Key skills
Mechanical Component EngineeringInterconnect DevicesFastenersComponent SelectionComponent ScreeningComponent QualificationComponent DeratingMilitary and Aerospace Flight ApplicationsMIL SpecificationsSAE SpecificationsNAS SpecificationsASME SpecificationsASTM SpecificationsTest SpecificationsQualified Products Lists (QPL)Qualified Manufacturers Lists (QML)Bill of Material (BOM) DevelopmentBill of Material (BOM) ManagementComponent Failure ModesComponent Reliability Process MonitorsQualification MethodologiesCommercial Off The Shelf (COTS) ProductsSupplier Technical ManagementDepartment of Defense (DoD) Secret Security ClearanceCollaboration
About this role
Raytheon is a leading defense contractor with over 100 years of experience in engineering expertise. They are seeking a Senior Mechanical Component Engineer to support the Parts, Libraries and Obsolescence Department, focusing on components engineering tasks for airborne, ground, and tactical systems.
Responsibilities:
- Understand program requirements and Statements of Work (SOWs) to determine program component environmental / characteristic application requirements
- Provide technology insertion and parts selection/standardization guidance while adhering to business, component parametric, and environmental application constraints
- Generate and revise component drawings and associated verification data packages
- Perform alternate part investigations and generate comparison matrices showing the differences and similarities of the parts
- Interface with multiple internal stakeholders and external suppliers/manufacturers to develop component risk and verification delineation
- 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 design reviews for a program
Requirements:
- Typically requires a Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience with any combination of the following:
- Experience with interconnect devices, fasteners, or other mechanical-based components
- Knowledge of component selection, screening, qualification, and derating for use in military and aerospace flight applications
- Knowledge of Component MIL and industrial (SAE, NAS, ASME, ASTM) specifications and standards, test specifications, and associated QPLs and QMLs
- Experience with BOM (Bill of Material) development and management for developmental and production programs
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
- Active and existing security clearance required after day 1
- Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or other related science or engineering discipline
- Knowledge of component failure modes by commodity
- Knowledge of component reliability process monitors and/or qualification methodologies
- Experience with the use or adaptation of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) products in a military system
- Demonstrated experience with development, design and project level responsibility on systems or major subsystems
- Experience working with external suppliers and supplier technical management
- Ability to obtain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret level security clearance; current clearance preferred