Senior Hardware Design Production Support Engineer

The Receiver, Exciter, and Back-End Processing (REBEP) Department is the focal point for receiver, exciter, beam steering, and signal processing technology within Raytheon. The department is responsible for the design, development, integration, and support to production builds, and lifecycle support of Raytheon products.

This position is for a multi-disciplined Senior Hardware Design Production Support Engineer, capable of solving design and manufacturing problems and providing highly innovative solutions in Radar and Receiver Exciter assembly, integration, test, statistical process control and transition to production. Radar Receiver Exciter Hardware design support to production engineers are the liaisons between the design engineers and the factory and are responsible for working with Operations, Supply, Chain, Quality, and other Engineering disciplines to resolve Radar Receiver Exciter products production and transition to production issues.

What Will You Do

• Troubleshooting hardware, test station and process issues down to CCA and component levels.

• Resolution of design issues on RTX production lines and suppliers.

• Failure analysis / root cause determination and corrective action implementation.

• Performing analog and digital circuit analysis including characterization, modeling and simulation of electrical signals in electronics subsystems.

• Identifying and instantiating circuit card and subassembly design updates.

• Lead the transition to production of new Receiver Exciter Products.

• Partnering in the development of test equipment and establishment of test requirements and procedures.

• This role is 100% on-site and will be based in Tewksbury, MA. Travel is to be anticipated between multiple sites including Andover, MA and Woburn, MA.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum 5 years’ of prior work experience OR an Advanced degree and minimum 3 years’ of prior work experience.

• A minimum of three (3) years of Engineering experience with any of the following:

  • RF, analog, digital, and / or mixed signal circuit design or analysis and / or digital signal processing.

  • Experience in Root-Cause Corrective Action investigations.

• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued Secret security clearance post-start is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience with testing and troubleshooting RF and Microwave component/subsystem such as up-converters, down converters, power amplifiers, waveform generators, RF modulators, and limiters.

• Leadership of small technical teams, including technical oversight and direction, cost estimation, earned value tracking & reporting, coordination, and preparation of detailed technical team reports.

• Experience with subsystems integration and test.

• Experience with test equipment and test automation.

• Experience in applying Statistical Process Control (SPC) methods in achieving production yield improvements.

• Experience in resolving production issues with suppliers and sub-tier suppliers.

• Technical writing and formal presentation experience.

• Communications skills to interface with Operations, Supply, Chain, Quality, and other Engineering disciplines.

• Experience with any of the following tools: Mentor Graphics Designer, PSPICE, System Vision, MATLAB, Mathcad, IDL, Computer Simulation Technologies (CST), Microwave Design Studio, High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) and Advanced Design System (ADS).

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.

• This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Learn More & Apply Now!

• RTX solves some of the toughest challenges in aerospace and defense. That requires expansive thinking and bold innovation – and that, in turn, requires a culture that is diverse, equitable and inclusive.

• We embrace individuality and diversity of thought to fuel opportunity for our employees, our customers, and our communities. We work toward progress, knowing that a more inclusive world is critical to our mission. Not just in this moment, but always.

• 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

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