Principal Industrial Engineer IV

Principal Industrial Engineer

Raytheon is seeking a Principal Industrial Engineer to support the Sensors portfolio of factories in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. In this senior-level role, you will lead factory optimization efforts, drive strategic planning, and partner directly with cross-functional teams to maximize throughput, improve efficiency, and deliver increasing value to the customer. Every day presents new and exciting challenges and reinforces our mission to deliver for those who defend us.

We hope you are as excited about this opportunity as we are.

What You Will Do

• Analyze manufacturing system performance to identify constraints, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement
• Apply Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles to calculate capacity, eliminate constraints, and improve cost, quality, and schedule performance
• Create factory models using process flows, value stream maps, pareto charts, spaghetti diagrams, and CAD drawings to graphically show manufacturing processes, the movement of material, the exchange of information, and key metrics
• Support strategic roadmaps related to factory capacity, capability growth, infrastructure improvements, obsolescence mitigation, and integration of new manufacturing technologies
• Partner with other functions to manage projects that modify the factory footprint, change the layout of factory equipment, and/or add new capability
• Lead analyses to support competitive bids, factory proposals, business case development, supplier capability assessments, and Make/Buy/Where analyses
• Mentor and influence teams to drive data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement across value streams

What You Will Learn

• Industrial Engineering tools and methods used to build factory models to advance continuous improvement and future-state forecasting
• Aspects of the Defense Industry and how to meet challenging mission requirements while also meeting cost, quality, and schedule target
• The CORE Operating System and the CORE Common Methods used to align priorities and meet key business objectives
• Executive Presence and how to support leadership in making data driven decisions that result in measurable improvements
• Project planning and project management techniques to deliver results and meet critical milestones supporting key business objectives
• How to influence and lead others working with high-performing cross functional teams and frontline operators and specialists who assemble, test, and deliver our products everyday
• Strategic planning and how to develop business proposals that generate returns on invested capital within the factories
• Raytheon's Leadership Values and Behaviors and how to apply them as a senior technical leader

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations. Or applicable MS degree with 6 years of applicable experience.
• Industrial Engineering degree
• Experience with capacity/constraint analysis
• Experience with CAD software for factory layouts (e.g., AutoCAD)
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing best practices

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience in factory layout and work cell design/optimization
• Experience with discrete event simulation modeling
• Experience in project management
• Six Sigma certifications
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Self-starter, who can prioritize to meet various deadlines
• Leading teams and capable of influencing without authority

What We Offer

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value:
  Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
• This position is NOT eligible for Relocation

Learn More & Apply Now!

• Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role.
• Onsite:
  Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

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