Principal RF Mechanical Engineer

Overview

At RTX, 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 candidate will be responsible for providing innovative design solutions for the packaging of antennas, RF Circuit Card Assemblies, radomes, and RF test equipment. You will be expected to lead multidiscipline teams, provide technical oversight, delegate tasks, and work with the Engineering organization to establish technology roadmaps, enable modernization, and contribute to general innovation. In addition, the Principal RF Mechanical Engineer will work with customer personnel and program leadership to define and refine requirements to validate hardware compliance.

The candidate will also be responsible for providing guidance, coaching, mentoring, and training to other employees across the business within the candidate’s areas of expertise.

• Lead mechanical design activities involving RF hardware
• Lead others by understanding team dynamics and capitalizing on team strengths while mitigating gaps
• Lead trade studies to determine the best solution for complex and multifaceted problems and develop a plan forward. Convey the highest quality work while ensuring cost, schedule, and performance expectations are consistently met or exceeded.
• Regularly communicate task status on complex issues and influence strategic plans across multiple teams, programs, engineering and customer leadership
• Seek opportunities to fill any role necessary to help ensure business unit success
• Serve as a technical resource to the organization

• Typically requires a Bachelors Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience
• Experience performing design, analysis, and/or leadership of mechanical products, preferably RF mechanical products such as circuit card assemblies, antennas, radomes, guidance sections, RF test equipment, harnesses, and interconnects throughout the product life cycle
• Experience designing with three dimensional (3D) Computer Aided Design (CAD) software
• Creation of Technical Data Packages (TDPs) using Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)

• Design experience with RF-specific products such as antennas, missile bodies, circuit card assemblies, and/or RF test chambers
• Master of Science (MS) in mechanical engineering or electrical engineering
• Experience serving as a Responsible Engineering Authority (REA), Control Account Manager (CAM), and/or Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL)
• Supplier management for built to print or build to specification RF products
• Experience creating and presenting professional level design documentation to company leadership and program customers
• Creo Simulate or ANSYS Workbench for preliminary structural and thermal analysis of design concepts
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Failure investigation, root cause identification, and corrective action implementation
• Familiarity or direct experience with RF Printed Circuit Board (PCB) material stack ups and Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) layout
• One dimensional tolerance analysis for complex mechanical assemblies
• Development of technical proposals, engineering project estimates, and/or white papers
• Requirements verification test planning and execution

Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value:
Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

This position is an on-site role, located in Huntsville, AL and is eligible for relocation assistance.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 107,500 USD - 204,500 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, 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, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a…