Senior Component Engineer

RTX is a leading company in defense and aerospace, dedicated to providing solutions for national security. They are seeking a Senior Component Engineer to manage component obsolescence and support various engineering tasks related to airborne and tactical platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Perform component obsolescence management and risk coding of components to determine lifecycle status
• Work with suppliers to resolve manufacturing related issues
• Generate and revise source control drawings
• Perform alternate part investigations and generate comparison matrices showing the differences and similarities of the parts
• Understand program requirements and statements of work (SOW)
• Determine program component environmental/characteristic application requirements
• Provide technology insertion and parts selection/standardization guidance while adhering to business, component parametric, application environmental and circuit application constraints
• Interface with multiple internal stakeholders and external suppliers/manufacturers to develop component risk and verification delineation
• Create component verification data packages with supporting data
• Facilitate component selection and libraries application through the coordination and generation of the program bill of material (BOM) in a collaboration toolset
• Present component standardization, design library, obsolescence management and termination finish risk results in support of program preliminary and critical design reviews (PDRs / CDRs.)
• Provide enhancements to RTX projects, programs or systems within job area

Requirements:

• Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM), and 5 years' professional engineering experience
• Minimum of 5 years' experience with electronic component parts and their application, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years' experience
• Experience recommending lifetime buy, design changes, alternate parts and alternate sources of supply (OMT)
• Experience with at least three of the following skills: Mitigation for obsolescence issues; Development of system interconnect solutions; Development of project plans, budgets and schedules; Experience with Project Management Software
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract
• Minimum 5 years' experience with project management and project management software
• Experience creating component verification data packages with supporting data
• Experience presenting component standardization, design library, obsolescence management and termination finish risk results in support of program preliminary and critical design reviews (PDRs / CDRs) on passive parts, resistor, capacitors and magnetics to join the Parts Libraries and Obsolescence (PLO) Department