Sr. Production Test Engineer

Full-time - Mid Level

Huntsville, AL

10,001+ employees

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 Production Test Engineer (PTE) is part of a manufacturing team who supports the test process through one or more phases of the product lifecycle, including product development, transition to production, sustained production, and depot activities. The PTE validates and ensures compliance of the prime hardware to technical data package requirements and supporting test equipment. This role involves troubleshooting and problem-solving of test failures, identifying opportunities in test processes to improve efficiency, yields, and capacity. Additionally, the PTE supports creating Basis of Estimates (BOE) to estimate costs for adding additional capacity, new capabilities, and addressing equipment obsolescence. The PTE assures compliance of the prime hardware to technical data package requirements and supporting test equipment. They lead projects aimed at reducing testing time and improving efficiency, yields, and capacity. The PTE drives manufacturing changes through process change boards and supports engineering configuration changes at configuration change boards. They are responsible for validating all changes by conducting the prove-in validation process after the change is completed. The PTE may also be assigned projects to lead, where they will track progress and execution either as the Cost Account Manager (CAM) or as a member of the project team. This role requires a proactive approach to troubleshooting, providing accurate rework instructions for product hardware, and maintaining the spares and test equipment obsolescence plan. The PTE will also develop test flows and contribute to test capacity analysis, assist in non-routine fault isolation, diagnosis, and repair of the product or test equipment, and lead root cause and corrective action investigations, presenting findings using fault trees and knowledge point plans. Risk assessments and support for the program's risk register reviews are also part of the responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoots and provides accurate rework instructions for the product hardware.
• Creation and maintenance of spares and the test equipment obsolescence plan.
• Creation of Basis of Estimates (BOE) to estimate costs to add additional capacity, new capabilities, and equipment obsolescence.
• Leads projects to reduce test time and improve the test process through analysis of predictive metrics of trends, failure modes, and test yields.
• Develop test flows and contribute to test capacity analysis.
• Maintain changes to the test equipment technical data package including drawings, test instructions, test position manuals, and system software.
• Assist in non-routine fault isolation, diagnosis, and repair of the product or test equipment.
• Lead root cause and corrective action investigations and present findings, utilizing fault trees and knowledge point plans.
• Perform risk assessments and support the program's risk register reviews.
• Lead projects and is responsible for execution.

Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 3 years experience.
• Experience with emphasis in testing or manufacturing engineering.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Access (ATF) clearance.
• 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.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with interpretation of technical documentation.
• Experience with project execution.
• Experience with data analysis.
• Experience with hands-on hardware integration and troubleshooting.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with technical writing.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to develop sustaining solutions to routine technical problems.
• Ability to lead and mentor junior PTEs.
• Current DOD Security Clearance.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 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.