[Hiring] Senior Principal Component Engineer @RTX

Role Description

Raytheon is seeking a Senior Principal Component Engineer to join the Parts, Libraries and Obsolescence (PLO) Department, primarily supporting programs in the Boston, MA area. This is a remote-based position.

The selected candidate will actively lead in the performance of Components Engineering and Applications Engineering tasks supporting airborne, ground, and tactical platforms/programs in the proposal, Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP), production, and support phases. Responsibilities include:

• Aiding in developing and executing Programs' Parts Management Plans and parts procurement strategies.
• Performing verification and validation of program parts lists to ensure compliance with part selection, standardization, documentation, and qualification requirements.
• Day-to-day interface with designers, suppliers, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Parts Obsolescence Lead/Managers (POL), Product Development Engineers (PDE), Electronic Computer Aided Design (ECAD), Program Management Office (PMO), and other disciplines.
• Supporting components approval through a Parts and Materials Control Board (PMCB).
• Using knowledge of failure mechanisms and effects to aid in root cause/corrective action determinations of device/subassembly component related failures.
• Occasional travel to integration sites, customer facilities, and subcontractor facilities may be required.

What You Will Do:

• Understand program requirements and SOWs to determine program component environmental/characteristic application requirements.
• Provide technology insertion and parts selection/standardization guidance.
• Generate and revise component drawings and associated verification data packages.
• Review electronic component and assembly reliability and construction data.
• Perform alternate part investigations and generate comparison matrices.
• Interface with multiple internal stakeholders and external suppliers/manufacturers.
• Facilitate component selection and libraries application through the coordination and generation of the program Bill of Material (BOM).
• Present component standardization, design library, obsolescence management, and termination finish risk results in support of design reviews for a program.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience with all major electrical component commodities - integrated circuits, semiconductors, passive, and RF devices.
• Knowledge of component selection, screening, qualification, and derating for use in military and aerospace flight applications.
• Knowledge of Military component drawings, standards, test specifications, and associated Qualified Manufacturers and Product Lists.
• Experience with the development of associated component drawings and the judgment/determination of part applications to meet program/project objectives and requirements.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or other related science or engineering discipline (preferred).
• Minimum 5 years’ experience with project or task management (preferred).
• Experience with root cause corrective action (RCCA) (preferred).
• Knowledge of component reliability process monitors and/or qualification methodologies (preferred).
• Knowledge of circuit card and PWB manufacturing processes (preferred).
• Knowledge of component failure modes by commodity (preferred).
• Experience with BOM development and management for developmental and production programs (preferred).
• Experience with the use or adaptation of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) products in a military system (preferred).
• Experience with interconnect devices (preferred).
• Experience with counterfeit part mitigation, including working with Non-Franchised Distributors (NFDs) (preferred).

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 and holidays.