Electrical Engineer Lab Manager II

Date Posted:

2024-03-25

Country:

United States of America

Location:

AZ201: RMS AP Bldg 801 1151 East Hermans Road Building 801, Tucson, AZ, 85756 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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.

Job Summary:   

The individual will work closely with other Lab Managers, Engineering staff, and Technicians within the Digital, RF & Power Products Team to ensure the directorate’s Engineering Labs operate within established company policy and provide hardware development support to program teams. This position works closely with all levels of leadership in multiple organizations as well as managing lab utilization across various projects. As a member of the team, you will lead day-to-day operational requirements in an Engineering Lab, with particular focus on compliance, improvement, and program support. Our team owns the quality and performance of the Electrical Engineering Labs. Audits may typically include Environmental Health and Safety, Security, 7S, Lab Quality, Customer, and Equipment.

As a secondary assignment, this position is required to act as a backup Engineering Support Technician and is responsible for the building, installing, troubleshooting, repairing, and inspecting Engineering circuit card assemblies, cable, and harness systems, in the event of a technician work assignment backlog. Work includes Engineering prototyping, field service, and repair of returned materials. Candidates will be able to rework and modify Engineering micro-sized components on CCAs, prototype sub-assemblies, completed assemblies, cables, and harness systems per Engineering drawings, schematics, or work instructions. The successful candidate will demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to effectively and efficiently repair or replace defective Engineering micro-components and wiring to ensure installations meet Engineering conformity. This individual will demonstrate effective cable and harness repair techniques using acceptable practices including splicing, crimping, soldering, and pinning of wiring. The candidate will ensure that all work performed is properly documented and ready for use.   Verification and inspection may be required, and candidate will need to be able to identify and document findings per authorizing protocols.  The candidate will also provide on-the-job recommendations in solving hardware integration issues with mid and upper-level Engineering and Leadership. The candidate will comply with the company’s FOD program, tool control program and all safety regulations. The candidate may perform duties at various company locations. 

Responsibilities to Anticipate:

• Lab Operating Procedure (LOP) Management; provide direction for lab users on established policies.
• Management, coordination and implementation of Environment Health Safety and Sustainment
• Ensure Company and Customer owned property is properly tracked, managed, and calibrated.
• Maintains and improves the lab access list and training matrices ensuring all personnel entering the labs are properly trained and cleared.
• A proactive role in developing, understanding, and implementing common lab processes, tools, templates, and metrics.
• Communicates issues and opportunities for improvement to team members and management.
• Safeguarding of classified/proprietary material, hardware and documentation, utilizing defense material/property under Export Administration Regulations.

Additionally, as a backup Engineering Support Technician, duties will include the modification, rework, and population of Engineering CCA’s, assemblies, and subassemblies to ensure proper operation per established criteria. Perform required repairs to returned and damaged units to an operational state. This includes:

• Micro-soldering under a microscope
• Build or repair cables and harnesses from schematics.
• Quality verification and inspection under a microscope
• Replace mechanical and electrical components.
• Operate multi-meters or basic ohmmeters to conduct point-to-point current connection.
• Recognize failures, isolate problems, and suggest appropriate corrective action.
• Keep management appraised of potential problems or identified risks that may negatively affectprogram schedule or quality.

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s and a minimum of two years of prior relevant experience OR in absence of a degree eight