Sr Principal Test & Validation Engineer

Date Posted:  Country:
United States of America

Location:

US-AZ-TUCSON-801 ~ 1151 E Hermans Rd ~ BLDG 801 (External Site) Position Type:
Onsite U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. Security Clearance Type:
Secret - Current Security Clearance Status:
Active and existing security clearance required on day 1.

This job is posted as ONSITE, and is based at Raytheon’s Tucson, AZ facility.

At RTX, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Raytheon brings 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. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

Join us as a Sr. Principal Test and Validation Engineer in Manufacturing Design, where you'll drive technical test support from development through production across multiple programs. Leverage your expertise to shape manufacturing test strategies, boost product producibility, and influence key program decisions for successful new product introductions.

• Serving as the manufacturing test authority across multiple programs.
• Leading the implementation and maturation of production manufacturing test solutions across the portfolio.
• Demonstrated leadership in defining enterprise-level test strategies and architecture, driving test readiness, capacity, and maturity improvements, and shaping testing practices across programs and manufacturing sites through influence and collaboration.
• Managing large scale design, control, and improvements to the manufacturing process.
• Recommending engineering design requirements tailored to manufacturing processes.
• Recommending process and procedural changes to ensure that objectives in the areas of cost, efficiency, and quality are met.
• Ensuring that quality control procedures adequately evaluate an organization's products.
• Leading Continuous Process Improvements to enhance cycle time, automate, reduce costs (both direct and indirect) using Six Sigma/CORE principles and data driven decision making.
• Applying test engineering skillsets across the extended value stream to optimize and mature the manufacturing test strategy.
• Leveraging knowledge and technical skills to influence business decisions from new designs through transition to production.
• Designing, controlling, and improving the testability of products through collaboration with a multi-disciplined team, identifying and resolving test constraints across multiple programs.
• Developing influential relationships with internal customers.
• Supporting Operational Security (OPSEC) plan execution and influencing future security strategies affecting hardware deliveries.
• Supporting the development of clear schedules, priorities and goals for each factory and key suppliers via Supply Chain partners.
• Leading, collaborating and influencing quality and performance of a mix of Manufacturing Operations and Engineering program deliverables focused on establishing and maturing manufacturing value streams across multiple factories.
• Participa…