
• Perform and review tolerance analyses 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.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience.
• Understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), basic tolerance analyses, and drawing practices and interpretation for mechanical hardware
• Experience with CREO (or equivalent CAD tool)
• The ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance prior to the start date. U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Advanced Degree
• Experience developing and executing a plan to develop a mechanical component or subsystem
• Experience managing teams in a technical capacity

What We Offer:

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.