Sr. Ordnance Assessment Engineer

Date Posted:

2024-12-06

Country:

United States of America

Location:

AZ848: RMS AP Bldg 848 1151 East Hermans Road Building 848, Tucson, AZ, 85756 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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.

What You Will Do:
As a Sr. Ordnance Assessment (OA) Engineer, you will support the execution of testing and analysis efforts for a surveillance/OA program. The OA Program is a combined surveillance and shelf-life assessment program that assists our customers in inventory management decisions and provides a continuing assessment of the effects of operational environments on the product’s safety, quality, performance, reliability, and service life status.

Program activities include: 

• Performing missile-level accelerated aging (environmental exposure)
• Executing missile and lower-level teardown inspections
• Writing energetic item accelerated aging and test plans
• Coordinating accelerated aging and testing of energetic and mechanical components at the manufacturer’s facilities or other designated test facilities
• Writing assessment reports and presenting results at customer reviews.

The OA program provides a continuing assessment of the effects of operational environments on the product’s safety, quality, performance, reliability and service life status.

Stakeholders will include:

• Program leadership
• Customers
• Commercial and government test facilities
• Raytheon engineering and support organizations including:
  • Energetics and Propulsion
  • Materials and Process Engineering (M&PE)
  • Mechanical
  • Electrical
  • System Safety
  • Reliability
  • Quality
  • Supply Chain

Additional responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the test and analysis execution and ensure that all deliverables are delivered on schedule.
• Supporting execution to the program integrated master schedule
• Supporting the execution of OA tasking
• Providing support of surveillance activities in place at several commercial and government test facilities
• Providing support of test & evaluation at the test facilities
• Supporting contractual deliverables
• Presenting program status at program and technical reviews.  
• Ability to be cleared for and maintain SAP (Special Access Program) status

Approximately 5% travel required for offsite testing of program hardware and meetings with customers and test facilities

This job is posted as ONSITE and is based at Raytheon’s Tucson, AZ facility

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically Requires a Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and minimum 5 years of relevant experience. An advanced degree may account for additional years of experience as required for this position.
• Experience with weapons inspections, hardware testing or hardware integration
• 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

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience with weapons loading in accordance with Military specifications and standards
• Experience with root cause or failure analysis
• Experience with Reliability and failure modes
• Experience with statistical analysis techniques
• Experience with project management including developing and executing to project plans, schedules, budgets, resource requirements, and performance standards.
• Understanding of environmental effects on hardware and application of technical theories and concepts in relation to the operation of aging
• Ability to take an analytical approach and utilize technical knowledge to solve challenges

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, Innovation and Safety.

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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.

Please consider the following role type definition 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.

This position requires ability to obtain 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: Security Clearance FAQs - United States Department of State

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The salary range for this role is 77,000 USD - 163,000 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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