
Principal Mechanical Engineer
RTX
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Marlborough • Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $107,500 - $204,500 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Utilizing strong mechanical hardware design experience and knowledge with ruggedized structures, interconnects, cooling, and array integration
- Supporting all phases of programs from capture and concept development through production
- Developing technical solutions to a wide range of complex problems related to the entire product life cycle including proposal, design, manufacture, integration and test of phase array radars/electronics for multiple military programs
- Supervising the definitions of mechanical outline and construction details, component selection and specification, mechanical and assembly drawings, electrical/RF layout, and delivering the final technical data package
- Employing transition-to-production practices with the ability to lead a design release into production
- Tracking, reporting, and meeting cost, schedule, quality, and performance requirements for the finished product, including Earned Value (EV) management and Estimate at Complete (EAC) inputs
- Preparing proposal inputs on behalf of the product area
- Providing technical conscience, challenged with making sure the product and process meet appropriate standards and requirements while helping to remove roadblocks
- Working with minimal direction or supervision, while exercising considerable latitude in determining the technical objectives of the assignment while meeting cost, schedule, quality, and performance requirements for the finished product.
- Leading a small team of mechanical engineers when required
- Interacting frequently with senior personnel, occasionally including external customers, on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations.
Requirements
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience
- An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience.
- A minimum of eight (8) years of experience in the design of radar architecture or electronics packaging for military or aerospace or commercial applications
- Experience with GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerances)
- The ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance prior to the start date. U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
mechanical hardware designruggedized structuresinterconnectscoolingarray integrationradar architecture designelectronics packagingGD&TEarned Value managementEstimate at Complete inputs
Soft Skills
leadershipproblem-solvingcommunicationteam managementindependent worktechnical consciencecoordinationreportingmeeting performance requirementsremoving roadblocks
Certifications
US security clearance