Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. RTX is a leading company in defense and aerospace, dedicated to helping the nation and its allies. They are seeking a Senior Mechanical Component Engineer to support various engineering tasks for airborne, ground, and tactical platforms, ensuring compliance with program requirements and facilitating component selection and standardization.
Responsibilities
- Understand program requirements and Statements of Work (SOWs) to determine program component environmental / characteristic application requirements
- Provide technology insertion and parts selection/standardization guidance while adhering to business, component parametric, and environmental application constraints
- Generate and revise component drawings and associated verification data packages
- Perform alternate part investigations and generate comparison matrices showing the differences and similarities of the parts
- Interface with multiple internal stakeholders and external suppliers/manufacturers to develop component risk and verification delineation
- Facilitate component selection and libraries application through the coordination and generation of the program Bill of Material (BOM) in a collaboration toolset
- Present component standardization, design library, obsolescence management and termination finish risk results in support of design reviews for a program
Skills
- Typically requires a Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience with any combination of the following:
- Experience with interconnect devices, fasteners, or other mechanical-based components
- Knowledge of component selection, screening, qualification, and derating for use in military and aerospace flight applications
- Knowledge of Component MIL and industrial (SAE, NAS, ASME, ASTM) specifications and standards, test specifications, and associated QPLs and QMLs
- Experience with BOM (Bill of Material) development and management for developmental and production programs
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
- Active and existing security clearance required after day 1
- Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or other related science or engineering discipline
- Knowledge of component failure modes by commodity
- Knowledge of component reliability process monitors and/or qualification methodologies
- Experience with the use or adaptation of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) products in a military system
- Demonstrated experience with development, design and project level responsibility on systems or major subsystems
- Experience working with external suppliers and supplier technical management
- Ability to obtain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret level security clearance; current clearance preferred
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
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement
Company Overview
RTX operates as an aerospace and defense company as it solves the hardest problems in aerospace and defense. It was founded in 2020, and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://rtx.com/.