Principal Program Industrial Engineer IV

Date Posted:

2025-02-18

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.   

 

Raytheon is seeking a Principal Program Industrial Engineer to support program development and production phases primarily within the Effectors portfolio of factories in Tucson, AZ to maximize throughput, improve efficiency, and deliver increasing value to the customer.  Industrial Engineers are responsible for driving improvement with Labor Performance Analyses, Process and Value Stream Mapping, Line Balancing, Capacity Planning, Manpower Planning, Factory Layouts, Factory Simulations, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Lean Manufacturing Principles, and more.  Every day presents new and exciting challenges and reminds us of our mission to deliver to those who defend us.  We hope you are as excited about this opportunity as we are. 

 

What You Will Do  

This position involves providing industrial engineering support directly to the program(s) across Raytheon factories and key suppliers which may require occasional travel not to exceed more than 30% of a standard work schedule. 

 

Responsibilities will focus primarily on discrete program requests for industrial engineering support working closely with Strategic Business Unit partners, industrial engineers embedded within the factories, various support organizations, and key suppliers to improve cost, quality, and schedule performance, identify strategic investment opportunities, and improve customer satisfaction.  Specific tasks aligned with the industrial engineering discipline include the following:  

 

• 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 

• Analyze manufacturing system performance to identify undesirable effects and opportunities for improvement 

• Apply Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles to calculate capacity, eliminate constraints, improve efficiency, and meet or exceed cost, quality, and on-time delivery goals 

• Contribute to strategic roadmaps focused on factory capacity, Manufacturing Technology insertion, infrastructure improvements, obsolescence mitigation, and the integration of new capabilities 

• Support program contract proposals, business case development for future investments, supplier assessments, and Make/Buy/Where analyses 

• Partner with project managers and factory support functions to improve the factory footprint and layout of factory equipment as needed 

 

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 m