Principal Engineer - Warhead​/Lethality

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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 Energetics and Propulsion Department is an engineering organization in the Hardware Engineering Directorate. This Department is responsible for the full spectrum of warhead, fuzing, and propulsion designs/technology, including power systems, ignition, and all other weapon initiation safety systems technology. The department is seeking to hire a Principal Engineer
- Warhead.

The Principal Engineer
- Warhead/Lethality role is in Tucson, AZ and is an onsite position.

What You Will Do

• Apply or develop highly advanced technologies, scientific principles, theories, and concepts to warhead integration into missile systems
• Involvement with both development and production programs across Raytheon Product Lines
• Interface with the Customer to identify user needs
• Work with customers, subcontractors and suppliers to resolve engineering issues, develop new products and hold technical reviews
• Conduct hydrocode simulation and lethality analysis
• Support warhead design, analysis, test, and evaluation
• Develop Statements of Work (SOWs)
• Develop Critical Item Development Specifications (CIDS) and Technical Data Packages (TDP)
• Support fact-finding and contract negotiations
• Ensure technical rigor and depth of all deliverables
• Will travel periodically to government and subcontractor facilities

Qualifications You Must Have

• Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum of eight (8) years of prior relevant experience OR an Advanced degree and five (5) years of relevant experience
• Eight (8) years of experience in the development of warheads from conceptual design through final test / assembly
• Project Management as applied to team interaction and deliverables
• 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

Qualifications We Prefer

• Advanced degree
• Ten (10) or more years of directly related experience in warhead design, analysis and development from conceptual design through final test and assembly, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and lead collaborative efforts with other technical disciplines including structural, thermal, and aerodynamics
• Technical writing skills in the area of detailed design requirements, test requirements, statements of work, white paper and technical presentations
• Supplier collaboration experience and oversight generating…