Senior Hardware Design Production Support Engineer

Raytheon Technologies - Tewksbury, MA

Full-time - Mid Level

Tewksbury, MA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

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. 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. In this role, you will be troubleshooting hardware, test station and process issues down to CCA and component levels, resolving design issues on RTX production lines and suppliers, and performing failure analysis and root cause determination. You will also be involved in performing analog and digital circuit analysis, identifying and instantiating circuit card and subassembly design updates, and leading the transition to production of new Receiver Exciter Products. This role is 100% on-site and will be based in Tewksbury, MA, with travel anticipated between multiple sites including Andover, MA and Woburn, MA.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• 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 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 security clearance is required.

Nice-to-haves

• 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 tools such as 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).

Benefits

• 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
• Holidays
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs