Sr Principal Reliability Engineer

Date Posted:

2024-05-10

Country:

United States of America

Location:

AZ807: RMS AP Bldg 807 1151 East Hermans Road Building 807, Tucson, AZ, 85756 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

About Us:
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.

Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) is responsible for ensuring our products are Safe, Reliable, Maintainable and delivered on time.  Life Cycle Engineering consists of multiple disciplines that support engineering, our program offices and our customers.  Our Life Cycle Engineering disciplines participate in the total life cycle of our products from conception to deactivation.  Our focus area is product support, including the following disciplines:  Reliability System Safety and Supportability.

Job Summary:

We’re an employee-focused team collaborating across departments, including Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Test & Integration and Production.

As a Sr. Principal Reliability Engineer, you will support Raytheon’s programs by pursuing synergies between the technical disciplines. Your responsibilities include creating the optimal design in terms of Performance, Reliability, Availability and Maintainability per dollar invested. 

In this role you’ll ensure the performance compliance of both customer and internal requirements by providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects.

You will also provide leadership in collaborations with Program Management and government approval authorities from program startup through production to demilitarization and disposal backgrounds

Responsibilities will include:

• Conducting Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) analyses, including Sneak Circuit Analyses
• Performing Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA)
• Interpreting data and analyzing results
• Supporting Failure Review Boards (FRB)
• Supporting the proposal process in developing Basis of Estimate (BOE) for reliability work
• Identifying key issues and addressing them with optimal technical solutions
• Managing a reliability program including monitoring program technical execution
• Interfacing with customers, program offices, subcontractors and/or vendors
• Effectively tasking reliability engineering personnel
• Other grade-consistent duties as assigned

This job is posted as Onsite and is based at our Tucson, AZ facility.

Responsibilities to Anticipate:
As a Sr. Principal RAM/FRACAS Engineer your responsibilities will also include the following:

• Reliability modeling, allocation, and prediction
• Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) processes
• Part stress and derating analysis
• Failure diagnosis and data / trend analysis
• Mentoring junior engineers
• Work with common industry reliability analysis tools including:
  • PTC Windchill, ReliaSoft, etc.
  • Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
  • Reliability demonstration / growth testing
  • Sneak circuit analysis
  • Electronic Parts/Circuits Tolerance Analysis (EPCTA) / Worst Case Circuit Analysis (WCCA).
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program clearance
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance

Travel may be required.

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically Requires: Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and minimum 10 years of relevant Engineering experience An advanced degree may account for additional years of experience as required for this position
• Experience with reliability analysis, failure investigations and/or root cause/corrective action (RCCA) or equivalent experience.
• Leadership experience
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Reliability experience in electrical, electronic, and/or electromechanical product design and development.
• Experience as a critical systems thinker, capable of understanding how a system operates and using available information to make an informed decision on the effects to the system’s reliability
• Project Management experience - Ensure establishment of an executable project plan, schedule, budget, resource requirements, and performance standards
• Strong circuit analysis skills
• Familiarity with Built In Test (BIT) Fault Detection Rate (FDR), Fault Isolation Rate (FIR), and False Alarm Rate (FAR) analyses
• Familiarity with software reliability prediction methods, Design of Experiment methods, or sneak circuit analysis
• Familiarity with other functional disciplines’ modeling, simulation, analysis, and testing techniques, methods, and related processes, e.g., structural, thermal, EEE / EMI / EMC, material science, components, analog / digital / power electronics design, etc.
• Proficiency in MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project
• Ability to take an analytical approach and utilize technical knowledge to solve challenges with optimal solutions
• Strong written and verbal interpersonal communication skills with the ability to manage a reliability program and provide direction to subordinate personnel
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced work environment with attention to detail
• Self-starter with the ability to independently pursue information and solve complex problems
• Experience organizing and delivering presentations that communicate complex issues simply yet accurately
• Experience with Earned Value Management System (EVMS)

What We Offer

Whether you are just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a total rewards package that goes above and beyond with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the outstanding benefits on offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.

About Tucson:

This job is located in beautiful Tucson, AZ. Recognized as one of America’s 10 Best Small Cities, Tucson has a friendly, laid-back atmosphere, combined with the innovation and energy of a metropolitan region. Surrounded by beautiful mountains, the colorful Sonoran Desert landscape and majestic saguaro cacti, Tucson showcases some of nature’s best work. Tucson is known for its bright blue skies, and with more than 310 sunny days per year, this fantastic weather allows residents enjoy the outdoors year-round.

Additional Information:

* Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for this role.

• Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Additional Details: This job is posted internally as: Sr. Principal Engineer, Reliability Engineering 

Clearance Information: This position requires a security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here: https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm

The salary range for this role is 118,000 USD - 246,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills. Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, 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. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance. This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply. RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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